Johann Thorsson
Some short stories you just remember. Maybe it's an image you remember, maybe an emotion or maybe the entire story. When it comes to Calcutta, Lord of Nerves, it's a passage for me. A single passage that made me go "Ugh, what the.... are you allowed to write that?" I read the story in John… Continue reading Short Story of the Week – Poppy Z. Brite’s Calcutta, Lord of Nerves
Twitter is a place of miracles, wonder and, let's be honest, a lot of shameless self-promotion (you know who you are). However, I somehow managed to get myself followed by a whole bunch of really interesting people who I am able to communicate with about all sorts of stuff (ok, mostly writing and books) without… Continue reading Prompted Writing | The Night That Stayed
...by buying a little story for charity. A while back, in a place know as Twitterland, I volunteered my story-knitting services to a project for Emily Suess' Writer's Week. It involved starting off and writing the first fourth of a round-robin story to benefit a children's hospital. The best part was that since I got… Continue reading In Which You Prove You Don’t Hate Children…
I'm a fan of what is often called Weird Fiction. H. P. Lovecraft wrote weird, and China Miéville writes weird (get Perdido Street Station, it's awesome). What follows is a story of mine that can only be filed in the weird fiction category. I really should flesh the story out a little more and sell… Continue reading Weird Fiction
This is one of those stories that I wrote and was starting to gather dust on my hard drive. So, this Friday I'm cheating by putting up a story I wrote *gasp* last year. The Person in the Seat Next to You After putting her hand luggage away, Gwen found her seat, next to an… Continue reading Friday Flash Fiction
The following very short story was written a while ago for a 250-word-max competition I did not win. It appears here almost exactly like it was when I submitted it to the competition, with just a few minor adjustments. I am improving as a writer, after all. I hope you enjoy it. Shooting Star Adam… Continue reading A Very Short Story
I wrote this story a while ago and never knew what to do with it. It is short and sweet and full of misguided attempts at love. So, what better place to showcase some work than right here on my blog. Enjoy. Stolen Love Through persistence and hard work, Richard and Steve had captured Cupid.… Continue reading Friday Flash Fiction
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