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The Intruder. Top Story - November 2025.
I could see them earlier today. My keyhole looks into the hallway, but I can see into the living room too, occasionally catching glimpses of my favourite family. The long luscious blonde locks of Gabi, that flowed behind her like the veil she's wearing in the picture in the hallway. The tall handsome Zack, with large rippling muscles in his shoulders as he lifted little Ava high up in the air. The perfect family, illustrated well by the perfect pictures on the wall opposite my peephole.
By Liam Storm11 months ago in Fiction
9 Reasons to Keep Writing When You Feel Stuck. Top Story - November 2025.
“A writer is someone for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.”― Thomas Mann Our reasons for writing are never exactly the same, but there are common threads we can connect over. Many writers have complicated feelings toward their craft. In one sense, it’s your lifeline in getting your voice out to the world. In another, it’s also the thing that drives you to keep writing more and more.
By Leigh Victoria Phan, MS, MFA11 months ago in Writers
Creator Mode. Top Story - November 2025.
My period is two days late. Even during my most stressful times of my undergrad and master’s courses, I was never late. In fact, I was early. How insane is that? Stressed? Early period. Traveling? Early period. Sneezed too hard? Early period.
By Nina Pierce11 months ago in Fiction
Published on Halloween!. Top Story - November 2025.
Submitting to publications is grueling enough as it is, it's chalk-filled with disappointment all on its own, you don't need to be adding your own self-inflicted wounds to the party. A writer can run out of body parts to absorb these blows.
By Stephen Kramer Avitabile11 months ago in Writers
Bred By a Hand Not Raised. Top Story - November 2025.
I was born with a low IQ, I am a page whose text was worn through. My mind's a palimpsest, a fading script, the vital history that was skipped. I grew up hardened by sorrow's pain, bred and burdened by a hand not raised.
By Caitlin Charlton11 months ago in Poets
My Top Five Reads This Year. Top Story - November 2025.
Introduction I have read a lot this year, far more than I have written, and I feel that the literal soaking that has happened (pun wholly intended) has benefited me enormously as a writer. So, as writers do, I thought I would write about it for no real reason other than to share what I have read and loved, and why.
By Caroline Jane11 months ago in BookClub
Heavely Seas Chapter Sixteen. Top Story - November 2025.
Her boy… her youngest referred to Elodie as Lady Figgs. The deep tone from Heath alarmed her. What brought this on? Heath had difficulty expressing emotions towards things that held no interest to him, but he never called Elodie “Lady Figgs” before.
By Chloe Gilholy11 months ago in Horror
