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2021 50 Word Horror Story Contest “Only For the Glory”

Posted on October 2, 2021January 28, 2023 by Richard

  Welcome to our 2021 50 World Horror Story “Only for the Glory” contest. EWR has been on Hiatus for a good while. We have had many issues over the last year, but your fearless editor is working to get the wheels turning again. I can’t let Halloween go by without a horror story contest….

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Bram Stoker on Witches

Posted on October 1, 2021October 4, 2021 by Richard

For convenience, the masculine offender is in demonology classed under the female designation. According to Michelet and other authorities there were ten thousand alleged witches for each alleged wizard! and anyhow there is little etiquette as to the precedence of ladies in criminal matters.

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The Sources of Hallowe’en

Posted on October 1, 2021January 30, 2023 by Richard

If we could ask one of the old-world pagans whom he revered as his greatest gods, he would be sure to name among them the sun-god; calling him Apollo if he were a Greek; if an Egyptian, Horus or Osiris; if of Norway, Sol; if of Peru, Bochica.

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Evidence of Witches

Posted on September 29, 2021January 30, 2023 by Richard

For Halloween: The accounts and evidence against witches (those killed for being witches) are far more terrifying than the prospects of them being true witches.

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5 Scariest Horror Movies of all Time

Posted on September 26, 2021February 3, 2023 by Richard

I just love watching horror films in October. This year I decided to find the movies I felt were really “scary,” and end with them. So here is my list of the 5 scariest movies of all time. From October 27th-October 31st I will be watching these movies.

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Artwork by Mario Sanchez Nevado

Posted on March 26, 2021March 27, 2021 by Richard

Mario S. Nevado is a dynamic illustrator and Art Director based in Spain. With a solid style, his conceptual work creates an emotional impact on his viewer

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Robert Louis Stevenson on Walt Whitman’s Style

Posted on March 26, 2021March 29, 2025 by Richard

Experience Stevenson’s brilliant analysis of Walt Whitman’s revolutionary style in this classic essay. Discover the literary conversation

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63 Questions Writers Love to Answer

Posted on November 17, 2020January 30, 2023 by Richard

Here are 63 Questions Writers Love to Answer. How do I know they love to answer them? I asked them on Twitter! About once a day I’ll ask a question to writers that addresses some issues in writing.

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On Hanging a Stocking at Christmas by Charles S. Brooks

Posted on November 10, 2020January 30, 2023 by Richard

On Hanging a Stocking at Christmas (1920)  by Charles S. Brooks As Christmas is, above all, a holiday for children, it is proper in its season to consider with what regard they hold its celebration. But as no one may really know the secrets of childhood except as he retains the recollection of his own,…

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Christmas by Washington Irving

Posted on November 10, 2020January 30, 2023 by Richard

Christmas by Washington Irving But is old, old, good old Christmas gone? Nothing but the hair of his good, gray old head and beard left? Well, I will have that, seeing I cannot have more of him. HUE AND CRY AFTER CHRISTMAS. A man might then behold At Christmas, in each hall Good fires to…

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Continue the Story: Shotgun

Posted on November 9, 2020October 22, 2024 by Richard

She was a broken person. Inside her chest she could feel it. All of the facts pointed to her being the trouble. Standing at the grocery story, feeling anxious and terrible

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Of Truth by Francis Bacon

Posted on November 9, 2020February 3, 2023 by Richard

What is truth? said jesting Pilate, and would not stay for an answer. Certainly there be, that delight in giddiness, and count it a bondage to fix a belief; affecting free-will in thinking, as well as in acting. And though the sects of philosophers of that kind be gone, yet there remain certain discoursing wits,…

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How to Improve Your Tech Writing Skills

Posted on November 9, 2020January 25, 2023 by Richard

There are two vital skills demanded of technical writers. One is to first be able to comprehend what can often be difficult and specialized language. The second

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Central Park Walks and Talks by Walt Whitman

Posted on November 9, 2020November 9, 2020 by Richard

I visit Central Park now almost every day, sitting, or slowly rambling, or riding around. The whole place presents its very best appearance this current month

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Weekly Writing Prompt: Halloween is Over

Posted on November 3, 2020February 3, 2023 by Richard

You saw all your friends killed on Halloween night. He then tried to kill you, but a psychologist stopped him. After a bit of shock, you took a ride to the local hospital.

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A Note from Richard

After navigating some family health challenges over the past few months, I’m back to publishing regularly. I hope to return to a full schedule soon, but I appreciate your patience as I rebuild momentum. Thank you for sticking with Every Writer – your support means everything.

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