Category Archives: Fun Stuff

Iron Writer Championship Whiteboard Wednesday!!!

Posted on 2015/01/21 by ecgarrison

The Iron Writer 2014 Winter Solstice Championship is almost over! Today’s your last chance to read the fantastic flash fiction entries by the best of the best the Iron Writer has to offer. This time around, that includes ME! This … Continue reading →

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You guys, I made the Iron Writer Tournament FINALS!

Posted on 2015/01/15 by ecgarrison

My story, “The Book of the Dead”, tied for first in the Donna Tarrt Bracket of the Iron Writer Winter Solstice 2014 Tournament, which means… *drumroll* I am a FINALIST! I am so excited about this that I did a … Continue reading →

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Whiteboard Wednesday – “Spectral Delivery” a Road Ghosts story!

Posted on 2015/01/14 by ecgarrison

Today’s Whiteboard Wednesday is inspired by my Road Ghosts story, “Spectral Delivery”. It’s a 6,000 word short introduction to the Road Ghosts world through the eyes of Enid, a King’s Pizza trainee on a scary delivery run with ghost hunter … Continue reading →

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Trans-Continental: Duffy & Ida on Whiteboard Wednesday! #amwriting

Posted on 2015/01/07 by ecgarrison

In November, I had a dream so vivid, so action-packed, so FUN that I got up in the middle of the night and scribbled down everything I could remember on a couple of sheets of grocery list pad. I decided … Continue reading →

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“Christmas Special” – GotM Whiteboardpalooza (incl. flying bus)!

Posted on 2014/12/24 by ecgarrison

Well, this is MY story in the Gifts of the Magi anthology. It involves characters from the Road Ghosts Trilogy and the upcoming Tipsy Fairy Tales, including that magical rascal, the Transit King. Didn’t we just see him— yes, yes … Continue reading →

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“Lumps of Coal” Three Holiday-Themed Spec Fic Fails – by Nicole Cushing GOTM Whiteboard madness!

Posted on 2014/12/24 by ecgarrison

Lee Majors? Santa kicking Martian butt? A possessed Teddy Bear? What’s going on here? To find out, you have to read Nicole Cushing’s hilarious take on some major speculative fiction holiday failures she calls “Lumps of Coal”. Hint hint: it’s … Continue reading →

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“An Ivory Christmas” by John F. Allen – BONUS GotM Whiteboardage!!!

Posted on 2014/12/23 by ecgarrison

Ivory Blaque takes a favor – in the form of a magic ring –  from that whimsical fairy godfather, the Transit King, as he whisks her across Chicago in a magical taxicab in “An Ivory Christmas”. I have to shout … Continue reading →

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“Quantum of Solstice” by J.P. Bastin – GotM whiteboard style!

Posted on 2014/12/23 by ecgarrison

No, don’t look at your calendar, today isn’t Wednesday (as I type this anyway), it’s Tuesday! This is a special whiteboard post to show off yet another of the stories within Gifts of the Magi: A Speculative Holiday Collection! This … Continue reading →

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99 cents today! Gifts of the Magi: A Speculative Collection

Posted on 2014/12/18 by ecgarrison
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“I Hate Meat Loaf!” – my new Iron Writer flash story is up!

Posted on 2014/12/18 by ecgarrison

“I Hate Meat Loaf!” is my 500-word take in this week’s Iron Writer Challenge. The elements are particularly bizarre this time, and the stories I’m up against are clever and have more Star Wars references in them than mine, but … Continue reading →

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