Vocal’s $10k Fantasy Prologue Challenge

14 May 2022 Leave a comment

by jmhauser in short stories Tags: ,

Vocal Media is having a crazy big challenge: write the prologue of a fantasy novel with the following prompt:

There weren’t always dragons in the Valley.

That’s a big challenge. Not just financially, but to create a believable intro to a book that doesn’t exist. Anyway, I think I will give it a whirl. If nothing else, the resulting story should be interesting enough.

https://vocal.media/challenges/the-fantasy-prologue

Short Story page revamped and updated

09 May 2022 Leave a comment

by jmhauser in Children's Books, Fantasy, Poetry, short stories Tags: , , ,

I’m moving stories to Vocal and will be updating them there in the future. This will make it easier to categorize things.

The Boy Who Cried Snizzerwit

06 May 2022 Leave a comment

by jmhauser in Children's Books, HP Lovecraft, Poetry, short stories Tags: , , , , ,

This a very old storypoem I wrote many years ago. It is not especially for children, although it would seem so at first. The word usage is far beyond the comprehension of most kids, and many adults for that matter. So, I’m not sure who it is really for. Maybe people who like poems, or Lovecraftian horror, or fairy tales with a kick, or people who just like to see weird words rhymed together. I suppose I’m all of the above. Enjoy.

https://medium.com/@jasonhauser_79757/the-boy-who-cried-snizzerwit-9b89c421a7dd

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