How to Write Compelling Fiction Using Point of View and Framing With examples from Hugo-nominated works
by Malina Douglas
How can you tell a compelling story? Point of view and framing are two tools that can…
(Sea) Serpents and Fallen Women
No matter what you call her, nearly every culture in the world has at least one story about a man-eating water serpent that either resembles or takes the form of a beautiful woman to lure her prey to their demise.…
The Death of the Idea Man: Using Research to Develop a Story
I could have made up the details and simply forced it to work. I was inventing the town anyway. Would anyone besides me care? Would anyone even notice?…
Review: Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (2024)
Rot can infect more than a house and its walls, sometimes it can also effect the people, within.…
Case File 2500198
Eve asked if I thought it was really the crown like everyone’s been saying—the fabled crown of Dolerissand, lost a thousand years ago. I told her they were just rumors...…
The Writer November Built: NaNoWriMo’s Legacy
And that’s the final thing it taught me. It taught me that I could do a very hard thing.…
Three Card Caper
“You want me to prove this guy is cheating?”
“Oh no,” says Atul, holding his hands up, palms facing me. “If he was cheating, we’d have caught him. We need you to prove he’s not cheating.”…
A Body Haunted
I know all too well that “nothing wrong” is not always good news. It’s not good news for the patients with no further insight into what is disrupting their life, causing them pain, and wearing them out.…
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Review: Under the Whispering Door (2021)
No matter what, there’s always comfort to be found in a cup of tea.…
Mr. Xing's Science Class
I don’t really want to get up from my rocking chair on the porch. I’m seventy-two, and some days it seems like everything hurts. What I wouldn’t give to just drive to the drug store and buy a bottle of Advil. But no, those days are long gone.…
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