[WP] People always told you getting revenge will just leave you empty inside. You just killed your target, and you've never felt more fulfilled and alive.
[WP] You've gone to your local Ren faire every year to see all the creative costumes and nerdy larpers. One day you invite your friend, and they tell you there's never been a Ren faire in town.
[WP] You've taken the phrase "fake it 'til you make it" to heart. Now, sitting pretty in a position you have no qualifications for, you're starting to regret it.
📢 Write every day, and win disappointingly mediocre prizes!
Do you struggle to write every day? Come join an accountability team and compete for the prize of most consistent writers!...
[EU] You run a dnd group for Gotham's most wanted, and Batman contacted you saying he wants to join.
[WP] The villain suspects the endless stream of heroes he's been fighting are all clones sent by the government to take him out.
[WP] A Hobbit stops you at a gas station, holding out a map and asking you where he is on it and where the general direction of Mordor is.
[WP] A flock of chickens suspect the eggs that never hatch are fake.
Farmers sometimes put fake eggs in nests so the chickens continue to lay in the same spot.
Dashiell Hammett: from Pinkerton spy to proletarian writer (www.cpusa.org)
A well-done article. I never knew about this writer. More research should be done on him....
[WP] A time traveler introduces medieval farming peasants to memory foam mattresses.
[WP] An extra dimensional being appears to you. It beckons you closer, whispering strange almost human speech to you, like how you would go pspsps to a cat.
Books I've read and would recommend this year.
Bag of bones: Made a post about this already....
Wrote my 2023 reading retrospective! (alexsirac.com)
Including:...
We're 4 days into the new year - how are your writing resolutions going?
What do you want to achieve this year as a writer and how’s it going?...
[WP] Blackbeard gets abducted by space pirates.
Time Shelter - a (badly written) Review-Spoilers
As @Arthur requested, here’s a review of Time Shelter. I apologize in advance for what you are going to read....
[WP] An angel appears in the delivery room the moment your child is born. It announces that you have brought forth the anti Christ.
[WP] When children start going missing, everyone blames the local cult, except, they're totally innocent.
[WP] The supervillain defeats the superhero. Instead of killing the hero, they try to convince them to join the villain's side.
Congrats, youve been made ruler of the world! Anything you say, goes. You really dont want it.
[WP] You're a space pirate in way over your head after getting wrapped up in an intergalactic political war.
[WP] After careful study and research, you discover goblins are a subspecies of elves. After publishing your findings, the entire elf community is out for blood.
Call for Submissions: On Palestine - Asymptote Blog (www.asymptotejournal.com)
Submit your pieces on Palestine to the blog by December 31.
Online writing communities?
I’m looking for a place to share my short stories and flash fiction, get comments and critiques, and give feedback in return. There are a fair few websites but they all seem to either focus on smut or fanfiction. Do you have any recommendations for active writing communities?