Out Come the Knives: 10 Wonderfully Visceral Descriptions in Fiction

I love when a story jabs me in the gut. Turning pages, scanning paragraphs, the tension inside me mounting, and then the knife twists home. I never mind the blood drawn along the razor edges of a good, visceral moment. To this day, the highest compliment I've ever received on a story, in my opinion, …

Tales from the Trenches: 8 Short Story Submission Guidelines That Must Be Stopped

I originally wrote this post in 2018 but never published it. Re-reading it over a year later, I find many of these things are still relevant. Better late than never. I left it in its original state but added footnotes where I felt there needed to be updates or corrections. - Robert Thomas Woods, February …