The Extreme Writing Now Ghost Stories Contest is finished and we have a winner. But, announcing only one winner seems like a grisly crime, because each entry was superb, chilling, and extremely entertaining. Once again, I want to thank Jennifer Akers for talking on the unenviable task of judging the contest. Here is her...
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Chu Lai Republic of South Vietnam March 1967 Outer Perimeter…Guard Detail I was pulling my 2nd tour…out where “Charlie” owns the Patch…Where we are close enough to smell each other..Close enough to hear them chat ..with us..Not always..but often enough to get almost used to it…It was a 30 day detail..out for 30 days and...
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The old woman awakens, to the rasp of the hinges, ripping the shutters from her bedroom window. She rises supporting her frail body with blue veined hands holding fast to the bedpost, the night stand, the windowsill. In the pallor of midnight moon, the shutters lie quiet in the garden, in her crushed azalea...
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What follows is my entry for the October 2010 flash fiction writing contest here at Extreme Writing Now… Sil sat in the utilitarian, padded steel chair, forearms on the table, hands rubbing each other. The wrinkled, hospital issue robe and pajamas only accentuated his disheveled look. The bright fluorescent lighting that brought the sterile...
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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 juggernaut force it is today. Although paranormal generally isn’t restricted to ghosts and/or...
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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 is also a copywriter  for other writers, individuals, and businesses.  Her experience includes writing...
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