Tag: The Art of Writing

Review of “The Hobbsburg Horror”

Veteran author Thomas S. Flowers terrifies readers in his new short story anthology, The Hobbsburg Horror. The delicate narrative is beautifully enhanced by Flowers’ writing style. The perfect metaphors are used at the perfect moments, not only to invoke terror, but to also allow the reader to live and breathe Flowers’ prose. One can only […]

via Thomas S. Flowers ‘The Hobbsburg Horror: Short Screams’ Review — Horror Novel Reviews

A Taste of “Abomination” by Jane Dougherty

The photo is for Sue Vincent’s #writephoto Thursday Photo Prompt. It’s cheeky, I know, but it made me think of a scene from the beginning of Abomination, a not very pleasant scene, my contribution this week. Tully groped about in the darkness until he found Carla’s hand. He had no idea if he had stopped […]

via #writephoto: Abomination — Jane Dougherty Writes

Writings by Ender Open to Submissions!

I’ve decided to revitalize my effort to get submissions onto the site as guest posts. I want the site to become a bit less about my own writing get an even wider view of writing as a whole. This will take content of various sorts from voices different than my own. So what am I […]

via Write-up Wednesday: Open Submissions — Writings By Ender

The Afrofuturism Issue of Chicago Literati is coming!

Thank you to everyone who submitted and contributed to our Dystopian issue! The Afrofuturism Issue will kick off this Friday, March 17th and run until April 30th. As you know, we held a special contest to seek a unique cover design for the issue. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign graphic design student, Keenan Dailey, came in first […]

via Proudly Announcing our Next Issue! — Chicago Literati

“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 …

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

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