We recently added a new Graphic Artist to our Resources page. Are you an author in need of original artwork or a graphic designer for your fantasy or sci-fi novel? We highly recommend K. M. Carroll, so visit her website to get her prices for commissions! https://kmcarrollblog.wordpress.com/commissions/ She is an author as well, so be sure to check out her…
My name is Jakki and I am a drug addict. When we think of someone having a drug addiction, we automatically think of crack, cocaine, heroin, or meth, but millions of us are currently addicted to a kind of drug and don't even think about it because we don't have to find a dealer in some dark alley to give…
“You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.” — Inigo Montoya, The Princess Bride I wanted to strangle him! It was my Senior year in college and I was one presentation away from graduating with my long-awaited, and hard-earned Bachelor of Science degree. Four long years of study and thousands of dollars spent…
It was just a kiss. That is all it was, one simple kiss. Two people were in a full embrace, lips locked, arms entwined, but it went no further because at that exact moment the two lovers were being watched by the heartbroken husband of the lady. The Beloved Queen Guinevere was caught stealing a secret kiss with Lancelot of…
“Now that is the way to do it!” Gushed Slipjaw the Shameful from the Third Order of Sheol. Following the news that the new Supreme Court nominee, Ketanji Brown Jackson, is close to securing the open judicial position, a firestorm of Twitter activity has erupted from the bowels of the demonic realm. On the heels of Jackson’s refusal to define…
If you haven't heard, there's been a big job opening and anyone is welcome to apply for the position. Of course, few can actually fill such big shoes, but someone's got to try or the search will have to continue! And the role looking to be filled is the one that Walt Disney once occupied. Oh sure, he passed away…
Why are people so impressed with evil? Does it really take a brilliant mind to create perversity? Do you remember Sid Phillips from the Pixar movie, Toy Story? His pleasure in life was terrorizing his little sister by taking her toys and using them to perform perverse operations on. He would tear off baby heads and attach them to steel…
Is there such a thing as being “Too Online” these days? Can’t we just be done with disagreeing? If you would ask the popular consensus, most people would say that both sides on the political/philosophical spectrum need to quit arguing and just agree. Right? Because as the old saying goes, “It takes two to tango.” But I would submit, sometimes,…
This may be the most important question for our times, “Can a lie be taken as communication?” This was the core query that was wrestled within the 1970 book by German philosopher, Josef Pieper, “Abuse of Language, Abuse of Power.” The book discussed how this question has always plagued human understanding. Are people using language to actually “convey reality for…
The realm of historical fiction is unique among the genre of fiction. Simply put, other genres act as portals, sending a reader away on an adventure of some kind. Historical fiction is a time machine. With a deft hand, a writer can have the reader following the main protagonist as they stand on the deck of a pirate ship blasting…