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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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Thanksgiving Haiku Contest

Posted on November 3, 2020January 28, 2023 by Richard

Welcome to our Thanksgiving Haiku Contest! We are looking for the best Haiku we have ever read! It can be on any topic or writing in any style. We just want to read your haikus. 

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Word Scramble for Writers

Posted on November 2, 2020October 22, 2024 by Richard

Welcome to our Word Scramble for Writers. These are 8 to 10 words we pick every week to let you test your word skills. We find, sometimes, writers need to decompress, and put your time in the comments, so we can compare.

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Writing Challenge: Exquisite Corpse November 2020

Posted on November 2, 2020April 18, 2025 by Richard

This an Exquisite Corpse. An Exquisite Corpse is a writing or art game where you complete the story, poem or drawing in parts.

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Winner Bedtime by DanaSan

Posted on October 31, 2020October 31, 2020 by Richard

Congratulations to our Winner DanaSan. She has won our 2020 50 word horror contest! Please congratulate her in the comments below. 

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Dear Whoever You Are by Angela Carlton

Posted on October 31, 2020October 31, 2020 by Angela Carlton

For that is the question, isn’t it? I don’t know who you are anymore. Once, you were the guy, my carefree man with those sea-glass colored eyes and that laugh.

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$100 50 Word Horror Creepy Christmas Contest

Posted on October 29, 2020January 28, 2023 by Richard

Welcome to our $100 50 Word Horror Creepy Christmas Contest. We are going to run one of these every couple months due to the popularity, and it seems like people really like them. It also seems like people really love the horror stories, so we are doing it again. This contest is basically the same…

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$100 50 Word Horror Story Contest

Posted on October 10, 2020January 28, 2023 by Richard

Welcome to our 2020 50 Word Horror Story Halloween Contest! I’ll be honest, last years contest was a mess! We had all kinds of trouble. People played but didn’t supply their contact information. People didn’t want their personal information used. They didn’t even want their stories used. They didn’t want to get paid, they wanted…

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10 Tiny Tales that will Terrorize You

Posted on October 10, 2020October 10, 2020 by Richard

Here are 10 Tiny Tales that will Terrorize You. These scary stories are written by new, up and coming authors. As a writer if you can inspire emotions in your readers

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10 Greatest Classic Horror Stories of All Time

10 Greatest Classic Horror Stories of all Time

Posted on October 9, 2020November 2, 2020 by Richard

When looking at the Greatest Classic Horror Stories of all time we are defining classic here as anything that has not been published in contemporary times. I’m not defining contemporary times in any strict way here.

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