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I'm always curious about how writers come up with their stories--one reason I really enjoy "How I Came to Write This Story" ...

The Nightfalls anthology is in its final editing cycle and it's a terrific group of stories. The anthology will be priced at $3.99 (...

Huzzah--thanks to editors Chris Rhatigan and Nigel Bird!! These stories have a horror and a fantastical edge. Buy it here for kindle for jus...

Over at her blog, Patti Abbott has posed a challenge--write a drabble using one of several photographs for inspiration. (A drabble is a st...

There's still time to get in on Patti Abbott's " drabble contes t." She supplies the prompts, you write a story in exactly...

Just in time for Halloween, Here Be Monsters , eight tales of vampires, werewolves, demons, zombies and other horrors. The anthology include...

Patti Abbott hosts some terrific flash fiction challenges and this one was irresistible. Choose any work by American artist Reginald Marsh ...

There's a seasonal rhythm to the freelance work I do. It gets busy in May and in September and in January because I'm prepping my cl...

Here's my entry into the fiction challenge posted here . SCARIFICATION Ned knew she was sensitive about her appearance. The fire had bar...

The winter issue of Dark Valentine Magazine that is. This issue has 15 tales that are guaranteed to chill you to the bones and freeze your...

Here's my entry into Patti Abbott's Sweet Dreams Challenge. Here's what we were given--Eurythmics Sweet Dreams is playing in a...