Jesse Teller

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  • The Friday 13 with Ty Arthur

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    Ty Arthur gets to meld his passions with his work while freelancing for the likes of Metalunderground.com and GameSkinny. His debut sci-fi / horror novella “Empty” was released in early 2016, with many more dark tales still to come. Arthur writes to exorcise his demons and lives in the cold, dark north with his amazing…

  • In the Dark with the Kat

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    Aimes read a love story. It was short and broke my heart. Steeped in pain and sweetened with a thin slice of hope, her tale of heartache lay upon us all soft like a dusting of snow on the shoulders of Writers Club. Cry read a vampire tale. Brett read, like he did every time,…

  • Viva La Revolution: Character Motivation

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    I’m back to set fire to a few ideas and tip over a van or two. I want to break apart the things we as writers do to create characters, because we have been fed a line, told by teachers and mentors certain ways to make a character that are not working. Many of our…

  • The Friday 13 with Errin Stevens

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    Errin Stevens writes paranormal romantic suspense from her home in St. Paul, Minnesota, where she lives with her husband and son. 1.Why storytelling? What made you yearn to tell a good story, and how long was this story within you before it came out? I have always wanted to write, but I didn’t dare do…

  • The Prince of Darkness

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    “I can’t. I just can’t. You have to find another.” Shadow was crying. It was 2008 and we were stuck. We had signed up for a writing workshop and paid a hefty sum. The cost of admission included a reading from seven people. Five editors would read the first five pages. They would weigh in…

  • The Friday 13 with Nathan Beck

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    Nathan Beck was a winner of the 2016 St. Louis Writer’s Guild Short Story contest. He holds a blue belt in Brazilian Jiu-jitsu and has the super power of quoting entire monologues from movies no one else can or cares to remember. Professionally, he has worked in drug and alcohol recovery, clinical studies for medical…

  • The Goddess

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    She was crying. I was in a cardboard cut-out restaurant, a place we have seen over and over again, trying to eat a meal without a soul while I stole glances at my college Lit book. And this girl was weeping. It was the kind of crying you do when your heartbreak is new, when…

  • Waiting for the Sun to Go Down

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    There is a low hum.  A bit of a hiss. Like that first few minutes on vinyl before the song starts. You can hear the song churning out low and slow. You are in the dark now. Lying on your floor with those huge headphones on. Around you, the world is still going. You have…

  • The Friday 13 with Martin Owton

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    Martin Owton is the UK-based author of the Nandor Tales duology. He has also written a contemporary fantasy set in his native New Forest and is working on a “more epic” series. He is represented by Ian Drury of Shiel Land Associates and is a member of the Gravity’s Angels writing group of London.  …

  • The Long Dark Road

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    “Do you know the last time he took a bath?” Careful asked. I held the phone in my hand and looked at the ceiling. The kitchen light was off, and I was on the floor. It was cold and I was getting pissed. The thing with Careful was growing a darker shade than I wanted…