Fun Ways to Subvert the Chosen One Trope by AK Nephtali
What are some ways to subvert The Chosen One trope in a way that will keep your readers guessing?
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Oscar Ambrose’s Magicpedia Guide to Modern Mirror-Making — by Ian Martinez Cassmeyer
Master magician Oscar Ambrose is here to gift aspiring magician with a guide to making and enchanting your very own magic mirror!
5 Tired Character Motivations
Characters should be motivated by something. But what are some bad or overdone character motivations?
Rating My Favorite Scary SCPs
The SCP Foundation is one giant collaborative project made up of a community of amazing writers coming together to write some real scary (and sometimes funny, sometimes sad) shit. From urban legend-esque monsters that keep you up at night to horrifying body horror plagues, there’s no limit to the strange objects, monsters, people, illnesses, events, and all things in betweenRead More »Rating My Favorite Scary SCPs
Short Story: Angel in the Alley
by Andrew Slinde When I was a kid, I used to see things. Now, every kid sees things once in a while – that chair piled with clothes suddenly becomes a hulking monster in the glow of the nightlight, that sort of thing – but sometimes, I’m still sure that the things I saw were real. Call me crazy, butRead More »Short Story: Angel in the Alley
Short Story: What Lurks Under the Bed
Updated: Feb 6 by Jon-Paul McGowan J’DAH Settle down, settle down. (Bangs gavel) Order. I hereby call the 1,349th meeting of the Benevolent Order of Outrageous Otherlanders, or Boooo, to order. Per tradition I will read off our mission statement: Our goal is to be the monsters they need to protect them from the real monster in their lives. IRead More »Short Story: What Lurks Under the Bed
Short Story: The Passing of Witchcraft by Ray Daley
The first time it happened, it had been a long day working in the cafe, with almost no customers since we’d opened that morning. Six A.M. every day, like clockwork. Fred always made me open up for the early rush, as he called it. Not that he would ever deign to get up that early. The early rush was myRead More »Short Story: The Passing of Witchcraft by Ray Daley