I recently finished Richard Matheson’s “Hell House.” As I draft my horror novel, I’m looking for the scariest books to use as references for how other authors describe scenes and create a frightening environment for readers. “Hell House” came up on many “Scariest Books Ever Written” lists and I genuinely… Continue reading…
I recently bought a used copy of the Gotham Writers’ Workshop Writing Fiction guide. I’m thankful for Chester Creek Books and Antiques in Duluth, MN for having this on top of a stack of books so I would notice it. There are several exercises throughout the book I am working… Continue reading…
Paul Graham recently wrote an essay about reading where he stated: “In the science fiction books I read as a kid, reading had often been replaced by some more efficient way of acquiring knowledge. Mysterious ‘tapes’ would load it into one’s brain like a program being loaded into a computer.”… Continue reading…
E5R LOG 00 ESTABLISHING CONNECTION…. ESTABLISHING CONNECTION…. ESTABLISHING CONNECTION…. OKULOUS-10 LINK ESTABLISHED. CONFIRMING SITE….SITE E5 RECEIVING. CONFIRMING SIGNAL….RECEIVING TEXT ONLY. BROADCAST UNAVAILABLE. E5R LOG 01 Alexandra Boldt here, Communications Specialist for OKULOUS-10, waking from zombie sleep. Groggy. Other crew members awake before me. Muscular atrophy. Hope it goes away soon…. Continue reading…
We’ve been waiting so long. We both forgot. What did we forget? The time? What we were doing? What we were waiting for? There’s a sound beyond the door. The doctor? We listen, holding our breaths. Another door opens. Not ours. Not for us. The entire hospital waits. Machines wait… Continue reading…
After a two year break, I’m writing again. I had a number of other projects that kept me from the craft, but perhaps the break was needed. My current project is to write the scariest book I could ever read. It may not be horror for some, but the story… Continue reading…