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Interesting Stuff : Near the Finish Line
Scrabbled
If you enjoy the board game Scrabble, you might find my Scrabbled Short Story challenge interesting. At my Fans and Gamers blog, challenge yourself to unscrabble several words presented on a Scrabble board. Interpret the words as they stand into a short short story. The challenge is good (and entertaining) practice in cutting down your stories […]
Doing Enough…
Are we doing enough to preserve our natural resources? Sometimes, I believe, we put too much criticism into our efforts to awaken those who don’t give much thought to the important practice of conservation. This is not to say I think we’re doing enough, and let’s back off. Not by any means! However, we tend […]
Thank You Veterans
Have you thanked a military Veteran today for your freedom? It’s Memorial Day, 2018! To Veterans, we owe our freedom in America. Many men and women gave the ultimate sacrifice in conflict and war to make that possible. Don’t ever forget them! And say thank you on more than one occasion during the year! Always […]
John Wayne Died Nine Times
In The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, John Wayne’s character was already dead. The story, starring James Stewart, was done as a flashback, in which John Wayne told part of the tale. It’s a very good film, with the ultimate bad man, Lee Marvin, playing Liberty Valance to the height of his villainous ability. In the less […]
A Fourth Place Tie in Short Story Writing
I’m pleased to announce my short story Normal Things received a Fourth Place three-way tie award in Amazon best-selling author Dan Alatorre’s March 2018 “Word Weaver Writing Contest”! Dan’s scanned award proclamation follows: Normal Things will be featured during the last week of April at Dan’s blog. In the meantime, hop over to his place and enjoy reading […]
Tag Archives: Dan Alatorre
Flying High
It’s at Amazon books! Scary stuff, as in Stephen King scary, makes up our anthology edited by bestselling Amazon author Dan Alatorre. It’s available at Amazon via paperback, or Kindle edition, and as an audible book. See my Amazon Author … Continue reading →
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InterlockED Chapters
Paperback and Kindle orders for the scary anthology “The Box Under the Bed” are available at Amazon. With 19 other authors, I have a short story in that paperback book. My story is titled “Interlock”, and it was written as … Continue reading →
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Tagged Amazon, authors, blog, Dan Alatorre, Interlock, Interlocked, novelette, novella, paperback, scary anthology, short story, Stephen King, stories, The Box Under the Bed
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