dawn.vogel | June 30, 2022
My published alternate history (which I prefer to call fantastical history) can primarily be found in two collections: Unfixed Timelines and Unfixed Timelines 2. Both of these collections include stories along with brief essays on the history that inspired them. I’ve got plans for an eventual third volume in this series, and at that point, I plan […]
dawn.vogel | June 29, 2022
Catherine Lundoff’s collection, Unfinished Business (Queen of Swords Press, 2019) is a beautifully dark bunch of short stories. Within the pages, you’ll find historical horror, literary horror, dark sci-fi, and more. My favorite stories of the bunch were ones in conversation with works of literature. “The Mask and the Amontillado” lets you know the twist […]
dawn.vogel | June 28, 2022
Because Greek and Roman mythology is some of the most commonly taught in the western world, it’s not surprising that a number of my pieces in Old Legends and New Fables reflect this knowledge. Even those pieces that deal with the legends of other cultures often get viewed through a Greek or Roman lens because of […]
dawn.vogel | June 27, 2022
I’ve got outlining on the brain at the moment, as I frantically put one together for what was supposed to be a simple July project that grew into “no, put that idea down for a while and use this one”. The first idea required a bunch of research, which is done now, but also ate […]
dawn.vogel | June 24, 2022
July will be here before we know it, so it’s time for the July writing prompts. This month, I picked a bunch of onomatopoeic words, a bunch of color words that are also somewhat summer-y, and some very random words. Of course, you can take the color words at face value and write about them […]
dawn.vogel | June 23, 2022
“Yokai Hunters” started with a Drawlloween prompt of “yokai,” which are spirits or entities from Japanese folklore. Many of them might be viewed as “monsters” from a Western perspective, and the one in my story certainly falls into that category. In fact, this was a story that I wasn’t entirely sure if I should classify […]
dawn.vogel | June 22, 2022
Brambles: A Thorn Short Story by Intisar Khanani (Purple Monkey Press, 2020) serves as a prequel story to Khanani’s Dauntless Path series of fairy tale inspired fantasy books. This story gives the background for Princess Alyrra, explaining just how she has come to earn her family’s wrath and disdain. Coming into this story prior to […]
dawn.vogel | June 21, 2022
My newest collection, Conceits of Whim and Fancy, is coming soon! This collection is filled with fantasy stories and poetry, with witches, familiars, faeries, skeletal warriors, a dragon or two, goblins, liches, and much, much more. Fairy tales you’ve never read, magic workers young and old, and a few characters who defy description—all these and […]
dawn.vogel | June 20, 2022
How do you know when you’re at the end of your story? How do you wrap it all up neatly and put a bow on it? This article suggests ten different approaches to endings, which will resonate with different authors. For some of my stories, I definitely see the end when I get started. I […]
dawn.vogel | June 17, 2022
Sometimes, it can be fun to look at prompts that aren’t designed for fiction writing and twist them into fiction prompts. This list is meant to be for creative journaling, but there are plenty here that could also be story seeds for a fiction writer. You may have to turn a few of them on […]
