The creativity process has been divided into four phases – including one where you need to let your unconscious do the work

"Something wraps your ankle in a tight grip. A sharp end presses into your lower back and threatens to pierce your skin. A claw? A sting? A beak?"

"Something wraps your ankle in a tight grip. A sharp end presses into your lower back and threatens to pierce your skin. A claw? A sting? A beak?"

When Thomas first met Tommy he didn’t immediately recognise himself: Tommy was the spitting image of Thomas at age nine. But at forty-five, Thomas had largely forgotten what his little...

“A masterpiece I don’t fully understand—and don’t need to.”  This week’s book is The Unconsoled  by Kazuo Ishiguro, a bold, baffling, and darkly funny novel that has confounded and enchan...

Mrs. Leonova, who serves as a dehumanized bathroom implement for the wealthy, observes the impact on herself and the world around her when she begins to feel valued.

****The first mayor of the village had no head, limbs, or body. It was just a pile of hair. The village was peaceful and prosperous during the pile of hair’s reign, so the mayor was considered judicio...

“Like stained glass,” she answered, “born out of sand – or in other words: potentially unstable but refined. Possesses a nature that’s both translucent and ambiguous. Likes to flirt with light, with s...

It occurs to me that even though I’m a writing fish who (a) swims in the goldfish bowl of the shortest forms of fiction and (b) likes to waffle on about the ins and outs of writing craft, I’ve never a...