This week on Pen of the Damned, we’re featuring Beast of Winter, a tale by Brian Moreland.
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This week on Pen of the Damned, we’re featuring Beast of Winter, a tale by Brian Moreland.
Follow Pen of the Damned on Facebook and Twitter for weekly horror fiction!
You can follow Brian Moreland on Twitter @BrianMoreLand
And read his blog HERE
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Source: Block
This week at Pen of the Damned, Hunter Shea brings you a terrifying tale titled Block.
Ever wonder how writers find their muse?
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Sometimes progress isn’t going forward, but going in reverse. There are times when we must stop, back up, maybe even print out that manuscript and set it on fire. I wouldn’t recommend that last part, but hey, whatever works.
I’ve been struggling to write a story with a rapidly approaching deadline. My muse finally decided to arrive, but rather than fill my head with beautiful prose, I was motivated to delete the three pages it took me all week to trudge through.
The choice was difficult. I worked hard to write those three pages: I was getting closer to the required word count, the story was moving along, and it was leading where I ultimately wanted it to go. But it didn’t feel right. The character seemed to stumble wherever I put him. I was giving him bad ground to walk on.
Frustrated and in remorse of wasting a week’s work, I shook it off and kept at it. In one night I replaced those three pages with plenty more and my writing mojo is back in full swing. The character is walking through the story with ease, no longer tripped up by the events obstructing his reality.
I took three steps back and dashed forward with the speed of a raging (some creature I haven’t thought up yet).
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In case you missed it (shame on you):
Karen’s Explorer inched to a stop in front of the Parish home.
“Do you believe officer Emmert’s voicemail?” Asked Allen.
“Not really,” returned Karen.
“You don’t sound so sure.”
“Because I am not. Think of it: a time lapse of three hours is less believable than everything else we have heard.”
“It would explain why emergency services arrived hours after he did.”
She turned to him and scoffed.
“That is fictional at best. He was—and probably still is—in shock from what happened and it is logical that he is exaggerating that fact. I mean, you don’t go into a home for less than ten minutes and come out and have it be hours later. It just doesn’t make sense,” Karen opened the door and stepped out into the frigid twilight. “Are you ready?”
“Always,” said Allen.
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