Tag Archives: Fiction

Horn Clan’s Regards

From a prompt: This wasn’t the country he was familiar with. The hills shot up like knives and the air was crisp… The cliffs fell two hundred feet where they met the sea. Jeremiah sat up close to the edge. He pushed himself back like the cliff wanted to eat him. There were few birdsContinueContinue reading “Horn Clan’s Regards”

Finding Forms

Screenplay? Novel? Short story? Poem? How do we discover the form our story takes? An example is my screenplay The French Baker, which chronicles a Frenchman’s experience during WWII. Not only do I still play with the plotline, but I wondered if it craves another form. Would it benefit more as a long-form narrative? TheContinueContinue reading “Finding Forms”

Christianity’s Easter Egg – Fiction

Just south of E80 in Istanbul, hidden beneath Küçükçekmece Lake, and away from the hub of the city, there’s a cave. The entrance is blocked by boulders and kept under observation by obedient servants. In the ComSub, Ahmet carefully navigates the lake’s floor. A grizzly man of forty with equally grizzly stubble, Ahmet has usedContinueContinue reading “Christianity’s Easter Egg – Fiction”

Dialogue Only – Writing Exercise

“Tom, did you seriously go behind my back and host another party?” “Listen, Eric, I did it for you.” “You did it for me? That’s funny. Ha!” “Why are you being such a dick about it, man?” “Because this time we got busted. We aren’t supposed to get busted, just fit in more.” “I’m sorry,ContinueContinue reading “Dialogue Only – Writing Exercise”

George: Bounty Hunter Chapter One – Fiction

Rough Draft Chapter One: How I became a bounty hunter Hello there. My name is George and I’ve been sitting in this library waiting for you to appear. Please, do come in! Cigar? Scotch? No? That’s fine. I hope you do not mind me smoking here and there. It’s a Cuban. I figured you mightContinueContinue reading “George: Bounty Hunter Chapter One – Fiction”

First Landings – Fiction

Creative Writing Prompt: Write from the perspective of an alien entity that has no experience with or context of earth. From: 250 Writing Prompts by You Can Write It. In the year of your first moon landing, I found myself hurtling through space in an escape pod. I came from a different galaxy at warContinueContinue reading “First Landings – Fiction”