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Feature Image: Flow of Time by SvenjaLiv courtesy of DeviantArt. Click here for more of SvenjaLiv’s wonderful artwork. [x_line] For those who haven’t read “Momo” or who have missed the previous articles about the book, please check out the first article of this series for a brief summary of the story and to read about the magic of a good ear: Momo: Part I [x_line]
Happy Friday everyone! It’s time to kick off the weekend right with another wonderful flash fiction story from our contest winners! For those of you who are new to the site, each week on Monday we post a different writing prompt. Contestants have a full week to develop and submit their story. Winners will then have their work and bio
A special thanks to everyone who entered last week’s writing challenge! We received a ton of wonderful and creative entries! As always, choosing a winner was incredibly difficult. However, two entries really stood out, although for slightly different reasons. So we thought that this week, we’d share both stories with you! It’s a two for one Friday! In first place,
Where does time go when it’s stolen? For those who haven’t read Momo, and who have missed the previous article about this magical and surreal book (this will be a series of three articles), please go to the first one to get more information and the first thoughts about the story and its meaning: Momo By Michael Ende As a
Last week, we asked writers to create a haiku poem that captured a summer scene, and we weren’t disappointed! We hope everyone enjoyed writing their poems as much as we enjoyed reading them! The winning entry this week goes to John Keller! Check out his poem below! Congrats John! [x_line] Deep coconut scent, rushing rhythm at the shore. Water, sand,
The author of Ligeia, Edgar Allan Poe, the legendary Massachusetts-born writer, is something of an icon when it comes to horror, influencing authors that came afterward, like H.P. Lovecraft. He met a mysterious demise in Baltimore, Maryland, and to this day, there’s no real explanation. It’s as if his death was something he would have written about in his stories. Despite
Happy Friday everyone! It’s time to celebrate with a little fiction! Last week, we asked writers to come up with a story using this prompt: After spending nine years on P1-3 Alpha commuter space flight, Margret, a young adult who has always had the sensibility of times long forgotten, discovers that the commerce colony she is about to land on
When I first discovered poetry, it was like learning a whole new language. I know it might sound strange for those who have always found it easy to understand poetry but, to be brutally honest, for me it looked like a mix of words that I simply couldn’t quite make sense of. I had just bumped into a totally different
Editor’s note: Nieve is an avid reader, writer and artist who will be selecting interesting books to review and discuss monthly. [x_line] Part I: The magic of a good ear For those who haven’t read Momo, by the author of The Neverending Story, I would strongly recommend it, either as a summer book, or for any time of year… or any
Last week, as a follow-up to our post on the importance of setting to science fiction, we asked writers to come up with a description of a surreal setting that has a profound impact on the lives of their characters. And we weren’t disappointed! The winning entry comes to us from Tammy Mack, who wrote a bleak description of what
Last week, we asked writers to create a sci-fi story that contained two elements found in our creative writing prompt: A goldfish The line: “I just want a nice, easy life. What’s wrong with that?” And while it was no easy task, we did have several entries that ranked high on our list. We want to give a special shout-out
I think all authors have, at one point in time, wanted to be able to do a little more with their e-books. Regarding the future of e-books, the limits on formatting for some of the biggest distributors, like Amazon, have produced books that feel a little generic. Which is unfortunate, because aesthetics can add atmosphere and drama to a story.