Archive for October, 2007
THAT’S HARDLY POSSIBLE
(Sorry if days are getting mixed up here, not sure exactly what happened. In any case, here is the story Justine gave me to post this month. Enjoy. DNW)
by Justine Musk
I was backing out of my parking space when she came out of nowhere and for a moment I thought she might be an apparition, [...]
Autopsy of the Mind
Harming Obsession
In 2000, I was just getting underway as a writer. I was a member of an online critique group and starting to gain enough confidence to submit my short fiction. I heard that an online magazine called The Harrow was having a Halloween contest with $50 and publication as prizes. A few days later, I [...]
THOMAS SULLIVAN: COMPETITION AND OTHER WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION
I can’t afford to look in the mirror. Not the one that looks back anyway. Like Cyrano de Bergerac, I try to hang my adornments on my soul. That way there is no visible evidence to confirm or refute that I have any adornments. I guess breaking even in life is starting to look good [...]
Storytellersunplugged Version 2.0
Welcome to the new look and feel for Storytellersunplugged!
After 2 and 1/4 years of that old plain vanilla, we decided it was time to bring a new face to your favorite writing blog. Some of the changes we’ve made include:
New style and layout
Improved search functions
Better tagging and indexing
Bookshelves with the latest works by our [...]
Trick or Treat
by John B. Rosenman
October – my favorite month. And Halloween, grisly, gruesome, ghastly Halloween – my favorite holiday. Growing up, I sometimes wished it would last 365 days a year.
In honor of the Old Druid god Samhain and the Day of the Dead, here’s a little treat I wrote 25 years ago. [...]
The Gonquin Table: October Surprise …
Frank T. Wydra
Even for October, the day is gloomy. Puddles paste soon-to-be-decayed leaves on the soles; clouds shadow even the sunniest dispositions. Inside Al’s Gonquin the atmosphere is no better. Edgar, Bram, Papa, and Mary seem to hunch over the conversation as I arrive. “Cheers,” I say, and get hostile stares and [...]
Curse them, bless them
Just five minutes ago, I finished round three of edits on one of my novels. Round three. The first run of comments from the publisher was 49 pages long. The second was 14 pages total and the third is six pages. All in a small font to make the entire process appear less intimidating.
Rather than [...]
Swimming with sharks
Extract
by Brian Hodge
[Podcast edition available here … but it’s not just a straightforward story reading. It’s a 5-minute, 26-track audio production with ambience and atmospheres, music, sound effects, different voices … a movie for the mind.]
Just like last time, you awaken in the middle of the night with the taste of blood on your mouth. [...]
