It Came From Beneath the Slush Pile: 20 Kinds of Stupid: An Anthology of Idiot Heroes and Ridiculous Heroines

Several author friends and I---all students of our mentor, Holly Lisle---came together recently to create this anthology of short stories on How Not To Do It. Each of us wrote our own particular takes on all the many kinds of mistakes writers make. And in the process we managed to produce some hilarious stories, gems of a different sort: awful but funny, in the vein of a Monty Python skit, or Big Bang Theory romantic encounter.It's available on Amazon as a FREE ebook. Do give it a read; and then

Some author friends and I wrote flash stories (that's stories less than 4 pages) where we tried to put in as many clichés, bad twists, curious spelling and grammar as possible. The only requirement for participating was that the narration had to be a story: a person with a problem in a situation with beginning middle and (often pointless) end.Strangely enough the stories that emerged are still entertaining, even if they're badly written. The best thing in my eyes is the fact that every author te

As the subtitle of this collection - ‘20 Kinds of Stupid: An Anthology of Idiot Heroes and Ridiculous Heroines’ – makes glaringly obvious, this is a compilation of (flash) fiction from different authors, showcasing how NOT to write. Some of the stories are egregiously bad (on purpose). Of course, they are ALL meant to show what bad writing looks like. However, there were several that I found absolutely delightful. Notably, Ava Fairhall’s ‘Violet Orbs and a Chiselled Jaw’ and ‘Auburn Gold and Man