Tag: speculative

  • I’m Your Match

    I’m Your Match

    In this short story, I enter the domain of speculative fiction. The prompt for this story was: “One character is an artificial intelligence. The other is a human being. Your reader must struggle to tell which is which.” I really had to think about this one before writing. A couple of readers had kind comments.…

  • The Ghost Writer

    The Ghost Writer

    In this new short story, I dip into a new genre: speculative fiction. The writing contest prompt for this story was to “Center your story around an author, editor, ghostwriter, or literary agent.” Jocelyn hoped she remembered all her lies for the impending Zoom call. She’d studied the newspaper accounts and video clips of her…