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Awakening At Last
The Ominous Comma | 14 hours ago by Brent Diggs
I woke with a start, my sleep shattered like a fortune cookie in a sledgehammer factory. Wiping the crusts from my eyes, my mind filled with the usual questions: How long had I been out? Where did October go? And worst of all… Why were Doctor Tobo read more
Hunting A Spider- Trying To Explain Insanity 21
Chasing A Spider | 20 hours ago
I arrived at the Clifford Police Department after Early called me and said that a Washington County detective and an F.B.I. profiler were waiting there to talk to me. I had spent much of the day trying to find my missing mother, who appare read more
Damascus Road – Into the Rabbit Hole
Story South: Fiction with a Southern Drawl | 22 hours ago by Jason
By Jason Brooks The West Wing of the White House wasn’t exactly what the movies made it out to be, Lucas thought. Elegant but very small, it needed something; a skylight, maybe. But the thought of someone attempting to use the skylight to attack th read more
Hush Hush – Becca Fitzpatrick
Serendipitous Readings | November 10th 2009 by Marci
I have to say, I keep getting more and more impressed with some of these vampire based books lately that I have had the privilege of being able to read. I haven’t fully committed to being on the train yet that is leaving the station anytime soon, read more
Un Medico in Famiglia 6, torna Cettina
Tv Kit- Tutte le news sulla televisione in un solo kit | November 10th 2009 by Astre
Cettina, la storica colf della famiglia Martini creduta morta in un naufragio, ricompare viva e vegeta nelle puntate di Un Medico in Famiglia 6 in onda questa sera su RaiUno. E’ l’ultima volta di Lunetta… read more
Hogwarts Rules Out Move To NI
The Reverend Garibaldi McFlurry | November 10th 2009 by Gary McMurray
Plans to move Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry to Northern Ireland have foundered after it emerged that the Education Minister, Catriona Ruane would be banning an ancient school tradition under current education policy. Harry Potter's old s read more
Have you learned to share?
Brave new world | November 9th 2009
Photo courtesy of Eliselovesprada on Flickr Marie Salinger just shared with me an excellent blog post written by Andrew Douch, No learning for unauthorised persons. Andrew expresses his disappointment in the fact that many teachers are reluctant read more
Fanfare for the Common Hamster: Chapter Twenty-One: The Battle of…
Tangentially Tooty | November 9th 2009 by tooty nolan
Welcome to the 21st extract from FFTCH. If you enjoy it, and wish to know how it ends, just leave a comment saying so, and I’ll e-mail you the entire chapter free and gratis. If you fancy the book or e-book, click on the Flaccid Felicitation at read more
This One Is Mine ~ Maria Semple
I Write In Books | November 9th 2009 by Iwriteinbooks
Genre: Adult Fiction Publisher: Little Brown and Company 289 pages ISBN: 9780316031165 Violet used to be something. She wrote for T.V. greats and made her snobbishly intellectual family proud. When she married mega music producer David Parry, she read more
How to Leave Hialeah
Feminist Review | November 9th 2009 by Ama Lee
By Jennine Capó CrucetUniversity of Iowa PressIn real life, I have had only a small glimpse of Miami, driving through on the way to the Florida Keys. After reading Jennine Capó Crucet’s story collection How to Leave Hialeah, I feel I have witness read more
Methods to the Madness: How We Write
Sex, Lives, and Literature | November 9th 2009
The Wall Street Journal had a great article by Alexandra Alter that interviewed authors about their writing processes. (A subscription is needed to view the article online.) The interviews reminded (and reassured) me that there’s no right way to wr read more
To Desire a Devil by Elizabeth Hoyt - Review & Giveaway
Found Not Lost | November 9th 2009 by Jeanette Moore
Book Title: To Desire a Devil Author: Elizabeth Hoyt Publish Date: 11/1/2009 ISBN: 9780446406949 Pages: 384 Summary: Reynaud St. Aubyn has spent the last seven years in hellish captivity. Now half mad with fever he bursts into his ancestral home and read more
Fanfare for the Common Hamster: Chapter Twenty: Prelude to Pandem…
Tangentially Tooty | November 9th 2009 by tooty nolan
Welcome to the 20th extract from FFTCH. If you enjoy it, and wish to know how it ends, just leave a comment saying so, and I’ll e-mail you the entire chapter free and gratis. If you fancy the book or e-book, click on the Flaccid Felicitation at read more
A Man Sans Soul
Unabashed | November 9th 2009 by Matt Mitchell
Here’s a treat: the rights for this story were purchased by “The Mount Zion Review,” but the magazine folded within weeks of the release of the issue with my story in it. So, rather than try to sell it again, I’m going to publ read more
Table for One
Chronicles of New York | November 9th 2009
Jackhammers would have been better—loud noises, he could sleep through. For several mornings now, jackhammers had assaulted his eardrums beginning at six a.m., and he was almost used to them. But the persistent buzz of his cell phone at eleven thir read more
#211 ~ The Graveyard Book
The Literate Housewife Review | November 9th 2009 by Jennifer Conner
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman Bod, although named Nobody Owens, isn’t a nobody. Someone wants him dead. The Man Jack killed his parents and sister one dark night. Bod was just a toddler and narrowly escaped The Man Jack’s knife read more
Over the Holidays by Sandra Harper
Found Not Lost | November 9th 2009 by Jeanette Moore
Title:Over the Holidays Author: Sandra Harper Release Date: October 2009 Pages: 336 ISBN-10: 1439158703 ISBN-13: 9781439158708 Summary The best holiday traditions are meant to be broken. It’s only December 1, and Vanessa Clayton has been dreadi read more
The Robber Clans of Duryim
Marchelline: Adventures in the High Kingdom | November 9th 2009 by Eleanor
As a bit of a break between chapters, I thought it might be nice to visit Duryim for a bit. Mar and Gael will get there eventually…. ————— photo by Jerzy Strzelecki, GNU free documentation Near Lake Mend, Duryim be read more
Fanfare for the Common Hamster: Chapter Nineteen: The Heroic Loan
Tangentially Tooty | November 9th 2009 by tooty nolan
Welcome to the 19th extract from FFTCH. If you enjoy it, and wish to know how it ends, just leave a comment saying so, and I’ll e-mail you the entire chapter free and gratis. If you fancy the book or e-book, click on the Flaccid Felicitation at read more
Fanfare for the Common Hamster: Chapter Seventeen: The Bladders o…
Tangentially Tooty | November 9th 2009 by tooty nolan
Welcome to the 17th extract from FFTCH. If you enjoy it, and wish to know how it ends, just leave a comment saying so, and I’ll e-mail you the entire chapter free and gratis. If you fancy the book or e-book, click on the Flaccid Felicitation at read more
Stephen King's Under the Dome
Platinum books blog | November 9th 2009 by Nithipong Durongwattana
Original Post http://platinumbooks.blogspot.com/2009/11/stephen-kings-under-dome.htmlThe return of the king of suspense/thriller fictions writer,Stephen King.Under the dome will be release on November 10 2009.Stephen King is the author of more than read more
Damascus Road – The Reporter
Story South: Fiction with a Southern Drawl | November 9th 2009 by Jason
By Jason Brooks Lucas Somerhalder sat at his desk staring at his half-eaten chicken sandwich and a note. Handwritten. From his senior editor. Lucas – Can you come by sometime this AM? Have something important we need to talk about RE: your blog. Ca read more
Dinosaurs
Going Down | November 9th 2009 by Dmobile215
Long time ago, a huge meteor crashed into earth broke into a million pieces. The impact was so great that dust from the broken pieces spread throughout the planet. Image by woodleywonderworks via Flickr As the dust settled on the animals, many of t read more
Row, Row, Row Your Boat
Into the Rabbit Hole | November 9th 2009 by Ash
A stranger crosses the street in front of me. I must slam on the brakes as I realize that she will not cross quickly enough before our paths cross. It’s raining. She clasps the shawl over her head, her paunchy arm arching like a tea pot handl read more
The Horatio Horseblanket Chronicles (Volume Two): Chapter Twenty-…
Tangentially Tooty | November 9th 2009 by tooty nolan
You’ll be relieved to know that this, the 21st extract from THHC2, is the final instalment. No more will you have to wade through a quagmire of verbosity – just to find that the chapter ends abruptly, which then forces you to leave a co read more
The red fairy (part-2)
The Dialogue | November 9th 2009 by Chatterbox
Have you read the red fairy (part-1)? Let’s get the story rolling. Richard was famous for his amiable nature. He was a cop by profession. Besides a fit body and a very sharp memory he had a charming personality, he was known to steal hearts read more
FRANKENSTEIN: DEAD OR ALIVE (BOOK 3) by Dean Koontz
Perpetual Prose | November 9th 2009 by alferdo
In terms of excellent reading, Dean Koontz can be very hit or miss, as much as I love the man’s work. Sometimes he can keep me turning the pages on a quest to stay engrossed in the tale and sometimes I find myself cringing quite frequently at a read more
Meet Oja, a Fictional Bigfoot, and My Current Work In Progress
Bigfoot Sightings | November 9th 2009 by Linda Martin
I’m busy this month writing a novel about a Bigfoot. My main character is Oja. I’m writing my novel with a huge crowds of novelists over at the NaNoWriMo website. NaNoWriMo means: National Novel Writing Month. November. You’re welco read more
Pink Slips and Parting Gifts
Blogging Authors | November 9th 2009 by Reader Views - Book Reviews, Author Publicity...and more
“Pink Slips and Parting Gifts” by Deb Hosey White is a work of fiction. It says so on both the front and back cover of the book. But if it is a work of fiction, why does the story seem so familiar? Perhaps it is because read more
NaNoWriMo Update Day 8 – 14,679 words
Chaswick.net | November 8th 2009 by ChChCh
Managed to build up a pretty decent cushion for the week ahead. At my father’s recommendation (I didn’t tell him anything about the story) I decided to write the ending this weekend. It was liberating in a way. As it stands now, I read more
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