It’s funny that one of the words we use for prose writing in general is also used for one of its constituent elements: story. It kind of rigs the game, you know?

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   Monday Chat with Kari Nguyen

Not too long ago, my aunt walked into my house, wearing my mother’s old wig. She was proud to show me. My mother followed behind, smiling. It was one of those moments I’ll never forget. I felt overwhelmingly connected to that wig right then.

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   Fictionaut Five: Marty Castleberg

Yes, yes, yes, what to call me? Even the politically correct phrase “learning different” has its problems. At any rate, I’ve come to learn that there are as many advantages to being neurologically different as downsides and I couldn’t imagine giving up those advantages just to be considered “normal.” How boring.

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   Monday Chat with Andrew Stancek
   Checking in with Occupy Earth

Mirko is a young man filled with contradictions. He also frequently surprises his creator. In that opening scene he’s ill at ease. He’s throbbing with unpredictability.

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   Checking in with Occupy Earth
   Fictionaut Five: Neal Pollack

Artists are citizens as surely as they are human beings. We have responsibilities to society… and in a democracy such as ours, if we choose not to get involved, then we may wake up to find ourselves in a world where there is no freedom with which to pursue our art.

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   Fictionaut Five: Neal Pollack

It’s not like every day of my life is a magical party of creativity. Some days I sit at my desk and transcribe interviews or fill out invoices, taking time in between to work on my fantasy-football teams or play online poker. Inspiration is overrated. When it’s time to work, you’ll work.

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   Fictionaut Five: Brock Clarke
   Front Page: November
   Monday Chat with Gill Hoffs

A writer’s plumber, or plumber’s snake, is other writers–an analogy, and a sentence, that I really wish I could blame on someone else.

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   Front Page: November
   Monday Chat with Gill Hoffs

Several Fictionaut members have contributed to The Lost Children Anthology, which is now available at Amazon, Goodreads, Smashwords, and Barnes & Noble. All proceeds will benefit child protection agencies.

Recently:
   Monday Chat with Gill Hoffs
   Fictionaut Five: Ayelet Waldman
   Line Breaks: “Alteration” by Steve Almond
   Checking in with Shred the Safehouse