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  • Nara, Friday Fictioneers

    copyright, Roger Cohen It’s the weekend again, and I find myself stuck face to face with Maru. I don’t mind her, but a bass really needs her own space. A case would be nice, and I would love to get polish. But no! I’m stuck here in a corner until Monday. Though Tommy is quite…

  • The Game

    No one knows who created the game. Maybe it existed when the first cars drove off the lot and onward to their destinations, but whoever it was probably didn’t see this coming or intend for it to happen. The game, as Harold Pfinster and his friends called it, was a driving game. On any stretch…

  • 5 Helpful Strategies to Make You a Better Writer

    Growing up, I hated reading and writing. I received horrible scores in my English class. But as I got older, I became enraptured with creative writing. It didn’t happen until I was in high school and a partner and I wrote a short story for our class. I was immediately hooked on the idea of…

  • How to Create Your Own Paranormal Landscape The Easy Way

    When writing paranormal fiction, the writer must be aware of the rules. Paranormal fiction is a world much like fantasy fiction, there are key rules that need to be understood and these rules are nothing less than the physics applied in each writer’s world. A common character used in paranormal fiction is the vampire. Whether…

  • Constructing Paranormal Fiction: The Rules

    When writing paranormal fiction, the writer must be aware of the rules. Paranormal fiction is a world much like fantasy fiction, there are key rules that need to be understood and these rules are nothing less than the physics applied in each writer’s world. A common character used in paranormal fiction is the vampire. Whether…