Why did Gary Hendrix write about a haunted furniture store? Has he experienced anything like what happened in his book? How much research did he have to do? If he could choose any person, dead or alive, to spend an hour with, whom would it be? What was your inspiration for this book? Did you…
Category: Fiction Writing
Book Reviews, Fiction Writing, Halloween Articles, Horror, New Words Learned, Suspense/Thrillers, Words
Horrorstor: A Novel – a Review
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• •What is going on at Orsk? When the employees leave each evening, the store is in perfect order. They walk in the next morning to find broken bookshelves, smashed wardrobes, and shattered goblets. This chilling tale will make you think twice before you visit your next furniture store. I wanted to start reading this book…
Fiction Writing, Halloween Articles, Holidays, Writing Prompts and Exercises
Mad Hatter Day and Other Unusual Holidays
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• •Children's Books, Fairy Tales / Folk Tales, Fiction Writing, Guest Posts
How Fairy Tales Connect with People – Guest Post by Craig Staufenberg
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• •The great thing about fairy tales? Anyone can connect with them. They’re highly accessible. The only price of admission is being human. There’s a reason we give fairy tales to children. It’s about all they can connect with. They haven’t yet been told how to “get” Sartre, or Barthes, or any other tricky-to-pronounce French author.…
Book Reviews, Fairy Tales / Folk Tales, Fantasy, Fiction Writing, Halloween Articles, New Words Learned
The Girl Who Came Back to Life – a Review
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• •Book Reviews, Children's Books, Fiction Writing
Nick and Tesla’s Robot Army Rampage – a Review
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• •In their first adventure, Nick and Tesla rescued a girl from her kidnappers and managed to wiggle out of those same kidnappers’ clutches themselves. Now they need to help a friend find a stolen mint-condition comic book. Still spending the summer with their mad scientist uncle, Nick and Tesla are in the basement lab when…
Book Reviews, Fiction Writing, Humor, Mystery, New Words Learned, Romance, Short Stories/Novellas, Words
Short Stories – a Review
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• •In this collection of short stories by Thomas Ryan, you will find mystery, humor, abuse, murder, and romance of a different kind. Each story shows a different side of our human emotions, and their unexpected endings make these stories memorable. “Ruth” – Ruth is a woman who has been abused by her husband. She has…
Book Reviews, Fiction Writing, Horror, New Words Learned, Suspense/Thrillers, Words
Brother – a Review
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• •Everyone has a hobby, an activity or interest they pursue for pleasure and/or relaxation. Michael’s mom has a hobby that is more than a bit unusual. Her hobby, the thing that gives her pleasure, is killing girls. Full of blood and gore, child abduction, abuse, cannibalism, and more, this book will keep you turning the…
Fiction Writing, Halloween Articles, Writing Prompts and Exercises
Haunted Hotels in the U.S.
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• •Book Reviews, Fantasy, Fiction Writing, Short Stories/Novellas
Never Ever After – a Review
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• •Do you remember being read fairy tales when you were a child? The monsters were always defeated, the beautiful lady was always rescued by Prince Charming, and everyone lived happily ever after. Or did they? What happened after the end of the stories that we read? Did everyone really live happily ever after? In Never Ever…