HeyJaredThe Bleeding Typewriter
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The Stories That Shaped Me: Fairy Tales & Folklore (Part 2) (opens the original)
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Two weeks ago, I wrote about European fairy tales & folktales that have inspired me since childhood. My initial plan was to write one post about fairy tales from various cultural backgrounds, but I had a hard time picking just five or six tales, so I split this into two posts, grouping the selected stories by region/culture.Subscribe nowThis post will cover tales from West Africa, t
We Interrupt Our Regularly Scheduled Program... (opens the original)
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I fully intended to publish the next installment of my nostalgic literature exploration (see Part 1 and Part 2) today, but! I neglected to finish the post before I went on a last-minute, sorely needed vacation with GOATS.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!pd9f!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%
Monday Microfiction: "Stepmother’s Last Resort" (opens the original)
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This week’s microfiction is a 100-word Cinderella story. Subscribe now<i
The Stories That Shaped Me: Fairy Tales & Folklore (Part 1) (opens the original)
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Lately, I’ve been writing about books aimed at younger audiences. I talked about the books that turned child me into a reader and followed it up with books that impacted me as I entered my teens.I realized that I needed to make a post centering fairy tales & folklore. Annnnd while writing this post, it became apparent at 2,000 words that this needs to be covered over multiple posts. So, this is part one, featuring six tales</
Monday Microfiction: "I’ll Sleep When You’re Dead" (opens the original)
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This week’s microfiction is a 150-word story about love and drama. Also, I’ve been listening to a lot of Les Mis, and that may have had an effect.Subscribe now<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1710085856860-9d51b80f66ab?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=M3wzMDAzMzh8MHwxfHNlYXJjaHwxfHxjb2ZmaW58ZW58MHx8fHwxNzg5MTUyOTQwfDA&ixlib=rb-4.1.0&q
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