J.W. Donley

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  • Story Study: Shattered Sidewalks of the Human Heart

    Story Study: Shattered Sidewalks of the Human Heart

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    Welcome to the second installment of Story Study! Where I and a few friends plan to read a story out of a Year’s Best anthology, and discuss what makes that story tick. The first anthology I’m taking on is Paula Guran’s The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy and Horror Volume 1. Fellow authors Evelyn Freeling (https://www.evelynfreeling.com/)…

  • What’s It Like To Take A Long Intensive Writing Course?

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    My Contemporary Dark Fiction writing and reading class is finally over. Well, almost over. I still have a couple assignments to turn in and I owe critiques on my classmates’ stories. Want to know what it was like? Is a class like this something for you? Read on to find out. I will have 4…

  • Joe Reviews: Come Closer by Sara Gran

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    Come Closer by Sara Gran – a book review It is time for my review of Come Closer by Sara Gran. Are you ready? Okay. Let’s go.This is another one that I only read due to an upcoming class I’m taking (like Bird Box). And it was a ton of fun. It’s not the sort…

  • Joe Reviews: Bird Box by Josh Malerman

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    My Thoughts on Bird Box It is time for my review of Bird Box by Josh Malerman. To start things off, I need to let you all know that Bird Box took me a couple tries to get through. On my first attempt, I gave up only a few chapters in. It may have been…