He is a man lost in the familiar: sometimes he wakes up in a life almost like his own, but not quite. It's almost his fault, too, in the sense that some version of him made this happen. And every time, there's one thing he hopes for. This is a spec-fic flash fiction piece inspired by an image.
In 2018, I put together a simple draw to challenge myself (and anyone else who wanted to try) with flash fiction prompts made up of three suits of cards, shuffled and drawn. The clubs denoted a genre, the diamonds were an object, and the hearts were a setting. Starting with January (A fairy tale, a tattoo machine, and...
Introduction: Would You Want to Know? This is How You Die: Hematoma This is How You Die: Murder This is How You Die: Under Collapsing Shelf This is How You Die: After Many Years, Stops Breathing, With a Smile on Face
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER -- In Cory Doctorow’s wildly successful Little Brother, young Marcus Yallow was arbitrarily detained and brutalized by the government in the wake of a terrorist attack on San Francisco—an experience that led him to become a leader of the whole movement of technologically clued-in teenagers, f...
The Freeze-Dried Groom is one of the nine stories in Margaret Atwood's fantastic new collection Stone Mattress. A collection of highly imaginative short pieces that speak to our times with deadly accuracy. Vintage Atwood creativity, intelligence, and humor: think Alias Grace. Margaret Atwood turns to short fiction fo...
A young boy, Adam, discovers a gold medallion in a lump of coal. He keeps it as a curious good luck piece for the next twenty years, until as a scientist, he discovers it contains a message and is clearly alien. Join Adam and his colleague, Linda, as they embark upon an adventure of revelation, ultimately giving up al...
THE BODY ELECTRIC IS A NEW, FULL-LENGTH SCI FI NOVEL BY BETH REVIS. THE FULL NOVEL IS NOW AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE FROM ALL MAJOR RETAILERS. THIS SAMPLE COMPRISES ROUGHLY 1/3 OF THE TOTAL BOOK. The future world is at peace. Ella Shepherd has dedicated her life to using her unique gift-the ability to enter people's dream...
THANK YOU EVERYONE for reading this sample of Paper Hearts! Due to popular demand, I've turned this into an actual book, which you can buy from all major online retailers. AND it's actually three books: a volume on writing, one on publishing, and another on marketing. More information: bethrevis.com/books Buy the boo...