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The man in the Hat
Another #fridayflash original by Ryan Harron ( Read more... ) -
Book Review - The Zombie Cookbook
Just in time for Hallowe'en, Damnation Books has released a new collection of poems and short stories called The Zombie Cookbook.
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The Essentials of dadhood
I've entered the seventh-inning stretch of pre-fatherhood; our baby's due in only another nine weeks. Generally, I think I've done a fairly okay job of preparing myself mentally and emotionally for what's coming next: I've acknowledged that I won't be perfect at it, and that that's okay, and have thought about the sacrifices I'm going to have to ( Read more... ) -
FanExpo
FanExpo is this weekend! There's a lot of stuff I'm looking forward to see, including:
Friday
4pm - PocketModels is doing free demos of the Star Wars collectible miniatures game, which is kind of like another game I like (Pirates of the Spanish Main) but with, obviously, Star Wars.
7pm - There's a panel called "literary monsters" that's looking at ( Read more... ) -
Reincarnation
There was some brief discussion of reincarnation on twitter earlier today, and I was completely remiss by not mentioning the Gnostic understanding of it.
Basically, Gnosticism posits that there's two gods: a god of light and a god of darkness, eternally in conflict with one another. Our universe began when a piece of the god of light was separated ( Read more... ) -
Vino!
I'm not sure how many wine connoisseurs there are on my friends list, but I figured I would ask anyways to see if anyone has any thoughts on the matter ( Read more... ) -
Nature is Freaky
(I was posting about this on twitter earlier today. Sorry to anyone bored by the double posting).
Ladies and Gentlemen, I present to you: The Vampire Squid.
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FridayFlash - Hey, Jealousy
First, an explanation about this week's story: my twitterpal Jennifer Hudock posted a blog entry yesterday about writing prompts, and included an example prompt of
Main character: A jealous husband
Antagonist: A Giant Squid
Setting: Outer space
I decided to use that prompt in my story this week. The end result was ... let's say "a little unusual".
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Downloadable fiction on Smashwords
I've created a profile on www.smashwords.com, an online service that allows authors to sell ebook versions of their works. No 'new' content on there, just some of the same short stories that are available on my website, but formatted in a way that they can be read on your Kindle, Iphone, PDA, and etc. It seems like an interesting and useful ( Read more... ) -
Flash Fiction Friday!
Note: this week's story contains some bawdy humour, as well as (arguably) Grecian blasphemy. It's based on a writing prompt that a writing colleague of mine posted to the Flash Fiction Friday group: Start a story with the line It was a dark and stormy night..
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It was a dark and stormy night. They all were now, Zeus ( Read more... )