“So he decides he has to train this dog, and the way he does it is, he takes the dog’s collar, and hammers some nails into it so they’re poking through on the inside. Not big nails, mind you, just those thin little upholstery ones, kind of like thumb tacks. Not enough to kill the dog, but enough to cause him some pain, you know?”
Author Archives: tomaszgravil
Lessons From ‘On Writing: A Memoir of The Craft’
What can we learn from Stephen King’s memoir/writing guide?
Lights-Off
For years now, two families have been competing to win an elsusive prize; the best Christmas decorations in the neighborhood. James Cartwright is desperate to win. But how far will he go?
Driving Home For Christmas
On a snowy Christmas Eve, Mark and Christina happen upon a dead body by the side of a country road. In their mutual state of drunken panic, they make a terrible decision that will haunt them for the rest of their lives.
Don’t You Know There’s a Sickness?
An original Were-Creature story. In the year 1929, in the small coastal village of Shale-by-the-Sea, England, a lonely lighthouse keeper starts acting strangely. It’s up to Reverend Alan Greenwood to find out why.
