Once again, I'm not posting these nearly as often as I would like. This time, though, I have good excuse. I've been away on my honeymoon most of September, so, yeah. Wasn't going to spend that on posting story recommendations. Enough Rambling. Let's get to it. Words I've Redefined Since Your Dinosaur Invaded my Lunar … Continue reading Short Story Recommendations – 2019.10.02
Author: Tobias Backman
Short Story Recommendations – 2019.08.02
I've been out and about for this round of story recommendations. As always, flash fiction has taken up a fair amount of the reading, though with less focus on a single magazine as both Every Day Fiction, Daily Science Fiction, Flash Fiction Online, and Factor Four Magazine have been given their fair chance. All of … Continue reading Short Story Recommendations – 2019.08.02
Short Story Recommendations – 2019.07.10
Once again, the short story recommendations are long over do. Yadda, yadda, life's been busy. I won't make excuses. Here's today's list which is, for once, not dominated by Daily Science Fiction. Let's Pretend by Mary Soon Lee (Daily Science Fiction): This proved to be a fairly original take on the alien invasion trope. The … Continue reading Short Story Recommendations – 2019.07.10
Review: Neil Gaiman’s Masterclass
As soon as I saw Neil Gaiman was offering lectures at Masterclass.com, I jumped at the opportunity. Gaiman is one of my absolute favorite writers, so even though I doubted the lectures would contain some mind-blowing new information, I figured it would be nice to get an insight into his writing process at least. I'm … Continue reading Review: Neil Gaiman’s Masterclass
2019.06.01 – Story Recommendations
I can't believe how far behind I am with my story recommendations. It's been more than a month since I posted the last batch, and the ones served today have been sitting in my inbox for far too long. Unfortunately, this also means I've only had time to read Daily Science Fiction short stories lately … Continue reading 2019.06.01 – Story Recommendations
New Publication
Finally, after years of sub-par submissions and dreadful attempts at stories, Daily Science Fiction took pity on me and published one of my pieces, When Jimmy Hendermann Wore a Dress to School. Those of you who've been following a long for a while now probably realize that this is a big deal for me. DSF … Continue reading New Publication
2019.04.08 – Short Story Recommendations
Right. I've been neglecting this for way too long now. I'm not going to bore you with how life sometimes gets busy and time seems like the Roadrunner leaving you all to aware that you're Wile E. Coyote with no control of what's going on despite your best efforts. Suffice to say that today's post … Continue reading 2019.04.08 – Short Story Recommendations
The Hundred Year Old Man Who Climbed out the Window and Disappeared – Breaking the Rules with Comedy
First thing first, I absolutly loved The Hundred Year Old Man Who Climbed out the Window and Disappeared (despite it's ridiculosely long title; let's just call it The Book from now on). And before the comments section turns into a fist fight, no, I don't really think there are any rules to creative writing, but … Continue reading The Hundred Year Old Man Who Climbed out the Window and Disappeared – Breaking the Rules with Comedy
Real Fake
The below is another piece of flash fiction which I don't think will find a home at any pro-paying magazine, but which I none the less liked enough that I decided to share with the world. Real Fake Thousands of people are marching through the streets of Washington DC today, protesting what some call … Continue reading Real Fake
Love Demon (flash fiction)
I have a new old flash fiction piece I'd like to share with you. It failed to find a home at magazines after a few close but not quite submissions. I still like it, though, which I can't say about many of my stories from back then; as I'm writing it's turning three years old … Continue reading Love Demon (flash fiction)
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