October 2018

Tales of the Normal: 31 Days of the Horrific & Mundane, Day 4

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:  Random Acts of Kindness. … THE CURSE You’ve always had problems containing yourself into the […]

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How to Study Fiction: Part 10a: Scenes, Part 2a

Ugh…I should have written this earlier.  The number is my guesstimate for where this will go eventually. 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

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Tales of the Normal: 31 Days of the Horrific & Mundane, Day 3

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:  Unexpected Friendships. … GETTING OVER IT Mom and me and Princess Cookie were riding

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Tales of the Normal: 31 Days of the Horrific & Mundane, Day 2

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:  Bookstore. … FINAL CLEARANCE EVERYTHING MUST GO For years I lived next to a

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Tales of the Normal: 31 Days of the Horrific & Mundane, Day 1

Today begins a bunch of free short fiction for the month of October! I decided this year to go with a theme of “Normal things that people normally enjoy…gone wrong.”  You can find last year’s stories here, or at Amazon as October Nights. … Normal thing:  Coffee. … JUST ANOTHER MONDAY MORNING HELL So I’m just about

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