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Isidora Luna: The Author Who Turned Silence Into a Brand
When the link expired and the folder stopped opening, the industry took less time to fabricate her than to find her. Isidora Luna had spent years publishing under three different names, refusing video interviews, erasing her digital footprint with an almost liturgical precision, and answering her readers as though they held the only acceptable form of eternity. When her Paris apartment was emptied and her online activity went dark all at once, there was no statement, no body, no explanation.
By Isidora Luna3 months ago in Writers
A Last Call
It was a drab and hot night in the Deep South for not even the night creatures were making a sound. Far off in the distance one could hear something, but in all the murkiness of the hot evening one could not tell. Usually there is a lot going on, but as mentioned on an excessively hot and humid evening no 'body' seems to want to hear those words 'Last Call' for that would mean that it was time to leave and a time to cry for one will not know when the next call will be for you or......
By Mark Graham3 months ago in Writers
The Underdog Author
Life was always filled with adventure with Sarah. Her unique style and brand-new ideas filled her head. Maybe it was the loneliness of childhood or the adventures in books. Government systems and history also influenced these adventures. Her dark stories really did show how awful society could be. Yet behind all that was a caring person who was hurt many times. Out of so many challenges came the underdog characters with their exciting worlds.
By Sarah Danaher3 months ago in Writers
In Conversation with The Writer I Could Have Been
I recently read a profile of the late great writer Stephanie Hoogstad called “The Writer I Could Have Been” (a title which, I believe, was meant to evoke Ms. Hoogstad’s posthumously granted wish to become a famous writer). I was baffled by the brevity of the piece and by how shallow its analysis of her writing actually was. In fact, there was no analysis of Ms. Hoogstad’s writing itself. Instead, it focused on the fame of the Elon the Alien drabble series, as well as brief analyses of overall patterns in her writing. This is an injustice to a writing career which, while certainly incomplete (as most writing careers are), was prolific.
By Stephanie Hoogstad3 months ago in Writers
After The Last Line
There is an old temptation among literary critics to believe that every poet leaves behind a map. We spread the poems across a table, connect recurring images with lengths of red string, and convince ourselves that we have discovered intention. It is an attractive illusion. The dead cannot interrupt us. They cannot say, No, that cloud was only a cloud. That ghost wasn't him. That house wasn't mine.
By Ellie Hoovs3 months ago in Writers
The ghost who wrote in knives: . Runner-Up in The Posthumous Author Challenge. Top Story - July 2026.
She was a poet first. Everything else came afterwards. Mother. Teacher. Patron saint of everything “basic bitch” aesthetics. A hint of the typical Cancer architect — even if she states that she “didn’t actually believe that shit.” (She totally did, in fact.) Consistently, she would be looking up the soulmate signs, find relief that a Pisces was still the main contender, and be thrilled that she didn’t marry him in vain.
By Chel Writes3 months ago in Writers
Typical Scottish Rebellion and Non-Compliance
Author’s note: From the perspective of a comedian, a fun roast based loosely on facts is the highest honor and display of respect and appreciation for your fellow artist. With that said, please keep in mind that this is written with nothing but love for my fellow artist who I believe has an eccentric style of both writing and humor similar to my own:
By Jesse Lee3 months ago in Writers
The Moment I Couldn’t Answer
I did not notice when it started. It just became normal for me to be the one who handled things. If someone needed help, I helped. If something broke, I fixed it. If people were stressed, I absorbed it. Over time, that became my role. People came to expect it, and I trained them to.
By Annam M Gordon3 months ago in Writers
The Man Who Never Wanted to Be Read Twice
I was asked to give the keynote at a symposium on Mark Lim three months ago, and I said yes before I'd fully thought through what that meant. I had met him exactly once, at a conference neither of us particularly wanted to be at, where he spent most of the evening asking me questions about my own work instead of answering any about his. I remember thinking, at the time, that this was either genuine modesty or the most sophisticated deflection I'd ever witnessed. I still don't know which. That uncertainty, it turns out, is the entire subject of tonight's talk.
By Mark Lim 3 months ago in Writers
The Getting To Know Each Other Game: Edition Five
Greetings Vocalites!!! Before we move onto the 5th edition of The Getting to Know Each Other Game, I want to spread a little love to each of you here. I am so grateful to be part of such a wonderful platform with so many wonderful and very talented people.
By Rick Henry Christopher 3 months ago in Writers
My First Unofficial Challenge Prize
I can’t begin to tell y’all how excited I was to win my first unofficial challenge, linked below and definitely worth clicking/tapping for the original artwork from Gabriel. Worth reading, too.
By Harper Lewis 3 months ago in Writers
The Life & Work of Amanda Starks. Runner-Up in The Posthumous Author Challenge.
Amanda Lee Starkes ( February 9th, 1996 - December 15th, 2087 ) also known by her online alias as Izzora , was an author, poet, online influencer and mental health advocate. She was the author of the epic fantasy Fate of Fire series ( 2035 - 2048 ) and the high fantasy Forest of Kalmera trilogy ( 2040 - 2045 ).
By Amanda Starks3 months ago in Writers