A common thing you hear in writing circles is how we writer love to measure our daily word count. Things like “just writing a thousand words a day” are common phrases you will hear in this world. Now, I personally don’t mind daily word counts and if they work for you then that’s great! However, … Continue reading Why I Stopped Caring About Daily Word Counts (And Love to Time Track)
Author: Jonathan K. Webb
Just Keeping Tabs Part 3
This story was originally submitted to this prompt. This is part 2 of a new series by me titled Just Keeping Tabs. Will I complete it? Who knows, but I love horror and I love meta-narratives so expect a few entries from me in the future. Want to catch up on the series? Read part … Continue reading Just Keeping Tabs Part 3
Just Keeping Tabs Part 2
This story was originally submitted to this prompt. This is part 2 of a new series by me titled Just Keeping Tabs. Will I complete it? Who knows, but I love horror and I love meta-narratives so expect a few entries from me in the future. Want to catch up on the series? Read part … Continue reading Just Keeping Tabs Part 2
Just Keeping Tabs Part 1
This story was originally submitted to this prompt. This is part 1 of a new series by me titled Just Keeping Tabs. Will I complete it? Who knows, but I love horror and I love meta-narratives so expect a few entries from me in the future. Everybody has their genre. Some prefer comedies, others action … Continue reading Just Keeping Tabs Part 1
The Mark & The Drone
Inspired by this prompt. This is a part of my Adventures of Dar'goth Series, an ongoing series about the Old God of Madness, Dar'goth, as he tries to navigate the modern world. You saw her on the street corner of Applemath Avenue and Obsidian Drive. Middle aged. Caucasian. Slim stature. Donning a Karen like haircut, … Continue reading The Mark & The Drone
Ninth & General Way
Originally submitted here. On the corner of South Ninth and General Way, just behind the SmartMart in the deep corner of the alley untouched by the city’s sanitation probes you can find me. Dressed in withering clothes that have long outstayed their lifespan, down to nothing but a patchwork of fabrics old and new. An … Continue reading Ninth & General Way
A Completely Reasonable Solution to Testing Human Spaceflight
Originally submitted to this prompt. Silence filled the board room. And not the silence of shock and disgust one would have expected when the CEO just dropped her “brilliant” idea of offering free trips to the downtrodden members of society inside the company’s new economic personal low Earth orbit shuttle like human crash test dummies. … Continue reading A Completely Reasonable Solution to Testing Human Spaceflight
Within a Single Breath
Originally submitted here. Locked away in the safe confines of her apartment where the noise and activity of the outside world had become muted behind the well insulated walls Monica, sitting in a lotus position upon her yoga mat closed her eyes an inhaled with her whole diaphragm. The sun had long set and only … Continue reading Within a Single Breath
John the Conman: Or Why One Should Never Impersonate an Old God Upon His Return
The return of Dar’goth had been long prophesied for the latter half of the decade. The old god of unspeakable horrors would soon emerge in the form of human flesh an avatar for his conquest. As Dar’goth would soon march across the countryside carrying with him a tome of unspeakable magic bound by human flesh, … Continue reading John the Conman: Or Why One Should Never Impersonate an Old God Upon His Return
Heart Stoppers
Originally submitted to this prompt. The moment his blade slipped through the air and into my rib-cage my heart stopped. I mean not literally. Well not just literally, figuratively it stopped too. Much like his had as he fell on top of me and into the edge of my wrist mounted blade. Not long afterwards … Continue reading Heart Stoppers