Category: The Art of Writing

Heaven, Hell and Something Else — Moonlighting Scrivener

I looked up And saw the sky Shimmering in all its glory They call it heaven An abode Where Gods reside I looked down And saw the depths of earth Fiery and smoldering This one’s hell They said Standing for payback And eternal damnation Then I ventured a glance Towards all that was around me […]

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Phil Slattery’s Sci-Fi Novelette “Alien Embrace” Will Be Free on Amazon Kindle on August 19

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The Author in Corpus Christi, Texas, 2011

My novelette Alien Embrace will be free on Amazon Kindle on August 19.

Logan Rickover, owner of a hardware store in a small town in Kentucky, has lucid dreams of life as an astronaut that intrude upon his life at any moment. Which of his lives is real? The quiet paradise of Danville or the terrifying jungle world of Stheno D?

Ron Baker commented, “This short has exactly what I like in science fiction: planet exploration and bizarre otherworldly aliens, in this case insectoid. The horrendous purpose the aliens have for the hapless astronauts who make planetfall to find the numerous previous missing exploration teams is grisly. I love the mystery of the planet and the authors device of alternating from the aliens bizarre perspective then switching to the astronauts point of view.”

I will be offering more of my works for free in the upcoming weeks.  Check back often.

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Locked Doors

Written by: Captain_Zimri

If ever you should walk into a dark room inside your empty house and see a shadowy figure somewhere within, don’t turn on the lights. It’s better not to know. Don’t run to the bathroom, lock the door, and cower in your bathtub. Don’t hurry to a closet, lock the door, and hide underneath a pile of clothes. And especially don’t return to your bedroom, lock the door, and crawl into your bed. Because every other door in your house was already locked, and the figure still managed to get in.

7 Minutes

Written by: Jester of Sorts

If you have ever been in a near-death experience, you may have seen your life “flash” before your eyes. I’ve asked several people about this. They said that it was like they went through their whole life in a second. That’s not too far fetched. Your brain likes to avoid stress, so that it does not have to deal with facing death. So if your brain was to think you were going to die, it would go to the easiest way to escape: memory. So when it comes close to the end, your brain turns on every memory you ever had.
The brain will also stay alive for about 7 minutes after you die, provided your brain is intact. So if you have 7 minutes and you can experience your whole life in one second, that’s 60 lives per minute. 420 lives in 7 minutes. That’s a lot of time and a lot of experiences with death.

“The Proverbs of Hell” (W. Blake) — words and music and stories

William Blake (28 November 1757 – 12 August 1827) was an English poet, painter, and engraver. Largely unrecognised during his lifetime, Blake is now considered a seminal figure in the history of the poetry and visual arts of the Romantic Age. In the prose work “The Marriage of Heaven and Hell” (1790-93), which is one […]

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FF – A Hell of a Day — draliman on life

Here is my little story for Friday Fictioneers, hosted by Rochelle. This week’s photo was contributed by Dale Rogerson. I had to cut 39 words out this week so it’s not quite the epic I initially imagined 😦 Jimbo watched the sun, or what passed for the sun, rising. Everything, as usual, looked a […]

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