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Author Archives: Val
Flash Fiction: My Life Beyond the Hills by Chiara De Giorgi
Welcome to The Spot Writers. The August prompt is based on a photo taken at a local zoo. There was a fence leading to a “no admittance” area, but about 12 inches at the bottom had been bent upward, allowing … Continue reading
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Flash Fiction: Coming of Age by Phil Yeats
Welcome to The Spot Writers. The August prompt is based on a photo taken at a local zoo. There was a fence leading to a “no admittance” area, but about 12 inches at the bottom had been bent upward, allowing … Continue reading
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Book Review: How to Hang a Witch by Adriana Mather
Author Adriana Mather is a real-life descendant of Cotton Mather. In some ways, this young adult novel is inspired by her real-life interest in her family’s history. In the novel, Samantha Mather, a descendant of Cotton Mather, moves to Salem … Continue reading
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Flash Fiction: Squeaky Runs by Cathy MacKenzie
Welcome to The Spot Writers. The August prompt is based on a photo taken at a local zoo. There was a fence leading to a “no admittance” area, but about 12 inches at the bottom had been bent upward, allowing … Continue reading
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Flash Fiction: Pomeranian by Val Muller
Welcome to the Spot Writers. This month’s prompt is based on a photo taken at a local zoo. There was a fence leading to a “no admittance” area, but about 12 inches at the bottom had been bent upward, allowing … Continue reading
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Flash Fiction: Lady Marian and the Kids by Chiara De Giorgi
Welcome to The Spot Writers. The current prompt is a story about a character who finds an object that had been lost. This week’s story comes from Chiara De Giorgi. Chiara dreams, reads, edits texts, translates, and occasionally writes in … Continue reading
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Flash Fiction: Good Deed, Bad Consequences by Phil Yeats
Welcome to The Spot Writers. The current prompt is a story about a character who finds an object that had been lost. This week’s story comes from Phil Yeats. Phil (using his Alan Kemister pen name) recently published his first … Continue reading
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Book Review: The Weight of Feathers by Anna-Marie McLemore
I received this book for free (from the publisher) as a review copy for possible use in my teaching. I teach AP Literature and am always on the lookout for modern books of literary merit that balance the ability to … Continue reading
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Flash Fiction: Myself by Val Muller
Welcome to the Spot Writers. This month’s prompt is to write about a character who finds an object that had been lost. This month’s story comes to us from Val Muller. She is the author of the Corgi Capers kidlit … Continue reading
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Book Review: I want to grow hair, I want to grow up, I want to go to Boise by Erma Bombeck
This book was given to me in a box of my own works that came to me from my late uncle. I was curious as to why he had it: either he or my grandmother had purchased it on May … Continue reading
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