| How I'm going to get rich in 2009 14 hours ago by Why, it's Clark! This one is SURE to work! I just saw an ad on tv for Hooters. They're running a promotion where each store is giving away an HD flat screen television at each one of their restaurants. All you have to do is go in there and eat to be entered into the drawing. You get an entry every time you go. Here' ... Ridiculously inconsistent ... - clarkjbrooks.blogspot.com · Rank: 57,168 ·  13 references |
| working artist 14 hours ago by Al Filreis This is a little Depression story. (When I mentioned it to my teenaged kids this morning over breakfast, one of them asked, "Which depression?" Okay. It's January 2009, folks.) Toward the beginning of the first era of big government ("The era of big government... has just begun!"), Eudora Welty was ... Al Filreis - afilreis.blogspot.com · Rank: 16,725 · 39 references |
| Manju 1 day ago by apu Her name was Manju. His name was Manju. She lay in the general ward of the Bowring hospital, on a wrought iron bed and a mattress a little thicker than a well made paratha. He ran from place to place, looking for a relative who had not yet heard. Her mind and body were on one frequency. Thousands of ... Apu's World - apusworld.com/blog · Rank: 177,019 · 15 references |
| Who Are You, Really? 1 day ago by Kathleen Maher * Violet looked like a fairytale princess, waiting outside her daughter’s nursery school. The other mothers were older and dowdy, the nannies frazzled. But Violet possessed primacy as a young mother. Leigh arrived late, still unfamiliar with the roads. Violet glanced up and smiled. “Finally.” She ex ... Diary of a Heretic - diaryofaheretic.com/diary_of_a_heretic · 3 references |
| Short Fiction 1 day ago by William Smith If anyone's curious, I finally transferred the last of my lists into the Hang Fire Books Short Fiction Reading Guide on LibraryThing. These are my favorite short stories since 2000. They're mostly from genre magazines as the list was started when I was one of the filters for The Year's Best Fantasy ... Hang Fire Books - hangfirebooks.blogspot.com · Rank: 21,487 · 45 references |
| My week in bullet-points. 1 day ago by Seanan McGuire * Review the proofs for my new album, Red Roses and Dead Things. Decide that they are, yes, sufficiently steeped in mad science, horror, and awesome sauce. Return them to the printer. I should be receiving my albums on January 26th, which is what we call 'cutting it very, very close,' but will still ... Rose-Owls and Pumpkin Girls - seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com · 45 references |
| three for the writing, one not 1 day ago by Laura Anne Gilman aka 'suricata' First sale of the year: audio rights for "Blow Job Red" to podcaster SFZine. They're still pre-launch, so no idea when it will be available. Listen here for updates. I'm starting to get antsy about my last unanswered short fiction submission from 2008. Although not superstitious as a rule, I hesitat ... Where Personal and ... - suricattus.livejournal.com · 104 references |
| A Short Walk to the Blade 1 day ago by johnnysodoff It was early, maybe 6 am when they took me from my holding place and marched me through town. The morning blue skies hung heavy above the muddy streets and mobs that wished to watch me die. Some of them booed and threw rocks and vegetables at me while others cheered my name, still throwing rocks. My ... L453r P4r4d3(!) - johnnysodoff.wordpress.com |
| Transylvania Towers II 1 day ago by Tracy McCusker Transylvania Towers is an in-progress novella. Inspired by Bram Stoker’s Dracula, the story follows the journal entries of a narrator who, after being invited to stay at Transylvania Towers with his wife, has witnessed too much and now fears he is losing his mind. This is the second of six planned p ... Playtime - an Arts and ... - playtime-magazine.com/press · 3 references |
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