Paul Pence
Bio
A true renaissance man in the traditional sense of the term, Paul leads a life too full to summarize in a bio. Arts, sciences, philosophy, politics, humor, history, languages... just about everything catches his attention.
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Stories (32/0)
Why Clickbait Is Wonderful
😜 There are lots of reasons to love clickbait. But before I get to that, let me tell you what clickbait is. It’s important to know what clickbait is. Bob thought he knew what clickbait was, but he was solely mistaken and lead to the most terrible results.
By Paul Pence8 months ago in Humor
The Cleaner
The dusty box, wrapped in brittle brown paper and tied with string, long-hidden under the floorboards of the house was mysterious enough, but inside was pile of hundred dollar bills and a well-stuffed envelope. Written across the front of the envelope were the words "If you found this, you're a dead man. Read this to know why."
By Paul Pence8 months ago in Fiction
52 Small Things to Change Your Life
It doesn't take much to change your life. Mostly, it is just doing new, that opens a new way of looking at your life and your possibilities. Here is a list of 52 little things that can change your life. That's one for each week of the year. Some will just take a few minutes, some you'll want to work on for more than a week, but any one of them can open new doors and new possibilities.
By Paul Pence8 months ago in Motivation
Atilla's Box
The humans do strange things sometimes. Atilla sniffed the box suspiciously. It didn't smell like anything alive. It didn't smell like food. It smelled like the newspapers and books and delivery boxes and so many other things made of paper and cardboard that his humans drag into his home. He had no idea why a paper-wrapped box would be in the middle of his kitchen floor, but he was certain that it was something that the humans did.
By Paul Pence8 months ago in Fiction
The Modern Short Story Format
Part 1 of "How to Write Short Stories" ========================================= Let's get this out of the way: there is no one correct way to write a successful short story. Highly acclaimed short stories exist that ignore every single direction you will see in this series of how-to articles. Short story writing is an art, not a science, and definitely not something that should become a simple cookie-cutter task.
By Paul Pence8 months ago in Writers
The Real Mystery of Jack the Ripper
Jack the Ripper. A hundred and thirty years ago, just uttering the name would send a chill through your spine. A savagely brutal serial killer who was never identified. His crimes didn’t need amplifying and embellishing by the sensationalist press of the day – they were truly horrific -- but that didn’t stop the newspapers from ascribing murder after murder, not only in London but throughout the world, as the work of the same madman, amplifying every gory detail along the way.
By Paul Pence8 months ago in Criminal
