I wrote this story based on a wacko dream I had that has all the markings of a perfect short story. (It was wacko because I could not ever figure out what CAUSED the topics or setting of the dream. It was totally random.) Got an honorable mention for WoTF earlier this year, which was … More You Were At the Siege – short story preview
“A unicorn is never without a friend, yet as Soali stood in the market square, she was a unicorn without any friends. It had been this way for a decade and would continue to be so for decades to come, as long as the planet’s movement in space caused gravity and time.” … More Glow – short story preview
Every year for the Nanowrimo challenge (write a novel in a month), I make additional challenges for myself. For example, in 2020 I wanted to write with an unreliable narrator, have a hero who isn’t as much a hero as you think, and fill in gaps in my Ignolopi histories. In 2021, I tried a … More Nanowrimo 2022 is ON
I haven’t posted here for a while and was encouraged by my biggest fan :p. Thank you, “Radical Ed”. So I bring you an excerpt of the next in my series of rejected short stories. I was on top of things at the time, submitting to the contest every quarter. Then… stuff happened and it’s … More WoTF – 2021 Q2 – Goldstein & Goldstein
This time, I had several ideas for a short story I wanted to write, which had been brewing in my head. Then I got an invitation to the Writers of the Future Workshop, which is really quite nice. I did the workshop, and submitted the story that I developed along the way. Rejected. Sadness. Yet, … More WoTF – 2021 Q2 – The Temple Holds Many Secrets
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