The Writer's Arena: The First Ten Battles Available Now!

          A couple of years ago I was invited to take part in The Writer's Arena, the weekly challenge in which two writers are given a prompt and must craft a short story for the readers to vote on and proclaim a winner. My entry, "The Gluten-Free Man," is still one of my absolute favorites, so I'm thrilled to have it collected in the first, all-new anthology of TWA stories collecting the first ten weeks of the competition. At around ten-thirteen bucks and featuring twenty stories of quality genre goodness, the collection is a steal, and one that any short story lover would enjoy. So, do me a solid and order your copy today!

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Read My Story, "The Gluten-Free Man" at The Writer's Arena!

    I've had the great honor of being selected to participate in The Writer's Arena, a weekly story competition where two writers must each draft a short story based upon a given prompt. At the end of the week, the stories are judged by a panel and voted upon by the readers. The prompt this week was the rather unforgiving theme of "dessert," and today my story "The Gluten-Free Man" is available to be read by all, as is that of my competitor, the lovely and talented Hannah-Elizabeth Thompson's "Pillow." We were only given ten days to write a story based off the prompt, and I must say, it was quite a good bit of fun. I'll certainly never look at dessert the same way again.

    So go ahead and click on over to The Writer's Arena to read both stories, and don't forget to vote for your favorite!