The result of my fourth #bookstorewindow fiction writing exercise, inspired by the late Harlan Ellison, based on writing prompts supplied by Craig Pittman, Colchek, and Gareth Harmer. Wrote it live on our Slack site in about an hour and a half: The Herbert drifted above the dark forest of thick green grass stalks, a fat…
[OTHERVIEW Q&A] Steven Campbell
Steven Campbell first came up with the idea of Hard Luck Hank in the 1990s as a pitch for articles in a fishing magazine. Now Hank’s the star of Campbell’s series of comedic pulp sci-fi stories. Campbell recently took the time to answer some questions: Wes Platt: When do you first remember wanting to write?…
[OTHERVIEW Q&A] Jeffe Kennedy
Jeffe Kennedy, the award-winning author behind series such as The Twelve Kingdoms and The Uncharted Realms, recently took the time to answer some questions. She’s written novels, non-fiction, poetry, and short fiction. She’s been a Ucross Foundation Fellow, received the Wyoming Arts Council Fellowship for Poetry, and won a Frank Nelson Doubleday Memorial Award. She’s…
[KNEE DEEP] Official Fiction No. 1: A Man with Many Plans
As a reward for our players posting 50 Steam reviews about the game, I wrote a bit of Knee Deep fiction. (A note, scrawled in pencil on the back of a twice-folded Hungry Chief’s paper placemat. The handwriting appears jerky, as if written while on a bouncing knee:) OFFICIAL MEMORANDUM June 5 Mr. Silloway, I’m…