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Hot Times, Back to the Aquarium and Sorting Things Out
Posted by kristipetersenschoonover
My New Year’s Wish tag was JOY—and all I can say is that so far? That’s been right on! What a month!

I finished writing a short story, “Hot Times at the Dinosaur Bidet.” Set on New Year’s Eve 1999, everyone’s waiting for Y2K to happen (or not?)… but there’s something far worse out there, and it can’t be stopped. I submitted the piece to the intended market, which passed. I’ve already selected twenty places to send it to. I finished another short story that I can’t Read the rest of this entry →
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Tags: 34 Orchard, Christmas Spirits Volume 2, CLMP member, Clockhouse Writers Conference, Community of Literary Magazines and Presses, creative process, creative resilience, Dark Discussions Podcast, holiday ghost stories, Horror Fiction, horror literature, horror podcast, How High We Go in the Dark, literary community, literary magazine publishing, Maritime Aquarium Norwalk, MCAS awareness, MFA writing community, Mystic Aquarium Mermaids, nervous system regulation, New Year reflections, personal essay, reading life, short fiction, speculative fiction, The Shining, trauma and creativity, V series 1984, volunteer work, Wizards & Warriors TV series, writing life, Y2K fiction
Escape to free stories for an hour this Saturday night!
Posted by kristipetersenschoonover
I’ll be reading THIS SATURDAY NIGHT, March 20, 2021 at 8 pm in one of a series of special Virtual Reading Events set up by writer extraordinaire Terri Bruce! Grab a glass and a snack and join me for this free event!
Each writer will read for six minutes, and most of us are doing giveaways, so this is a chance for you to get a taste of some really good stories and maybe even get some free stuff!
Once again, the event is FREE and will last an hour. If you’d like to sign up, just go to this link: https://forms.gle/YNSkjkHq159N8eyh7
Writers presenting:
Alma Alexander – Fantasy author of 30 books including the Worldweavers series
LJ Cohen – Science Fiction/Fantasy author of over 20 books including Derelict
Lindsey Duncan – Science Fiction/Fantasy author of several books including Scylla and Charybdis
Tracy Townsend – Fantasy author of the Thieves of Fate series
Sarah Smith – Historical Mystery author of several books including the ghost thriller The Other Side of the Dark and the Titanic-centric (yay!) Crimes and Survivors.
Hope to “see” you there!
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Tags: Alma Alexander, are there authors reading on Zoom, Crimes and Survivors, Derelict, fantasy, Free online events, free virtual events, Lindsey Duncan, LJ Cohen, Sarah Smith, Scylla and Charybdis, speculative fiction, The Other Side of the Dark, Thieves of Fate series, Tracy Townsend, Worldweavers





