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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Autumn gloom for the soul. Pt I The inscription carved into the headstone was faded in an old language I did not understand, but a part of me still sensed its meaning. Wondering was only temporary like the spindles that twirled and thickened and settled as a shell of skin. I heard something whisper through the stone, "...Standing over the dead is a gift..." As I grew older, the words struck deeper and seeped into my soul. "...A gift the living could never comprehend." Something started following me from a squinting distance, soon peering around the corners of my dreamscapes. . . . . #autumn #moody #writing #woods #naturewalk #inspired #spookyseason #spooky #haunted #poetry #creativewriting #creativity #womenwhowrite #writingisstrange #bridge #fallcolors https://www.instagram.com/p/CWWCXB7rkMO/?utm_medium=tumblr

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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

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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

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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

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Our fourth serial story has arrived. And to be honest, he's a bit arrogant. Don't worry, no one's letting him get away with it. Volume 4 of our serial stories, Demons, begins tonight; a short story following an overly-confident demon following an entirely-unimpressed woman with more immediate concerns. Artwork by Scott Paul Nadzam. Link in bio. . . . . #writingisstrange #writerswithdemons #halloween #haunting #demons #writing #writingcommunity #writingprompts #collaboration #collection #artists #inspiration #creative #creativewriting #writersofinstagram #spookyseason #shortstories #spooky #spookyart #painting #writeitout #creativity #scary #makeart #write #faceyourdemons #horrorcomedy #dark https://www.instagram.com/p/CVbzvm_M1yF/?utm_medium=tumblr

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 As we count down the moments before we release our third serial story, we're curious to know your thoughts on our first two volumes. How did we do? . . . . . #writingisstrange #artistsformerlyknownas #writerswithdemons #writing #womenwhowrite #nonbinarywriters #writingcommunity #writersofig #writingprompts #collaboration #myart #artists #inspiration #creative #writersofinstagram #fiction #scarystories #shortstories #originalwriting #writeitdown #creativewriting #originalart #artistsofinstagram #stories https://www.instagram.com/p/CSCNsXqrza-/?utm_medium=tumblr

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What do you see when you look into the telescope? Write about it today. Paint a dream. Share it when you're ready. Learn to recognize when it's finished and that you may never be ready to believe it. Share it anyway. Our third serial story will be arriving soon. He's currently self-destructing on the train ride over. We hear he's a fan of whiskey. . . . #writingisstrange 🖤 #artistsformerlyknownas #writerswithdemons #stories #original #amwriting #lovewriting #keepwriting https://www.instagram.com/p/CRcXPXcsQwm/?utm_medium=tumblr

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I sat down today without a clue of what to write, but 500 words was the minimum goal. For three hours, I paced. I refilled an ever-emptied cup of coffee. Someone in the empty house where I was not writing must have somehow been sneaking sips away from me. I changed socks. I rearranged my plants. I cleaned multiple rooms. Then a stream of words ran through my mind. And a hurricane of a thousand more after that. The first page, completely useless; the sloppy warm-up which is to be expected by all writers. Beyond that, though, was a small gift, one I think all writers seek; the euphoria of finding an ending and finally finishing a story that has followed you for years. Our collection of shorts continues to grow. Thank you for sticking through our silence as we focus on that. 🖤 https://www.instagram.com/writingisstrange/p/CYe_loAFvC1/?utm_medium=tumblr

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No one seems to be afraid of ghosts or demons anymore. People are so much scarier, they say. I can’t disagree. People can be horrendous. People terrify me. The only reason I’m scared of ghosts is that most of them were people once; the scariest part about demons is that we don't have to die to become one. Some live to haunt and torment and merely perform as humans, as the last poem we posted by @samittyvillehorror strikingly describes.The second installment of Demons penned by Knapp @chelsfromthecrypt is now available for reading. Celebrate Mischief Night the respectful way, vicariously, through our serial stories. Happy Halloween Eve!

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