Category: ARTICLE
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Weird Fiction for Beginners
This guide is for those who are ready to dip their toes into Weird fiction, but might not be ready for some of the intense themes, graphic depictions, and overall mind-boggling that many Weird stories can contain.
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Weird Fiction, What is it?
When someone says they like Weird Fiction it may immediately bring to mind stories containing unfathomably ancient miasmic, tentacled deities or a disc-shaped world balancing atop elephants that stand upon a giant turtle swimming through space. Alternatively, one may be drawn to images of vegan vampires in space or a cat that hates Mondays and…
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The desire to simply not exist
To simply not exist is an unattainable goal. It cannot be achieved, and even if it could, you would have no ability to perceive that it had been.
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11 Free Short Stories To Read For Halloween… (or any time of the year)
What is it about spooky tales that we love so much? Here is a list of must-read short stories for Halloween—All available online FREE!
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What is Speculative Fiction?
Sometimes called ‘what-if’ books. Speculative fiction changes the laws of what’s real or possible as we know them and speculates what could be instead. #speculativefiction #whatif #bookblog #writersguide
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Author Highlight REBECCA CAMM
Rebecca Camm is an Australian indie author, mother of two, and fantasy-romance enthusiast. Now, she’s released her first novel, Liars and Light, AVAILABLE NOW! Check out 21 questions with Rebecca Camm here!
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Author Highlight L.R. SCHULZ
L.R. Schulz is a Melbourne born fantasy author and primary school teacher with a love for reading and writing. During the covid outbreak, Schulz began writing his very own fantasy novel and then over the last twelve months underwent the daunting process of publishing it himself. A King’s Radiance is his first novel in the…
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10 Authors You Didn’t Know Self-Published
Self-publishing has taken off in recent decades with more and more writers turning to self-publishing than going to big publishing houses like Orbit Books or Penguin House. You may be interested to know that publishing houses were not the traditional way to go in the early years of writing and publishing. The idea that to…
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How to Avoid Writer’s Block
Writer’s block can occur at any moment, even to the most seasoned of writers, making it difficult to string as little as two cohesive sentences together. When this happens, it can be disheartening as well as frustrating, so it’s important to develop ways of combating writer’s block by finding your inspiration and get back your…
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Why You Should Read Banned Books
A Tennessee school board has recently banned Art Spiegelman’s Maus (1980) which details the experience of his father during the Holocaust. Parents and teachers have removed the graphic novel from its curriculum due to its “inappropriate language and nudity”. However, as Variety points out, many believe this to align with a growing pattern of schools targeting literature surrounding the…
Emily Morrison 