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Excerpts from Winter, 2021 . . . Dread seems to be following me. “Should we be worried?” They ask. Always is the answer. Now stop, because worrying doesn’t help. F. Scott Fitzgerald wanted to be the voice of his generation. Mine is a generation of too many voices and a desperation for silence. Everyone wants everyone else to shut the hell up. What a time to be alive. Who has the space to read? Who has the will to think? What’s wrong? What could possibly be so uninspiring? This is how it is now. I have nothing to say. I have no characters speaking to me. They’re tired. They’re sick of this. We thought life was going in one direction and now it’s going in no direction at all. I write spitefully now, selfishly, and I hope that someone out there still reads stories. And if they don’t? I’ll continue to write them. And rewrite them. And reconstruct them. And uproot them. And drill them into fragments until I can’t decipher my own words or what they were ever supposed to mean. . . . #writingisstrange https://www.instagram.com/p/CbnksFQJIPM/?utm_medium=tumblr

They took an old highway through the mountains with remarkable views along curvy, winding roads that were originally paved in the 1920s and impossible to follow. A fog settled over the valley and heavy white mists softened over the mossy mountains, dreamy yet haunted. Moments later when they checked the map to chart their progress, they were 20 miles off the road. North had suddenly turned into West like a compass spinning through the Bermuda Triangle. “How did we end up so close to the Blue Ridge Mountains?” Brenda asked. “You say that like it’s a bad thing.” Jennifer leaned out the window as they curved around the lush slopes and cut through the fog. “Can you imagine riding horseback through these mountains? They could have been bucked and thrown right over the edge...from all the way up here.” . . . A preview of some of our latest writing. We hope you're finding your serotonin wherever you happen to thrive. And if you're going through the dreaded creative drought, welcome! Write 5 sentences of nonsense, draw an angry stick figure. Know that it will pass. 🖤 Photograph taken at the Lightner Museum in St. Augustine. #writingisstrange #writeitout #writingcommunity #creativewriting #visualwriting #staugustine #stainedglass #originalwriting #writings #lightnermuseum #shortstories #serials #writersofmichigan #writerswithdemons #haunted #spookyallyear #spookywriting #darkwritings #ghoststories #scarystories #inspiredby #scarystoriestotellinthedark #creativity #creative #aspiringtoinspire #write #writinginspiration https://www.instagram.com/p/CZDKddepOS9/?utm_medium=tumblr

Happy anniversary to our serial stories! One year ago, we released the first installment of The Last Winter. . . . #writingisstrange #writingcommunity #creativity #scarystories #shortstories #visualwriting #vaguewriting #creativewriting #writersofig #travelingwriters #unpublished #writerswithdemons #anthology #aspiringtoinspire #soontobepublished #spooky #spookyallyear #beach #ocean #writersofmichigan #atlanticocean #amwriting #keepwriting https://www.instagram.com/p/CYz3Aa3Mxez/?utm_medium=tumblr

Storms are brewing. Time to settle into the nook. ✍️🫖🍵 Happy new year, everyone! #writingisstrange #writingnooks #creativity #writing #writingspot #writingtime https://www.instagram.com/p/CYNCk3olwYe/?utm_medium=tumblr

Pt II When I saw her clearly for the first time, I was awake. I returned her piercing, icy blue gaze, almost close enough to reach out and touch the mists containing her faded colors. An inspiring and devastating fact, to live and to die, and here she stood before me, a stunning vision of death. . . . . . #autumn #nature #leaveschanging #writing #writingisstrange #poerty #writingspot #creativewriting #creativity #fallcolors #naturelettinggo #writersofmichigan #photography #seasonschange #ghoststories #scarystories https://www.instagram.com/p/CWWcD5ZPgFC/?utm_medium=tumblr

Four volumes of serial stories are now available for reading on our website. Artwork by Scott Paul Nadzam www.writingisstrange.com . . . . . . #writingisstrange #writingcommunity #writerswithdemons #writersofmichigan #writing #creativewriting #halloweenartwork #spookyart #spookyseason #shortstories #writersofig #original #originalart #occult #originalwriting #originalcharacter #painting #oilpainting #campy #spooky #dark #demons https://www.instagram.com/p/CWPJVNisXJV/?utm_medium=tumblr

There's a beauty to being haunted. The final installment of Demons written by Knapp @chelsfromthecrypt is here. Get ready to root for the unexpected. . . . . . #writingisstrange #shortstories #serials #scarystories #originalart #haunted #creativewriting #creativity #writersofmichigan #video #painting #oilpainting #womenwhowrite #satire #horrorcomedy #dark #mortality #art #writingcommunity #creature https://www.instagram.com/p/CWHCd22FKWy/?utm_medium=tumblr

A scathing poem from Sawnick to set the mood while you wait...Our serial stories return this Saturday with the second installment of Demons. 🖤 . . . #writingisstrange #halloween #haunting #writerswithdemons #demons #writing #poetry #writingcommunity #writingprompts #collaboration #collection #artists #inspiration #creative #writersofinstagram #spookyseason #shortstories #spooky #spookyart #painting #writeitout #creativity #scary #makeart #write https://www.instagram.com/p/CVixT_Zv2jD/?utm_medium=tumblr