Julie Duffy's Blog, page 73
June 28, 2020
The Tell-Tale Heart, Reimagined by Alan Grant
About the Story
The Tell-Tale Heart retold from the POV of the old man.
About the Author
Alan Grant is a writer from Ireland with a focus and emphasis on humorous fiction.
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The Time-Traveller’s Strife by Alan Grant
About the Story
Jason Mourn, still struggling to recover from a bad breakup has a chance to change his future by altering his cringeworthy past.
About the Author
Alan Grant is a writer from Ireland with a focus and emphasis on humorous fiction.
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Right There by Anneliese Schultz
About the Story
A young woman decides to take a Covid-era chance. (Not a screw-social-distancing chance; more like a he-may-Unfriend-me-for-this chance.) Now all she has to do is bring her past, hold the present, and have faith in future as she meets him first time amidst these fading gravestones.
About the Author
A Bread Loaf Scholar and Pushcart Prize nominee, Anneliese completed her MFA in Creative Writing at UBC, and was shortlisted for the 2016 HarperCollins/UBC Prize for Best New Fiction. The prompt for this story was one she mightily resisted—until the character showed up and suggested she get out of the way. Anneliese works on her YA climate fiction, a Middle Grade ghost story, and lockdown flash fiction in Vancouver, BC. Pre-border closure, much of her writing time was spent in Boulder, CO, and points between on the train. She can also be found at http://laughinginthelanguage.com/
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The Spot by Claudia Hauter
About the Story
Abbi is cooking up yet another dinner party, but this one may turn out the be different.
About the Author
Claudia Hauter is a writer of no wrongs – a moniker she adapted from Don Quixote. When she’s not reading books and writing about them, she’s working in South African television creating digital content. She also loves movies, coffee, and saving planet Earth.
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Morning Glory by Isha Bakar
About the Story
About how a daughter is coping with her mother’s death.
About the Author
I love writers who play with characters’ view points to tell a story from different angles. For the previous StoryADay, I explored writing stories written in the voices of different characters over a central theme.
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When To Talk To Strangers by Sharon X. Wong
About the Story
What if talking to strangers is the right thing to do? A different take on the tale of Little Red Riding Hood.
About the Author
Sharon lives in Perth, Western Australia, but spends most of her time in completely imaginary worlds. She has worked as a translator and language tutor and enjoys symphonic music and stories in all their forms.
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June 27, 2020
Good Meat by Neha Mediratta
About the Story
In a tent, atop a mountain, do couples dream of killing each other?
About the Author
Neha Mediratta is a freelance writer and editor based in Mumbai. Her interests include swimming, tai chi alongwith studying natural and human systems of organization)
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Glorious and Sunny by Lisa Rutledge
About the Story
Sunny’s momma hardly leaves the house these days. Sunny’s always been able to cheer her up before, but now he can’t seem to help. And it’s no surprise to Sunny that his sister doesn’t help either. Can these three family members find happiness together in changed circumstances?
About the Author
Lisa Rutledge writes poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. She reads in the historical fiction, fantasy, and humor genres, to name just a few of her favorites. Visit her website at https://lisarutledgeauthor.com/to check out more of her work and subscribe to her blog.
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Humpty Dumpty’s Demise by Maery Rose
About the Story
“We had long thought Humpty Dumpty would meet his demise with reckless abandon. And we weren’t far from the truth.”
About the Author
Maery Rose is a Minnesota writer who has been blogging for over twenty years at maeryrose.com. She likes to believe that the wide variety of topics she writes about represent an unquenchable curiosity. Maery’s most recent and harrowing trek has taken her into the world of writing and publishing short stories.
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Cinderella Jones by Anita G. Gorman
About the Story
A teen named Cinderella is ridiculed, but she makes use of the elements of the fairytale to be a success in unusual ways.
About the Author
Anita G. Gorman grew up in Queens and now lives in northeast Ohio. Since 2014 she has had a number of short stories and essays accepted for publication. Her one-act play, Astrid: or, My Swedish Mama, produced at Youngstown Ohio’s Hopewell Theatre in March 2018, starred Anita and her daughter Ingrid.
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