The September 7 publication date is six months away, but news like this will not wait. First, the title. When Linda and I teamed up for the anthology, our recent experiences with Colorado wildfires made the theme a no-brainer: Colorado’s Changing Climate—a deceptively flexible theme. Some members submitted climate change stories, while others interpreted “climate”…
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The 2024 RMFW Anthology: Call for Submissions – By Paul Martz
When last year’s Bizarre Bazaar anthology was published, Colorado’s changing climate was already on my mind. In December 2021, a few weeks after that feeble dusting that registered as Denver’s latest first snowfall on record, the Marshall Fire incinerated a thousand homes in Louisville and Superior. Gale force winds drove the inferno through entire neighborhoods….
Real Writers Top Six
What I’ve Learned from Writing about Ghosts
Although I’ve never encountered one, the possibility of seeing or sensing a ghost has intrigued me since I was a child. After my father died, I could swear I’d just seen him on a crowded sidewalk. Or I’d think I recognized him in a store or on a street, talking to someone or briefly looking…
Story Hoarder
I grew up in a household of mild to moderate hoarding. My mom has multiple scents of liquid hand soap for every season (and I’m not just talking the four main ones; I mean like tulip season and Advent). My dad’s hoarding reached its peak—I hope—during the pandemic, when supply chain issues prompted him to…