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Interview with an Editor
Since my hair-brained idea at the start of 2021 to change my MHA a year into the program to something I was more passionate about, my MFA...
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Brittany McMunn
- Apr 13
- 5 min
Why Conquest is Different
Not all that long ago I sat in my office chair, I'm sure on the phone with my business colleague as I am most days, and tried wracking my...
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Brittany McMunn
- Apr 8
- 10 min
Don't Stare Directly at the Sun: Flash Fiction & Poems for the Solar Eclipse
Those That Thunder Takes Stan Nesbit Beneath its wing I trembled, the beat of my heart a cacophony in my ears. she held me so close, the...
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Greg Jones
- Apr 1
- 3 min
Meeting Your Heroes
I’ve heard it said to “never meet your heroes.” However, there are certain people who impact your life in such a profound way that it...
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Jen Colclough
- Mar 28
- 4 min
Grieving While Gay
My favourite place in the world no longer exists. This statement isn’t entirely true—the house remains along with its old wallpaper and...
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Arini Vlotman
- Mar 26
- 3 min
3 Lessons Learnt From My Release Day
It was a dark and stormy night. At the southern tip of the African continent an innocent author lay sound asleep, relishing the short...
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Bruce Buchanan
- Mar 20
- 3 min
Don't Quit Your Day Job (and Why That's a Good Thing!)
Making full-time living writing fiction is living the dream—but for most authors (even ones with book deals) being a writer means working...
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Shelby Reed
- Feb 8
- 3 min
Do You Really Want to Write a Villain?
Not everyone is cut out to write evil characters.
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Benjamin Ludwig
- Feb 4
- 4 min
Where It's Safe: A Short Story
The short-short story below titled, Where It’s Safe, is part of the collection of 100 short-shorts I mentioned in my last blog post....
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Benjamin Ludwig
- Jan 9
- 2 min
Northern Lights - A Short Story by Benjamin Ludwig
From the year 2000 to 2006, I lived in Alaska. It’s a long story, and I’ll eventually tell it, here. But the experience of living in and...
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M.E. Shao
- Jan 7
- 4 min
An Ode to the Alphabet
An Ode to the Letter “A” A picture says a thousand words At least that’s what they say Although they can’t describe a thing As well as...
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