The Japanese Ghost Hotel
In an article for Mysterious Universe, Brent Swancer writes about the abandoned and now possibly haunted luxury hotel on the Japanese island of Okinawa.
What...
Prompt: What About the Weather?
Another Write the Book prompt was suggested by the podcast's interview with Jim Carrier (Charity: The Heroic and Heartbreaking Story of Charity Hospital in Hurricane Katrina),...
The Scottish Nostradamus
Did you know there was a Scottish Nostradamus? In an article on Mysterious Universe, Brent Swancer has the story of this lost seer of...
Prompt: Taste Test
This week's Write the Book prompt is inspired by the podcast's chat with Paula Martinac (Dear Miss Cushman). Consider the next food item you...
Prompt: What is Orbiting This Star?
According to the Daily Grail, astronomers have discovered a ring of planetary debris that appears to contain 65 moon-sized structures orbiting close to a...
Prompt: A Cult on the Wane
This prompt is suggested by the Write the Book podcast's interview with Rachel Urquhart about her novel The Visionist.
Invent a group that has diminished from a large,...
Does Your Story Need a MacGuffin?
Thrillers and mysteries - and many other kinds of stories - rely on MacGuffins: an object or event that motivates the characters and figures...
That’s No Goat…
According to The Tribune, a drunk priest in Valasapalle, India, beheaded a man instead of a goat during Sankranti, a celebration of the deity Surya....
The Cursed Ferry of Kentucky
Any half-knowledgable reader of fantasy, horror, or mythology knows to be wary of ferry crossings and their guides. A post on Mysterious Universe shares...
Is There An Imposter in Your Story?
JSTOR Daily shares the sordid tale of George Psalmanazar, a white man from France who claimed to be a Christian convert from Formosa, (Taiwan)...
