Stephen Kramer Avitabile
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I'm a creative writer in the way that I write. I hold the pen in this unique and creative way you've never seen. The content which I write... well, it's still to be determined if that's any good.
Stories (130/0)
The Intersection of Past and Upcoming. Top Story - May 2024.
This story was originally published on Medium. ************** A bellow, a shriek, a roar… one by one… emanated in the distance, but closed in. Not one single hair on one single neck in the valley wasn’t standing at attention.
By Stephen Kramer Avitabileabout a month ago in Fiction
NYC Midnight and My Positive Spins
So many contests out there have such similar rules and themes and layouts, that when I read the rules for the NYC Midnight competition, I was intrigued with how different it was. Now, I love all contests, and I enter into a lot of them. But NYC Midnight caught my eye in a different kind of way.
By Stephen Kramer Avitabileabout a month ago in Writers
A Script Worth Celebrating
When I have accomplishments to celebrate, I want to talk about them, but I feel a little too much like I am bragging. I don’t want to be a bragger. That’s why I often mention my failures as well, I think. To be more humbled and to be more realistic. Then again, we all deal with our failures when they come up, and when our successes come up, we should celebrate them. Absolutely. There’s no need to highlight failures first.
By Stephen Kramer Avitabile2 months ago in Writers
Way of The Coondi
This story was originally published on Medium. ************** Fear and uncertainty hangs heavy and low over the heads of The Coondi. This predator, about twice the size of each Coondi, is somewhere above them. Zaloo holds his breath, knowing one miniscule movement can alert his position, and that of the rest of The Coondi, to the predator.
By Stephen Kramer Avitabile2 months ago in Fiction
Lifting the Curtain to a Successful Month. Top Story - April 2024.
April has been a fantastic month for me in terms of writing endeavors. I’d like to share what’s been so great about it just as many other writers would do. Share successes. I’ve noticed other writers or artists have shared successes and when you just see the snippet of their success, it appears everything has been going right for them all along. But we haven’t seen behind the curtain, we haven’t seen their hard work and their failures and those months that were fraught with disappointment. In everyone’s case, it’s far from the truth. But for the outside observer it isn’t always apparent.
By Stephen Kramer Avitabile2 months ago in Writers
The Importance of Shifting Focus
It was all a dream! And it wasn’t the beginning of a Biggie song, it was the beginning of a script I wrote. I’ve had quite a few dreams, whether a nightmare or not, where I’ve woken up thinking, “That would make a great story.” This was one of those times.
By Stephen Kramer Avitabile2 months ago in Writers
Who Named The Berries?
This story was originally published on Medium. ************** The smell of manure was thick in Melvin’s nose; as if Drustan, the village painter, was using it exclusively to create a brown mural on the walls of Melvin’s nostrils. He stepped through the field lightly as he carried the large basket of fruits. He was careful to step over all of Lord Leofric’s men, drunken and asleep in the dirt.
By Stephen Kramer Avitabile3 months ago in Humor
They Called It The Ice Bowl
This story was originally published on Medium. ************** They’re calling it the Ice Bowl, and it is already exciting, just barely into the second quarter. Sam is enjoying hanging out with his friends, he feels he needs to really savor these times. They can’t always all get together what with school schedules, work schedules, distance between them for eight months out of the year. This is a time where they really need to relish…
By Stephen Kramer Avitabile4 months ago in Fiction
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