Finding excellent short SFF can often feel like hunting for buried treasure. Sometimes it takes a guide to help fill in the map, connecting readers with fantastic fiction and showing where X Marks The Story–a monthly column from Charles
Hey, you’re a creative writer — you can’t concern yourself with silly things like punctuation, right? LOL.
What is the correct way to use commas in lists?
This is a frequently asked
This summer, my friend Kayla wore all denim to her birthday picnic. “It’s my go-to daytime look,” she told me. “I stole the shirt from my mom, and I wear these $40 sneakers to death.” Inspired, I asked if she’d …
A young woman finds out the truth about her past and escapes a monster in Christina Henry’s newest novel, Near the Bone.
Title: Near The Bone
Author: Christina Henry
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Publisher: Berkeley
Publication Date: April 13, 2021
the two-way street of kindness
There’s something strange — almost magical — about chance encounters in enclosed spaces.
As if the forced proximity makes us vulnerable, squeezing out the very best — or worst — we carry.
You see that
I recently rediscovered the particular fun of a good, long shop at Trader Joe’s. I used to go regularly in my twenties (mostly for wine), but then I got married to a TJ’s die-hard who “swings by” the store pretty
“On The Smugglers’ Radar” is a feature for books that have caught our eye: books we have heard of via other readers, directly from publishers, and/or from our regular incursions from various corners of the interwebs. Because we
