Welcome to The Spot Writers. This month’s prompt is to write a story that involves a snow globe. Today’s post comes from Phil Yeats. Last week, Phil (using his Alan Kemister pen name) published his most recent novel. Tilting at Windmills, the second in the Barrettsport Mysteries series of soft-boiled police detective stories set in […]
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Welcome to The Spot Writers. This month’s prompt is to write a story that involves a snow globe. This week’s story comes from Cathy MacKenzie. Cathy’s novel, WOLVES DON’T KNOCK, is available from her locally or on Amazon. *** The Snow Globe by Cathy MacKenzie For the fourth time that day, Miranda stood in her […]
Welcome to the Spot Writers. This month’s prompt is to write a story that involves a snow globe. The snow globe can contain anything and doesn’t necessarily have to do with or take place around Christmas. Today’s prompt comes to us from Val Muller, author of the Corgi Capers mystery series. Check it out at […]
Welcome to The Spot Writers. This month’s prompt: a book keeps appearing out of the blue in the most unexpected and unusual places. This week’s story comes from Chiara De Giorgi. Chiara dreams, reads, edits texts, translates, and occasionally writes in two languages. She also has a lot of fun. The Booklet by Chiara De […]
This week, I had the chance to catch up with David Fulcher. We’ve attended several author events together, and I’m happy to feature his flash fiction piece, “Madame Zeist’s Perfume,” as well as a bit about him and his work. Madame Zeist’s Perfume by David Fulcher I wasn’t sure what to expect when I touched […]
Welcome to The Spot Writers. This month’s prompt: a book keeps appearing out of the blue in the most unexpected and unusual places. This week’s story comes from Phil Yeats. Phil (using his Alan Kemister pen name) recently published his first novel. A Body in the Sacristy, the first in the Barrettsport Mysteries series of […]
Welcome to The Spot Writers. This month’s prompt: a book keeps appearing out of the blue in the most unexpected and unusual places. Today’s tale comes to you from Val Muller, author of the spooky novel The Man with the Crystal Ankh. Back to Work By Val Muller From the moment her daughter just “had […]
Welcome to The Spot Writers. This month’s prompt: a book keeps appearing out of the blue in the most unexpected and unusual places. This week’s story comes from Cathy MacKenzie. Cathy’s novel, WOLVES DON’T KNOCK, is available from her locally or on Amazon, to great reviews. *** The Notepad by Cathy MacKenzie “Bob, did you […]
The current prompt: News these days contain a plethora of depressing stuff from floods and wildfires and other environmental problems, to mass shootings, to refuge problems and other political and social crises, to whatever you like as your favourite example. Write a story focused on one or more of these depressing occurrences and give it […]
Welcome to The Spot Writers. This month’s prompt: Newspapers and news sites show a plethora of depressing stuff from floods and wildfires and other environmental problems, to mass shootings, to refugee problems and other political and social crises. Write a story focused on a depressing occurrence and give it a happy ending. This week’s story […]
