Stephen J. Matlock's Blog, page 29
June 23, 2018
I Have Thoughts About Sarah Sanders
Recently (6/22/18), Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the White House Press Secretary (and daughter of former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee), went out to dinner with her family of five to a restaurant in Virginia. After consulting with her staff, who voted to eject the family, the restaurant manager asked the Sanders to leave, and the Sanders departed. … Continue reading "I Have Thoughts About Sarah Sanders"
June 12, 2018
NYC Midnight Short Screenplay Competition “INSHALLAH”–fourth place
My short screenplay هللا ءاش نإ INSHALLAH got fourth place in the first round of the NYC Midnight Short Screenplay Competition. Prompt was historical fiction, homesickness, and a poet. So I imagined “What would homesickness look like for someone in Al-Andalus during the Reconquista, where they have already lost their home in Africa and are… Read More »
June 11, 2018
Submissions Status
Here are some links to my published stories. There are a few more in the hopper… 1. “She Who Made the Land Her Home” – published in “Take a Mind Trip: Book a Fantasy” (https://www.amazon.com/dp/0985183381) 2. “Clay Pots” – published in scars.tv (http://scars.tv/cgi-bin/works_e.pl?/h...) 3. “To Sleep, Perchance to Dream” – to be published in Literally… Read More »
June 2, 2018
Why Do White People Like to Call Black People “Racist”?
I poke around on Twitter, and follow a wide range of people from a wide range of backgrounds. (Spoiler: I’m fluent only in English, so I don’t follow a lot of non-English-speaking Twitter users, but I do have a few.) One of the things I see—a lot!—from white people, especially white conservative American males, is… Read More »
May 25, 2018
“Clay Pots” now available on scars publishing
My short story “Clay Post” is now available on scars publishing’s website, and will be available in the cc&d magazine in September. You can read the short story here: http://scars.tv/cgi-bin/works_e.pl?/h...
May 24, 2018
“Clay Pots” Accepted for Publication by Scars Publications
Received notice that my short story “Clay Pots” (YeahWrite SuperChallenge 2018 Round 1 Entry) has been accepted by Scars Publications. It will appear online on the scars.tv website (URL to follow) by the end of this week, and will also be included in their anthology, available for order on September 1, 2018.
May 23, 2018
Feedback for YeahWrite R3 SuperChallenge Is In!
I got my feedback for my R3 SuperChallenge entry to the YeahWrite fiction contest – 1000 words, 2 days to write, a mash-up of Science Fiction and Crime Detective. I have to say, the feedback was excellent – very detailed, attentive, and based upon the story I wrote. I wish I could get such good,… Read More »
May 22, 2018
Short story “She Who Made the Land Her Home” now available as a Kindle download
My short story She Who Made the Land Her Home is now available as a Kindle download and a perfectbound print edition in the anthology “Take a Mind Trip: Book a Fantasy,” from Scribes Valley Publishing. Print: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0985183381 Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07D5GW81M/
May 13, 2018
YeahWrite Super Challenge #8 Round Three Entry–COMPLETE
Whew. That was … interesting. There are three rounds to this challenge. In Round One, we are given an object and a situation. For me, the object was a clay (terra cotta) pot and a visit with a parent. Managed to get by on that one, even though it felt very mundane. For Round Two,… Read More »
May 11, 2018
YeahWrite Super Challenge #8 Round Three Coming Up
I’m set up this weekend to write a 1000 word (max) short story based upon a genre mash-up—two genres that must both be fairly represented in a story. For example, a fairy tale that’s also a horror story. But that’s been done, of course—Hansel and Gretel was a fairy tale-horror story when the Grimms told… Read More »
