Category: The Art of Writing

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“Invisible” by Bookwitch

‘I don’t know what you mean,’ said Swiss Lady, sounding confused. So I tried again, describing the – occasional – advantages of invisibility. Not so much when you are trying to order at the bar, but the ability to walk down the street and not be noticed, is useful. Unless a car runs you over. I tried spelling it […]

via Invisible — Bookwitch

The Resurrection of Bell Night

After a long period of no blogging, Bell Night is back up and running. Due to a number of personal reasons the site hasn’t been operating for a while. I hope that you will forgive me for being absent! I am truly sorry. Hopefully in the coming weeks I will see a lot of old faces and […]

via Bell Night is back from the dead! — Bell Night

“The Piano” Flash Fiction by Ameena K.G.

The piano was bundled up and sent for forensics with an “urgent” note attached to it. Meanwhile, D.I Lucy and her new Partner, D.S Fenworthy surveyed the crime scene. “What’s your take?” D.S Fenworthy replied without missing a beat, “never have I seen the crime scene of a horrific bloody murder without even a speck […]

via Flash Fiction: The Piano Man — Randoms by a Random

“The Persistence of Neon” by Ender

When she entered the room I noticed her eyes eyes first. They were bright blue and held a secret. She smiled at the clerk at the counter. She came every weekend accompanied by two bodyguards but they weren’t the expected sort of guard, rather two tall men, one rather large and the other openly armed […]

via The Persistence of Neon, A Short Story — Writings By Ender

Press Release : The Unfleshed: Tale of the Autopsic Bride

Press Release : The Unfleshed: Tale of the Autopsic Bride By Lisa Vasquez     A plague has washed upon England’s shore, bringing death in its wake. While the sickness plucks the lives of …

Source: Press Release : The Unfleshed: Tale of the Autopsic Bride

E. Cluff Elliott Reads from his upcoming novel “From Black Mountain” Tonight at the Hardback Cafe

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#JackThurston

Does everyone like @jthurston666?  He’s a nice guy, cultured, intelligent, well-spoken, penetrating insight,  dedicated to his family (the photo at the top of the Twitter page is his, unfortunately, recently deceased daughter). 

He’s also one of the most evil sons of bitches you’ll ever encounter–though not completely without heart or feelings. 

Jack is the protagonist in two stories, “Sorcerer” and “Sorcerer’s Return”. You can find both in A Tale of Hell and Other Stories, available from Amazon in either paperback or on Kindle and KindleUnlimited. 

Update on New PR Campaign: Operation #WholePerson (working title)

This is becoming a more interesting exercise than I had foreseen. I am learning more about my own characters as social media forces me to answer questions about their likes and background as I sign them up.  

So that I have a handy way of referring to it, I have decided to call it Operation Whole Person until I come up with a better name. 

I am going to start making social media accounts for characters in works in progress to help in the creative process. I may or may not announce who these are. 

Guest Blog: Vile Vacations 7 Chilling Museums By Courtney Lynn Mroch

Jaunt to These 7 Chilling Museums…If You Dare If you’re a fan of horror, the supernatural or anything else macabre, here are seven must-see museums you’ll want to check out: International Cryptozoo…

Source: Guest Blog: Vile Vacations 7 Chilling Museums By Courtney Lynn Mroch

Meet #Quinn

I’m Quinn. I am the protagonist in two of Phil Slattery’s short stories: “The Scent” and “The Slightest of Indiscretions”.  Both are in Phil’s collection “The Scent and Other Stories” (available for about 3 lousy bucks from Amazon in hard copy or via Kindle). But both have been previously published at fictionontheweb.co.uk, so you cheap bastards out there can score them free on line.  The collection’s worth reading whether you have to fork over a few bucks or risk spending time in the crossbar hotel for petty theft. 

Anyway, back to me. 

What you see in the stories is just a sketch of me in two minor events in my life, but isn’t that all you can get out of any literary work given the actual depth and breadth of the soul?  Any person is a thousand times more complex than how any book can portray any character. 

So Phil’s going to introduce me and a few others a bit at a time through various social media. I and the others will have our own accounts throughout the Internet and you’ll have to puzzle out who is a character in one of Phil’s works and who is not as he experiments with his grand strategy.  However, the characters will always be introduced and discussed on this blog so you can always come here and find out what’s what to some degree as we grow and are fleshed out.  

This leads me to another point. Since what is important is how a character develops in the reader’s mind, Phil wants to hear your inputs on how you visualize and imagine the characters. Your inputs will also be used to flesh out their details. So this will be something of an interactive experience for us all. Send us your thoughts, musings, your sketches, drawings, paintings, photos of how we and our surroundings appear to you.  Let’s make this as three dimensional as possible. For starters, read the stories and send in some sketches of how you visualize the events. You won’t be paid, but so long as they’re reasonably close to a PG or R rating, they’ll be posted here. Put your more or less abstract thoughts in the comments where everyone can see them. 

By the way, one character from an upcoming horror novel is out there already trying to tear up the web with his political ranting. He’s from Corpus Christi, but that’s all I’ll say for now. 

TTYL