Sarah Evans

Writer's block: every author knows the feeling. When inspiration dries up, even the simplest of ideas feels distant, and coming up with anything new seems downright impossible, sometimes your brain just needs a little kick to get going again. That's where 500 Writing Prompts comes in. This expansive list of topics will get your writing juices flowing in a thought-provoking, entertaining, and fun way. When your brain is caught in a jam, these prompts will allow you to finally pick up that pen and write-the first step to overcoming writer's block and finding success! Some prompts included: - Write a story from the perspective of a hamster trying to figure out the world beyond his cage. - Modernize a popular fairy tale. - Which animal would you say is your "spirit animal"? Why? - Write a short story about a time-traveling person who makes a tiny change in their childhood that completely changed their present. - What book best defines your personal struggles? Explain the parallels. - What major childhood event do you think strengthened your character most? Why? - After you meet a goal you have set for yourself, what do you do next? - If you hear your smoke alarm going off and you see smoke and you only have time to grab one thing, what do you grab? Why? - Do you think learning can be a hobby? Why or why not? - Tutorials are popular on YouTube. What is something you could do a tutorial video for? What would you call the video and what makes you an expert? - How might you consider people watching a hobby? How do you think people watching can benefit you? - Write a script for a commercial selling shampoo that erases the last 12 hours of your memory. - Describe what it was like learning how to ride a bike. - Write a story about a comedic magician who discovers real magic. - What would you do with a drone? *Book includes one to two prompts per page.

500 Writing Prompts

Melissa Eskue Ousley

Ashley Williams

Deana Birch

K. M. Pohlkamp

Myra Fiacco

Chris Barnham

Tracy Renee Wolfe

Salena Casha

Carla Lewis

Cimone Watson

There's a little fire in all of us. And this collection of short stories proves it. Flicker is comprised of carefully crafted tales, designed to ignite our internal flames. Including a variety of genres, each story comes from the imagination or history of a Filles Vertes Publishing team member, intern, or contest winner, showcasing the company's literary strengths. From heartbreak to justice, from the confines of time travel (or lack thereof) to the spark of personal memories, this collection cannot be extinguished. So, grab a match and prepare to light your own fire. For surely, these tales will ignite the fire in you.

Stories of Inner Flame

Flicker

Perth cop Eve Rock is investigating a series of abductions from the seedy inner-city Paradise Nightclub when her boss adds a murder case to her workload. Now, Eve loves a challenge - about as much as she loves red wine, exotic food and cigars - but this case is a bit tricky because she'd speed dated the sleazy salesman hours before he met his Maker. But then 'tricky' is Eve's middle name. Her mum's a former hooker-turned-nun who runs a select girls school. Her daughter's a fanatical 'Virgin Vigilante' who attends that same school. And Eve is being stalked by a department store Santa. If that isn't enough, her love life is dead in the water. Or it is until Eve meets dreamy undercover cop Adam Fox whose sex appeal isn't diminished by his slut heels and micro skirt. And then there's his equally gorgeous dad... Eve's life could be peachy... except now someone wants to kill her.

Operation Paradise

Vampires and other ravenous nasties satisfy their bloodlust in this dark collection of horror stories.

Tales of Fresh Prey

New Blood

A freezer full of body parts is the tip of the criminal iceberg for Perth cop Eve Rock. The festive season has spawned a spate of murders, robberies and abductions, which actually reassures Eve that others' bad habits far exceed her own. It also gives her a watertight excuse to avoid hanging out with her dysfunctional family while spending time with her two gorgeous colleagues and would-be lovers, Quinn Fox and his son Adam. A win-win situation. Butchered bodies used for questionable purposes, a murdered man in a skip, a brazen multi-million dollar haul from a high-end jewellers and posh art gallery are all in a day's work for Eve and her team. Now usually Eve relishes getting stuck into solving crimes, but she's not so keen when she's the target and the boundaries between work and home become nastily blurred. But who is trying to kill her this time? And why? And who are the strange people wandering around her temporary digs late at night? And why is her mum the nun acting more weird than usual? And why is she such a pushover when it comes to the men in her life? All will be revealed - but only if Eve can survive to work everything out.

Bad Habits

Rab Ferguson

Chris Arp

Scott Palmer

H C Child

Curtis Dickerson

Aleksei Drakos

Lucy Durneen

Karina Evans

Dyane Forde

Juliet Hill

Jacqueline Horrix

Rowena Macdonald

Thomas Stewart

The 2014 STORGY Short Story Competition Anthology celebrates the continued resurgence of the short story genre and showcases some of the most talented up-and-coming authors from across the world. This outstanding collection features all fourteen finalists and competitions winners, as judged by critically-acclaimed author David James Poissant. These wonderfully diverse short stories will move, amuse, unsettle, and entertain, combining to create the most eclectic collection available online. Stories by competition winner Rowena Macdonald; runners-up Karina Evans and Juliet Hill; and finalists: H C Child, Curtis Dickerson, Aleksei Drakos, Lucy Durneen, Sarah Evans, Rab Ferguson, Dyane Forde, Thomas Stewart, Scott Palmer, Chris Arp, and Jacqueline Horrix. This edition also contains author forewords, interviews, and exclusive artwork by STORGY illustrator Harlot Von Charlotte.

2014 Short Story Prize Anthology

STORGY

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