Elizabeth Broadbent is a force of nature. Since making her acquaintance, I have found Eliza to be a friendly, passionate, and caring person. Her love for both writing and her fellow writers is palpable, whether you’re interacting with her online or in person at conventions. And she’s not only a cheerleader of her contemporaries, but a serious player in the writing game, putting up truly impressive stats…
Maddie was washing the dishes on a Thursday evening when she decided that she must be a robot. It made complete sense, once she started to think about it. There were so many bots on the market now, and she’d seen an advert just last week for Unreals, sentient models that didn’t know that they were artificial. When Maddie looked into it, she discovered they could have thoughts installed, set speech algorithms, even false memory implantation. Maybe Clint had done the same to her…
If you’re a writer, and you likely are because you’ve decided to read this post, you have found yourself threshing through dozens, if not hundreds, of articles with similar titles such as this one. As writers, we read the essays, listen to panel considerations, and attend the tool-building seminars of our peers and inspirations like prospectors panning for gold…
A new collection of short stories by bestselling author Nat Cassidy has received a rave review from modern horror literature’s biggest legend, Stephen King. I Know A Place is a collection of short stories that will be published by Shortwave Publishing on May 5th. The collection includes Cassidy’s novella Rest Stop, a 2024 Bram Stoker Award finalist, as well as a number of other new original stories…
A series of books where movie monsters come to life and old VHS tapes summon long-buried evils. You’ll probably survive, as long as you remember to be kind and rewind.
