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  • Refining Short Thursdays

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    Adam Casalino

    Short Thursdays has been running for only 3 weeks and it is already a smash hit! (in my mind at least!) To develop this into a more legitimate project, I will be publishing the short stories in the open epub format. Folks with e-readers that can use this format will…

  • Beyond the White Stars, Part 1

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    Adam Casalino

    Story by Adam Casalino The cruiser crashed painfully to the earth.  It skidded across the rain-slicked runway for several feet before coming to a stop.  The chief engineer came running from the observatory.  She jammed her hand into the emergency retrieval switch and held her breath as the crumpled hatch…

  • Mr. Brandon Lukney

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    Adam Casalino

    Story by Adam Casalino Brandon Lukney hated the sound of his own voice.  It didn’t help that he was a teacher.  He would climb the steps of the wooden podium, calmly clear his throat, and proceed to block out the next hour and a half  of his life as he…

  • The Fear

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    Adam Casalino

    Story by Adam Casalino Alastair the butler always walked fast as he crossed the open courtyard where he watched his former masters die. The thick, marble floors had been long scrubbed clean of the stains, the walls were painted afresh, and even the grotesque, ancient fountain was removed–but in the…

  • New stuff for the ‘Tales of Maora’

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    Adam Casalino

    As I’ve posted before, I have aspirations to be a published writer, not just a brilliant comic creator. While my first manuscript is still in the revision process, I have a plethora of short fiction waiting in the wings. I’d like to share it with the world. Unfortunately, there isn’t…

  • The best advice on writing I’ve ever read

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    Adam Casalino

    Thanks to my membership at Webcomics.com, I found a link to a bunch of writing tips from very famous authors. Among the usual pretentious comments and obvious pet-peeves were a few great insights. The best was this: Sound like yourself. Seems pretty obvious. But as an aspiring writer, and an…