New: isleofwriteAll contenthive-129948krhive-196917hive-183959zzanhive-185836hive-180932steemphotographyhive-166405hive-150122hive-101145hive-188619hive-183397hive-144064uncommonlabhive-184714hive-145157krsuccesshive-193637bitcoinhive-103599hive-180301lifehive-193186TrendingNewHotLikersfireawaymarmot (56)in writing • 3 years agoETERNAL? a poemThe situation is not hopeless Okay well that’s- You are. Oh So now I think the thing to do is to try and make you better than hopeless. I see Then, we reassess and proceed from…fireawaymarmot (56)in freewrite • 4 years agoFive Minute Writing Prompt "Gnarled Trees" Freewrite Serial ACT THREE Chapter FiveAs the gnarled trees of the burning forest give way to the desert wastes, Simon is reminded of how fascinated everyone had been when the horns had first appeared. “It is a plague,” Vatti, his lead…fireawaymarmot (56)in freewrite • 4 years ago5 min Writing Prompt "Hot Flash" #freewrite Serial Story ACT THREE Chapter FourHot flashes of bright blue light streak across the sky above the boat. And just as Simon had known there would be fire, trees on both sides of the river shimmer and crackles with greasy flames, fed…fireawaymarmot (56)in writing • 4 years agoMan, that Effect!Pretty strange days lately; nobody really sure what's going on it seems... It might be a good time to remind yourself that there's over seven billion people in the world and each one of those people…jerrytsuseer (67)in friendship-brotherhood • 5 years ago§☼§"Friends"§☼§We share the same sunrises, our lungs draw the same air; The same winds blow through our hair. We walk the same earth, whether barefoot or shod Our food grows from the same sod. Our bodies all…ameliabartlett (58)in isleofwrite • 5 years agoTime Capsule in a Hatbox ~ Short Story | 5 Minute FreewriteWatching my life packed into boxes has been less nauseating than I expected, but there’s still the attic to tackle. Where there was artwork next to vining plants and tchotchkes from my years of…ameliabartlett (58)in isleofwrite • 5 years agoStranger than Fiction ~ Flash Fiction | 5 Minute FreewriteThe file arrived on my desk at 4:50 pm on a Friday. 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He had not eaten a single meal the whole day , the grumbling of his stomach was so…cheah (69)in fiction • 5 years agoThe New Gods of BabylonWhen you think hard about it, the traditional cyberpunk trope of megacorporations literally ruling the world doesn't make any sense. A megacorp is a massive private corporation, holding…cheah (69)in fiction • 5 years agoBABYLON BLUES IS FUNDED!My upcoming cyberpunk horror work BABYLON BLUES is fully funded on Kickstarter! I'm incredibly grateful for the support of my backers, friends and family. Without them, this project would not have…cheah (69)in fiction • 5 years agoThe Blades of BabylonSwords are cool. That alone would be enough reason to include swords in fiction. And you can't have a street samurai without a sword. But my preferred aesthetic, that of the military…cheah (69)in fiction • 5 years agoSneak Preview of BABYLON BLUES Remastered!What goes into a remastered story? A lot of work, unsurprisingly enough. BABYLON BLUES was originally conceived and written as a series of interconnected webserials. The concepts were sound, the…cheah (69)in kickstarter • 5 years agoBabylon Blues Meets Deus Vult Wastelanders!Bloodthirsty demons and black-hearted cultists. Guns and swords and high technology. Unshakable faith in the face of soul-rending evil. These are the defining points of Babylon Blues. And Adam…cheah (69)in fiction • 5 years agoThe Guns of BabylonWhen writing a tactical thriller with heavy action elements, you have to get around to talking about the hardware. Tools drive what the characters can and can’t do, and weapons are a big part of…cheah (69)in fiction • 5 years agoThe Music of Babylon BluesBABYLON BLUES, my current cyberpunk horror saga, holds a most unusual distinction: it is the first story I wrote that was inspired by music. The first time I heard 'Babylon', it was in Leonard…cheah (69)in fiction • 5 years agoBabylon Blues Part 14Beyond Truth and Lies Deep in the desert at the heart of Nova Babylonia, sited at the furthest point from every inhabited city and settlement in the country, surrounded by sun-scorched dunes and…cheah (69)in fiction • 5 years agoBabylon Blues Part 13Time for War The New Gods took their time setting up. Fox suspected several reasons. Their mutual animosities getting the better of them, forcing them to delay and confirm and double-confirm…cheah (69)in fiction • 5 years agoBabylon Blues Part 12The BITE The BITE was a great place to die. The Babylon Institute of Technology and Engineering was the premier research university in the nation. Its pedagogy was world-class, and its…
