Year: 2020
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The Market of Magical Goods – Serial
Photo by Annie Spratt via UnsplashThe shopkeeper offers you a tincture. One drop in your eye will let you recognize the stories that matter. Will you take it? Do you trust the keeper of this stall of strange wonders?What is the market of magical goods?…
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Pinned Post
Stay up to date with all the latest news, short stories, poems, and updates on novels as they are published:Lyrical Worlds NewsletterSign up for news, free books, and more!SubscribeThank you!You have successfully joined our subscriber list.Be sure to follow me at Curious Fictions as well for reprints and new work every month.And for sporadic content, book…
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Some more news
The past few months have had a bunch of new things coming out, so here’s my attempt to catch up on them.First, shortly after my last update, I started posting reprints and excerpts at Curious Fictions. I plan to continue posting at least one short stor…
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We Should All Read Books From Other Countries
My reading used to be very limited, mostly by what I could find in my school library. That and my devotion to my preferred genres. Once I began teaching and as I became more aware of the world around me, I’ve realized that I not only need to read more broadly, but that I enjoy…
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A flight across the Feyrlands
The post A flight across the Feyrlands appeared first on Shaun Paul Stevens – Fantasy Author.
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The Making of Nether Light
I always loved those programmes about the making of the film… Jaws, Raiders of the Lost Arc, James Bond… so in that spirit, here’s my take on the development of Nether Light. The post The Making of Nether Light appeared first on Shaun Paul Stevens – Fa…
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Dear Class of 2020
Dear Class of 2020, I’d like to tell you a little story: There was once a bottle, freshly made of glistening glass, waiting. This bottle had high hopes for its future, wondering what would fill it, where it would be sent, and who would open it. The bottle had watched all those before it filled…
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Recent acceptances
More news coming soon!But for now, three new acceptances to report here. First, I sold a poem, “Body double for the oldest organism,” to Star*Line, the official magazine of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Poetry Association. It will be my third poem in…
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Anatomy of an Idea: Waterways
My story Waterways was recently published in Storyhack, Issue 6, available here. The catalyst of the story is a sacred pool that bestows upon the people the skills of ancestors. When the city is conquered, the youngest of those who were imm…
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Consume Post-Apocalypic Literature
In times like these, we should all consume more post-apocalyptic literature. This thought has been circling my mind the last few weeks and in examining its origin, I found it rooted in my lack of immediate concern surrounding the current situation. As street and foot traffic slow significantly, store-shelves are emptied, and panic sweeps from…