You made it too easy for us. You and your 24 hour lifestyles, all those all-night joints just crammed full of people, neon tubes lighting the place brighter than the sun. Talk about ‘all you can eat’. You just didn’t see it coming. You called us folklore, said anyone who believed in us was primitive. […]
[Guest Post] Beth Trissel on Research
I’m pleased to be able to welcome author Beth Trissel to the Blunt Pencil today! Beth caught my attention with her fascinating posts about herbal lore over on her blog, One Writer’s Way, and I’ve asked her to talk about the importance of research. Over to you, Beth! Passion for the past and research into those […]
Photo Prompt 73
New prompt available! If you want to use the prompt, all I ask is that you include a link to this entry and a credit to me for the photograph, and that you post a link to your story in the comments box below so I can see what you’ve come up with! If you […]
Twisted Valentine
A twisted slice of Valentine fiction for you here – I submitted a story to Lily Childs’ February Femmes Fatales, and happily had it accepted! There are some corking stories going up right throughout this month, so plenty to keep you occupied. But what was even better than just being accepted was having Whispering Sweet […]
Photo Prompt 72
New prompt available! If you want to use the prompt, all I ask is that you include a link to this entry and a credit to me for the photograph, and that you post a link to your story in the comments box below so I can see what you’ve come up with! If you […]
Friday Flash – Anonymous
Photo from Popular Archaeology Maria scrawled her signature on the form, and handed the clipboard back to the courier. He scurried out of the lab, leaving her and Tom with the coffin. “Where exactly did Sasha find this?” asked Maria. She ran her hands across the smooth wood. “There was a stone sarcophagus in a […]
