Featured Author: @rakushasu
The Elevator
With each passing second, the voice grew louder and I could soon make out shuffling movements at one of the office doors in the distance. A twisted shadow pushed itself outside and began moving in our direction. -@rakushasu
Featured Author: @saronaspecial
Edna Grossbart Lives
And along with that transplant, Edna had found herself in the strange position of wanting, desiring, lusting after bizarre and archaic traditions of the old world, of the old races. -@saronaspecial
Featured Author: @hlezama
The Rosary
The Cross of Forgiveness was rarely visited by anyone, except by those praying for penitent souls, whose tombs had been lost, their bodies never buried, or their deaths had been too unholy to deserve resting on holy ground. -@hlezama
Featured Author: @ubani
The Beast Unleashed
The village is in chaos, as my family and I are on the run, people are being killed by the Karkian followers. It wasn't too long before they ambushed my hideout, I secretly gave my wife the weapon, so she ran with my children, as I faced the attackers. -@ubani1
The story is engaging and is told in the voice of a myth-maker. -@theinkwell
Featured Author: @bruno-kema
No Goodbyes
This year, I swore never to be a listener anymore, but to be the storyteller. So I doubled my reading, upped my game, and aced all tests. And the University had no choice but to offer me admission. -@bruno-kema
-@gracielaacevedo
Featured Author: @mrnightmare
First and Last Hug
Bert knows that this is not the way to go in Kesha's house. He can't tell but he suddenly feels uneasy. He feels sorry for Kesha because Bert knows this way is going to the cemetery. He feels sad for her because he knows that only her mother is her family. -@mrnightmare.net
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Fantastic selection of stories and thank you very much for including me, I'm honored to be chosen! Congratulations to all my other, fellow writers included here!
Now I've got a question. I'm currently finishing up and are preparing a long series that I've been working on for a long while. However, it's an action-horror series, focusing a lot on battles against monsters. Some parts of it (it consists of more than 20 parts) might not fit the rules of The Ink Well. What would be the best idea of sharing something like that?
I was thinking of posting it to my personal blog and cross-posting the parts that don't break the rules to The Ink Well. Would that be acceptable? I'm a bit lost on how to proceed, but I'd like this series to get some attention.
Hello @rakushasu,
Congratulations on your inclusion. Well deserved!
We don't publish serials in the Ink Well, unless each story in the series can stand on its own, with a complete arc. A serial requires the reader to be familiar with events and characters that came before. There is not that consistency of readership here.
So, if the stories are related, but at the same time independent of each other, we invite you to publish them.
Finding a venue for work is a great challenge for writers. That's why we exist, to give writers a place to find an audience.
In any event, keep writing !
Ah thank you very much! I posted the first part which I think can stand on its own, but the rest continues on with the events prior to what's happening!
So if those aren't allowed, I stick to publishing my usual one-shots at The Ink Well! Thanks for the answer!
I wish you good luck. As you build a following on Hive, you may find that the audience exists on your own blog to sustain publishing a serial. It has happened before here. I believe bloggers have published novels, chapter by chapter. Here is an example: Phoenix - chapter 2 - Swan Valley I don't know much about it. Not something I have been tempted to try.
Meanwhile, I look forward to reading more of your stories.
Thank you, it's a learning experience and I plan on publishing it on other pages as well later on. So I'll see what happens with it. I'm sure it's going to be tough, but I think it's not a bad piece at all. I think fiction is tough on Hive as it is, but we'll see what happens.
Thanks for the wishes!
Thank you very much, @theinkwell for the mention. I'm honored to be among so many talented writers, who also happen to be great hivers across communities.
There is only so much time available to read so many well crafted and inspiring stories!
Well-deserved, @hlezama. We're happy to see some of your work in The Ink Well.