Matthew Daniels
Bio
Merry meet!
I'm here to explore the natures of stories and the people who tell them.
My latest book is Interstitches: Worlds Sewn Together. Check it out: https://www.engenbooks.com/product-page/interstitches-worlds-sewn-together
Stories (98/0)
Where No One Belongs
He hadn’t killed any of them. The animals, fungi, insects, and even the plants did that. He’d misled people. Fought some. He’d secured their supply train and freed the burdened beasts. Animals carried off items that could aid the forest. Every tool he studied. Unlike the forest, he could learn the ways of the people infesting the woods.
By Matthew Daniels21 days ago in Fiction
- Top Story - March 2024
To Bear the Bones
It was after hours on a ski hill. Mr. Brown was the groundskeeper. He'd named the snow mage in front of him Mr. White. At first, he'd wielded the nearest thing he could use as a weapon: a ski pole. The snow mage's best promise of safety had been its calm.
By Matthew Daniels2 months ago in Fiction
Mission 2024
Briefing Agent Daniels, reporting. Mission 2024 will prioritise writing progress. While productivity was low in recent years, the operative has addressed artistic challenges and identity limitations. Agent has gathered significant intelligence from the study and experience of Vocal.
By Matthew Daniels3 months ago in Writers
- Top Story - December 2023
I am Climaxing Right Now...
We've all heard the jokes about getting an English degree. The difference from a large pizza? The pizza can feed a family of four. Why is the president calling? To get a new analysis of Hamlet, obviously. And so on. As such, when I was nearing the end of my undergrad, I needed a plan for skipping the starving part of starving artist.
By Matthew Daniels8 months ago in Chapters
From Cover to Cover: Diary of Knives
Looking for Cover: The Dive into Writing My first complete short story (that I can remember) was called, “Diary of Knives.” It was not my first attempt at writing on my own, as opposed to school assignments and the like. Most of the stuff before that was in fits and starts. There was some dreadful poetry, lots of notes about various novels I’d like to write, a handful of abandoned short fictions, and whole fantasy epics I wanted to plan out and craft.
By Matthew Daniels8 months ago in Writers