Month: September 2024

“Nature is a haunted house — But art — is a house that tries to be haunted.” – Emily Dickinson

1. Know yourself.  You are half of the relationship. If you don’t know what you want, your partner sure won’t.

As of today, I’ve shared more than 1,700 poetry prompts on this site over the years. One per day (and

In a guide like The Chicago Manual of Style, published in 18 editions since 1906, updates tend to be incremental.

Alexis Henderson is the author of Goodreads Choice Awards finalists The Year of the Witching and House of Hunger. When

Sometimes you need a hammer. I don’t mean in the sense Tim Hardin sang about years ago: “If I were

Fantasy and science fiction readers are naturally open to the unexpected, and they like new takes on old stories. The

Dan Kois is a writer, editor, and podcaster at Slate, where his work has been nominated for two National Magazine

When I decided to try my hand at writing crime fiction, I took the advice often given to authors to

I did not intend to write a book. I set out to learn the truth about my family, a family