People who are willing to think, learn and grow from reading are my target readers. I don’t write easy books to read, or so I’m told by people who prefer books that don’t involve a lot of work on the reader’s part. I want to cause emotion, maybe even discomfort or at least disequilibrium, in my readers.
Maureen Morrissey – 11 October 2025 Continue reading
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It really started with a question: what if a Southern mama could bake your soulmate into being? That idea came from a writing prompt in a short story class I took years ago—and I just couldn’t shake it. The image of someone using food, especially biscuits, to stir up love and mischief stuck with me.
Arlon Jay Staggs – 9 October 2025 Continue reading
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I’ve always been fascinated by bookplates, those identifying labels that people sometimes stick on the inside covers of their books. Whenever I find one in an old book, I always wonder who the previous owner was, what they were like, and how the book finally left their collection.
Quentin Dodd – 7 October 2025 Continue reading
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I felt these tales should be one collection. As they debuted in zines, I reasoned the stories should be presented in that fashion.
Stefan Jackson – 5 October 2025 Continue reading
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I lived in Laurel Canyon in Los Angeles for some time and the Manson story still resonates. At some point I knew I wanted to tackle a similar tale.
Sue Hinkin – 1 October 2025 Continue reading
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Even though I changed names and details, writing those moments meant reliving them. There were days I could barely see the screen through tears. There were moments where I had to quit writing and come back to it another day.
Ashley Babb – 29 September 2025 Continue reading
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I was listening to the radio and I began to see the MC clearly in my mind. It was like seeing a movie scene….
That is how I see my stories, they are movies in my head.
A.R. Thackrah – 27 September 2025 Continue reading
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I wholeheartedly believe I was ordained to write this story. It’s a massive part of my legacy. It was certainly purpose-driven as well as fulfilling.
Marquez Price – 25 September 2025 Continue reading
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Chance is retained by a client who claims he has been the victim of art fraud. Chance’s former investigator, Damian, gets caught up in the dangerous black market of human organs in Costa Rica.
Richard A. Damnzig – 23 September 2025 Continue reading
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As a child in Nebraska, I lived a few blocks from a cattle auction – the sounds, smells and organized chaos of which seeped into my subconscious. Much later, I moved to Chicago’s Fulton Market neighborhood while it was still a meatpacking district. The story was inspired by the confluence of these settings.
S.L. Woeppel – 21 September 2025 Continue reading
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