My childhood home is for sale – bank property, cheap – because of the murder in the backyard. I might buy it. Not murder by… Read More »Over the River and Stabbed to Death – Essay by Randy Osborne
My great-grandfather had a Bavarian accent, a German passport, and an eye made of glass as a souvenir from fighting in the First World War.… Read More »Everything I Know About My Great Grandfather – Memoir by Walburga Appleseed
We’ve been together for as long as I can remember. The origins of the GHST club may have been a mere façade, but the same… Read More »The Quiet Place – First Fiction by Roberto Reyna
When my dad died, I wanted to sell everything, but my brothers said no, take something, so I took Delilah’s Skull. My dad kept cabinets.… Read More »Delilah’s Skull – Flash Fiction by Nan Wigington
They had lived in the dark, in its midst, some fifteen years. Ever since the children left, fleeing the house of perfection. And, the house of… Read More »Kingdoms – flash fiction by Christopher Woods
“All human happiness and misery take the form of action,” Aristotle wrote. If you’ve gotten this far, you know I have a thing about not… Read More »Day 21: And Now, The Outline (of sorts)
In addition to identifying certain subjects in your work, when you look back over what you have already written, you will notice certain themes emerging.… Read More »Day 20: Theme
There comes a point in the writing of every novel when you discover what intrigues you, and what doesn’t. By now, you’ll have found that… Read More »Day 19: Intrigue
Today, have your protagonist meet someone you never planned for him or her to meet. Play the scene out in dialogue. Set us in place… Read More »Day 18: Close Encounters
A plot operates as a series of switchbacks. If the switchbacks are too obvious, the reader can predict what happens next and is less inclined… Read More »Day 17: Make a Decision