by Heidi Beierle | Nov 30, 2025 | NaNoWriMo
by Marian Exall (2478 words) The emergency call came in to dispatch at 4:34 a.m. The caller, who identified himself as Butchie McCartney, was distraught. “My girlfriend Jen’s stuck up there with a bunch of crazy writers. The road’s blocked, and the storm cut off cell... 
by Heidi Beierle | Nov 28, 2025 | NaNoWriMo
by Seán Dwyer (917 words) As Lucy’s arms began to tremble from holding the revolver so long, she thought she might need to yell for Jen to back her up. Jen’s comforting shotgun would keep Dante at bay, and unless it packed dust shot for shooting shrews, it would be... 
by Heidi Beierle | Nov 25, 2025 | NaNoWriMo
By Kate Austen (1526 words) The gun felt increasingly heavy. Lucy held it in two hands, its aim wavering between Dante Ficknelly, the unconvincing cop, Peter and Paul, bound and gagged on the floor, and Ed, also silenced with a sock, his wrists straining against... 
by Heidi Beierle | Nov 23, 2025 | NaNoWriMo
by Jabez Richard (1731 words) Anxiety dreams. Dreams of Eleanor in peril, needing her mommy. Where are you, Mommy? I need Mommy!But no matter how frantically Lucy searched, her baby girl was nowhere to be found. She wasn’t in the Grand Salon. Not in the decaying... 
by Heidi Beierle | Nov 22, 2025 | NaNoWriMo
By Anne Heitbrink (900 words) Margaux dropped the knife on the table and walked out of the building. All of a sudden she was so hot. She needed air. She heard Mavis calling out, “Wait, what are we going to do with him?” But for that moment she didn’t care. She didn’t... 
by Heidi Beierle | Nov 21, 2025 | NaNoWriMo
By Heidi Beierle (1799 words) Charles was like a bad penny, he kept turning up. And his sense of time was so screwball. Had he been gone a whole 24 hours or only minutes? He hadn’t intended to return to the shed – Jimmy be damned – but he’d felt compelled. He needed...
