Tales of the Normal: 31 Days of the Horrific & Mundane, Day 31

Flash fiction project: one dark story per day, all the way through October, each one based on one normal thing gone wrong. More of this year’s stories here.  You can find last year’s stories here, or at Amazon as October Nights. … Normal thing:  Parents … PROSPERITY GOSPEL Where was it said, where was it written, that one had […]

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Tales of the Normal: 31 Days of the Horrific & Mundane, Day 30

Flash fiction project: one dark story per day, all the way through October, each one based on one normal thing gone wrong. More of this year’s stories here.  You can find last year’s stories here, or at Amazon as October Nights. … Normal thing:  When company shows up … THE GHOST IN THE ROOM They had all gathered for

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Tales of the Normal: 31 Days of the Horrific & Mundane, Day 29

Flash fiction project: one dark story per day, all the way through October, each one based on one normal thing gone wrong. More of this year’s stories here.  You can find last year’s stories here, or at Amazon as October Nights. … Normal thing:  Pulling into the driveway after a long trip … DUTIES AND OBLIGATIONS How many times

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Tales of the Normal: 31 Days of the Horrific & Mundane, Day 28

Flash fiction project: one dark story per day, all the way through October, each one based on one normal thing gone wrong. More of this year’s stories here.  You can find last year’s stories here, or at Amazon as October Nights. … Normal thing:  Lazy Sunday afternoons … NIGHTS AND HOLIDAYS Both chapped hands pressed up against the lazy

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Tales of the Normal: 31 Days of the Horrific & Mundane, Day 27

Flash fiction project: one dark story per day, all the way through October, each one based on one normal thing gone wrong. More of this year’s stories here.  You can find last year’s stories here, or at Amazon as October Nights. … Normal thing:  Finding money I forgot about … THE COIN She was vacuuming, and because the cat

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Tales of the Normal: 31 Days of the Horrific & Mundane, Day 26

Flash fiction project: one dark story per day, all the way through October, each one based on one normal thing gone wrong. More of this year’s stories here.  You can find last year’s stories here, or at Amazon as October Nights. … Normal thing:  The window seat … THE WINDOW SEAT “Travel makes you a better person,” she would

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Tales of the Normal: 31 Days of the Horrific & Mundane, Day 25

Flash fiction project: one dark story per day, all the way through October, each one based on one normal thing gone wrong. More of this year’s stories here.  You can find last year’s stories here, or at Amazon as October Nights. … Normal thing:  Binge-watching Netflix … THE SLOW CREEPING HORROR OF BECOMING YOUR OWN TRUE SELF It was

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How to Study Fiction, Part 14: Structure, Part 1.

This is part of a series on how to study fiction, mainly directed at writers who have read all the beginning writing books and are like, “What now?!?”  The rest of the series is here.  You may also want to check out the series on pacing, here, which I’m eventually going to fold into this series

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Tales of the Normal: 31 Days of the Horrific & Mundane, Day 24

Flash fiction project: one dark story per day, all the way through October, each one based on one normal thing gone wrong. More of this year’s stories here.  You can find last year’s stories here, or at Amazon as October Nights. … Normal thing:  Having friends over … DALLOWAY What he loved best about having friends over was getting

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Tales of the Normal: 31 Days of the Horrific & Mundane, Day 23

Flash fiction project: one dark story per day, all the way through October, each one based on one normal thing gone wrong. More of this year’s stories here.  You can find last year’s stories here, or at Amazon as October Nights. … Normal thing:  Writing … VESSEL I put the pen down, close the notebook, sit back, stretch—my back

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