Are writing prompts really useful -- or just pleasant procrastination? My short story "Get Away," freshly published in DarkWinter Literary Magazine, opens with a first-line prompt from my Tarot Prompts for Writers page: "The road lay behind him in the darkness...." I would never have come up with the story without that prompted first line.… Continue reading Writing with Prompts (New short fiction: “Get Away”)
I'm pleased to have a new story freshly published in the latest issue of DarkWinter Literary Magazine. DarkWinter Literary Magazine publishes fiction and poetry online, with new works every week. My story, "Everything Goes Wrong," came out on Monday, and it's my second story in their digital pages. (My story, "Social Animals" was featured last… Continue reading New Short Fiction: “Everything Goes Wrong”
I'm pleased to have a new story freshly published in the latest issue of chouette. The lovely chouette logo -- so intriguing to use a mouse, the owl's prey... The third issue of chouette, Winter 2025, has just been released, and it has a theme: "bare." Over 70 gorgeous pages of poetry, prose, and graphics… Continue reading New Short Fiction: “November”
Catherine Austen 