Posts Tagged ‘Fiction’
The Resurrection Of Trevor Evans
The Resurrection Of Trevor Evans Dusty sunlight sliced into the room, and across the top of the well worn oaken dining room table where it embraced the manuscript sitting at the far end. Detective Gianpaolo “Gino” Piccoli stood, hands buried in his wrinkled trench coat, [Read More]
Tale Of The Sea Muse | Part VI |Progressive Fiction
The Tale Of The Sea Muse series can be found as it unfolds under the ‘Series’ tab on the EWN navigation bar. Tale Of The Sea Muse “Dammit, dammit, dammit, dammit,” the lanky Swede said aloud. Then he thought, did I say ‘dammit’ four, or five [Read More]
Tale Of The Sea Muse | Part V | Progressive Fiction
Read the entire Tale Of The Sea Muse as it unfolds here. Enjoy! Tale Of The Sea Muse Charlie dreamed twice that night. The first was a familiar dream, one that always ended with him waking and biting back tears; tears he tried to hide from even himself. Every so often, [Read More]
Tale Of The Sea Muse | Part IV | Progressive Fiction
Tale Of The Sea Muse (cont.) Erin was sitting up, holding a tin cup of fresh water just outside of her lips, the hot sun tried to find its way to her as the Sea Muse gently rolled with the calm water, “And you, Love?” How bad?” “I’m sure Neptune’s [Read More]
Tale Of The Sea Muse | Part III | Progressive Fiction
The The Of the Sea Muse is now listed in the site navigation under the Series tab. Tale Of The Sea Muse (cont.) “Abram. Abram Wolf.” I stood with my back to the ocean, casting my shadow over her so she wouldn’t have to squint, or cover those gorgeous blue [Read More]
Tale Of The Sea Muse | Part II | Progressive Fiction
It has been a few weeks since Sea Muse I was published to launch Sea Muse Sunday. Tonight I will attempt to erase that discretion by publishing two installments of the story my muse keeps feeding me one delicious morsel at a time. Tale Of The Sea Muse (cont.) …With [Read More]
Tale Of The Sea Muse | Part I | Progressive Fiction
About a month ago, my muse came to me, slapped my chest with this and told me to write it as it comes- no more, no less. Then she laughed evilly over her shoulder as she split the scene. Since then, she has shit three more ‘scenes’ to write, without giving me [Read More]
The World Of Crime Noir | Fiction | Crime
Sam Spade, Phillip Marlow, Alexander Black, trench coats, fedoras, violence, and dames. Crime Noir is a literary genre made popular by the likes of Dashiell Hammet and Raymond Chandler, and has survived since the genre’s pioneer Carroll John Daly’s story, [Read More]
Let’s Have Fun Writing | Defining Creative Writing
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Last week, we opened the Let’s Have Fun Writing series by talking about writing practice and how that habit will help writer’s find their heart and use it when the pen anything. I hope some of you are swearing like sailors at me. I hope your hands are all cramped up, [Read More]
Let’s Have Fun Writing | Practice
Far be it from me to stake any claim to being a writer with enough talent and skill to sit on a high throne and give sound writing tips, yet I believe that this site needs a weekly ‘Writing Tips’ column, so I am going to take up the yoke in hopes that WE all [Read More]
Five Years With Interest
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In this flash fiction piece I weave a tale of eventually paying the piper in currency inked with terror… Beams of moonlight filtered in from the mostly cloaked windows and pierced her as she sat in the dark room, bound, gagged, and terrified. The wooden chair was cold [Read More]
A Good Landing
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This flash fiction submission explores the probability that no matter how good, or how lucky we are, we still need a little help… Every landing you walk away from is a good one, Sam thought to himself as he limped away from the now burning Jenny. He didn’t even [Read More]
An Angel Down | We Miss You
This is my 55 word flash fiction tribute to our recently fallen Angel… “Quit your sobbing,” the tinny voice rattled from the desktop intercom. A sniffling voice, “We can’t, Charlie. She’s gone.” “She may be gone, but she left you a charge. Each one of [Read More]
Welcoming Mickey Mills | The Prodigal Scribe
I would like to officially welcome Mickey Mills to Extreme Writing Now. Mickey, who answers to the handle of The Prodigal Scribe, is the author of the wildly popular, Haunting Injustice. 1449929168 Mickey is my kinda soul; in more ways than one. It would seem that we both [Read More]
Moose McCloud
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I was there the Easter Sunday when Moose McCloud walked into the Holy Redeemer Blessed Church of the Pentecost. The congregation had just started the first hymn when the turbulent rumble of a motorcycle pulled into the parking lot. The noise effectively drowned out the [Read More]
Ghosts in our Tales | A Look At Paranormal Fiction
Paranormal fiction is about the hottest sub-genre going right now; particularly paranormal romance. In fact, this “guilty pleasure” was so popular in the early days of ePublishing that it is credited as the reason eBook publishing finally became organized into the [Read More]
Ghost Stories | EWN Writing Contest
Halloween is here and we at Extreme Writing Now are going ghost hunting. Suit up and throw the switch on to the containment unit; we have ectoplasmic creatures to snare. That’s right; our next contest begins right about…NOW! Deadlines Jennifer Akers is a professional [Read More]
Santa Rolled
This 55 word flash fiction piece explores the further expansion of one man’s empire… Half the workshops were burned to the ground. Tiny kneecaps were shattered. Prancer’s head was found between red and white silk bed sheets. In the end, a labor contract was [Read More]
Strange Adventures Of Pulp Collectors
Yes, some would call us strange and those of us involved in the world of collecting Pulp Fiction would agree that we do have some mighty fun adventures. So, Strange Adventures does describe a little about the world that we traverse in on a regular basis. Trolling around [Read More]
Pulp Fiction ~ Not The Movie
Backed by enthusiasts such as Laurie Powers and Thomas McNulty, the interest in pulp fiction history and collecting pulp fiction memorabilia is surging. Proof can be found in the fact that at the recent Pulp Fest in Columbus, Ohio, over 50 unique vendor booths were offering [Read More]
