What’s the deadly writing sin readers can’t forgive? If you’re a writer, if you’ve ever attempted to write a novel, even if you’re an...

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This collection of shorter pieces may surprise or shock, depending on your view of life. The mind restructures and interprets the way we...

That night Walter didn’t sleep well. He had these reoccurring visions of still being at Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp. He woke up and...

FROM 2 AWARD-WINNING AUTHORS, COMES PARANORMAL ROMANCE & GHOST HORROR WAITING FOR THE RAIN, M. JEAN PIKE: A woman with no future, a man...

In the near future, we make first contact with aliens. Not because they arrive in spaceships, but because they’ve been here for years—we...

What’s the most important chapter in your novel? Some say it’s the first, others argue it’s the last. They’re both right for different...

Is your BACKSTORY relevant information or an Inconsequential Event? What should you include? And how much? At one point or another, most...

A hit-and-run driver leaves Tuper’s best friend for dead. But why? And how did Squirrely, a homeless man, acquire a duffle bag stuffed...

Jim Hitt called the meeting to order at 10:15 a.m.

Short Stories About New Beginnings, Love, Pain, and Enduring Strength

Young Trace and Jill dream of having beautiful Christmas decorations they cannot afford. Does the copper pig hold answers to their...