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Tag: Short Stories
Playing a Cruel God: An Interview with Joseph Halden
Joseph Halden explores the evil psyche of an evolutionary scientist in "G," included in the speculative fiction anthology E is for Evil.
“The Pilgrim’s Yoke”
I'm back from attending Can-Con 2018 in Ottawa and figured I'd officially announce that I've made my first story sale. Hurrah! "The Pilgrim's Yoke" is the story of a pilgrim who seeks the waters of life and is refused. I wrote it as a sort of deconstruction of the hero's journey, while building on my …
My Critters List of the 5 Most Common Weaknesses in Fiction
Ever since I became serious as a freelance editor/proofreader and a participant on Critters.org, the oldest online writer's critique group, I have encountered the same weakness in fiction over and over again. Partly, I think this is because people send early drafts to critiques and forego revision until they receive their first round of feedback. …
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Announcing the October Archaeology of Weird Fiction Project
The Archaeology of Weird Fiction Project aims to dig up the history of weird fiction through a series of weekly posts on all 110 stories contained in Ann and Jeff VanderMeer's seminal anthology The Weird: A Compendium of Strange and Dark Stories.
“In the Ruins of Shambhala”
My flash fiction story "In the Ruins of Shambhala" has appeared on 600 Second Saga.
How T.E. Lawrence Came to Many-Pillared Iram
Today's post is another YouTube video, in which you will get to listen to my own reading of a piece of short fiction I wrote for the Mythgard Institute "Almost an Inkling" creative writing contest. The contest is still going on, but now that the current week's voting is over, I was really enthusiastic to share this …
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“Return to Methuselah”
"Return to Methuselah," one of my short stories, is now available at Dark Fire Fiction! It's a dark fantasy of an immortal painter who has become fed up with his immortality. I came up with this story after reflecting on the classical paradox of living an immortal life. An immortal can live forever, but in …
The Year’s Best Fantasy, eds. David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer
It's like fantasy tapas, or if you prefer, a buffet: fantasy short stories contain all the excitement and inspiration of a novel, in a way that requires less commitment. Instead of reading a five-course fantasy series of 900+ pages, you can hunker down for a 10- or 20-page adventure. And while you're at it, eat …
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Eternal Guarantee
Every once in a while, two events in your life happen simultaneously and in their juxtaposition, a humorous situation appears in your imagination. I had just finished reading Guy Gavriel Kay's The Fionavar Tapestry and started a job as a salesman. Anyone familiar with the myth of King Arthur, especially as retold by Kay, and …
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