Are you interested in the world of postmortem photography? The Portrait Artist, by Katriona E MacMillan, is a grim introduction into the Victorian fascination with death. The Victorians were macabre. Arguably sparked by Queen Victoria’s lengthy 40-year mourning period, the colour black was the main feature of the period. Between 1837 and 1901, the peopleContinue reading “The Portrait Artist: A Short Story Detailing the Work of Postmortem Photography Preparation”
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New Release: A Taxi Home / When The Meter’s Not Running
<This article contains links to Amazon products. To be fair, I made them myself.> A Taxi Home is the new short story by Katriona MacMillan, the book and eBook versions both contain When the Meter’s Not Running, a scripted adaptation of the short story which lasts around ten minutes. Pick Up Your Copy Here! What’sContinue reading “New Release: A Taxi Home / When The Meter’s Not Running”
Writing the Shadow People
Developing a short story by Katriona MacMillan. Hello again and welcome to another exciting episode of “what the hell was going through my head when I wrote that?!” This week we will be focusing on The Shadow People, a short story I released for Halloween in 2023. FYI in the horror sector, there’s a bunchContinue reading “Writing the Shadow People”
“Bananas” The Sci-Fi/Horror Short Story by Katriona MacMillan
Need a scary eBook to read over the next few days? Bananas, a horror-Sci-fi combo about being lost in space, could be for you. “Bananas” is a short story about a skeleton crew stuck on a spaceship in the middle of nowhere. Actually, there are only two of them left. The story doesn’t tell youContinue reading ““Bananas” The Sci-Fi/Horror Short Story by Katriona MacMillan”
How to Create Short Story/Essay/Blog Ideas?
This not-a-plot-graph tactic can help you create winning stories, essays, blogs, and poetry. You have heard of a plot graph? That’s when you use a graph to plot out things like Act 1, Act 2, rising action, and climaxes of your story. When I am stuck with story ideas – or when I have aContinue reading “How to Create Short Story/Essay/Blog Ideas?”
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