This week's challenge: write about something that scares you. Here's what scares me.
Flash Fiction: Something that Scares You
2017 Checklist
What you see up there in the header is our superstitious food of the New Year. Which means... Woo! We made it through the final days of 2016- I won't even say unscathed, because HOLY COW. The last few days of 2016 saw me lose one of my lifetime cinematic-and-otherwise heroes, Carrie Fisher. We lost... Continue Reading →
Review: Lucky Thirteen by Amanda Leigh Burton
Time for another little spooky review! Today's is Lucky Thirteen, a short horror story by author Amanda Leigh Burton. Here's the official blurb: For four young boys one summer night in the woods creates a life time of nightmares. Lucky Thirteen tells the story of a narrator who, at a young age, witnessed the gruesome... Continue Reading →
Review: The Arborist by P.T. Phronk
Today's post comes to you on the heels of some more spooky reading- that of P.T. Phronk's The Arborist. Because I just don't get enough at Halloween. Or maybe it's like always Halloween in my house. With hearts, or stockings, or birthday cakes! Y'all know me. Here's the official blurb: The tree wasn’t there last... Continue Reading →
Flash Fiction in one Sentence: Apocalypse
Because it popped into my brain and doesn't currently have a home... She texted me back a single sentence; "I haven't had enough coffee to deal with the apocalypse."
Single Serve Flash Fiction: Poetry. “Missing.”
A bit of poetry today. "Missing" Today, I find myself missing. People. Ideas. Things. I miss having the capacity to think of myself. I miss having little to take care of. I miss the days of being prudently carefree. I miss the me I used to be. Work work work. No pay, everyday. This life... Continue Reading →
At the Cemetery Gates: Year One Reviewed!
Things are finally settling down for just a moment around here, getting ready for the final Holiday storm, so I sat down to finish up some waaaaaay late reading! First up, I finished reading At the Cemetery Gates: Year One by John Brhel & Joseph Sullivan, the same duo that brought you Marvelry's Curiosity Shop.... Continue Reading →
A Small Appreciation for Silence
We've finally ended our real estate journey. The last five months of our lives have been a special kind of hell, but it's all paid off now. We're in a home that we love, our old house is sold, and it's time to be happy and comfortable again. Who am I kidding? The entire year... Continue Reading →
The Long Race + El’Anret Updates
I AM STILL HERE GUYS. Holy shiz. The first leg of our real estate race is complete! Now we wait for our new house closing... While we wait (taking up lots of space at a relative's house), I figured out that my main writing PC is BROOOOOKENNNN. It's overheating and not even getting into the... Continue Reading →
Eyes on New Authors: R.J. Abell
Yeeeeeesh. I'm almost at the end of the Real Estate shenanigans. SO CLOSE NOW MUHHHH. While I wait though, I thought I might introduce you guys to a new author on the block: R.J. Abell, and their debut work, The Wildest Kind of Pretty. It's dangerous to go alone, so let's team up! (YOU THOUGHT... Continue Reading →
Melody K. Writes Words 