SandDream Magicks

The following piece of horror flash fiction was inspired by this picture. I used some elements found in some popular urban legends. Hope you enjoy it.
SandDream Magicks
Written by: Ben Marroquin
StoryMask.com
She hated her brother. She tired of his schemes. Always teasing her, pinching her, making her scream. I’ll show him she thought, “tonight, big brother will [...]

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Writing Step 4: Creating Your Characters

Writing Step 4: Creating Your Characters
Written by: Ben Marroquin
StoryMask.com
Every story needs good, strange, unique, and interesting characters. Your characters can be human, robotic, animalistic, spirits, magical, monstrous; they can even be toys or whatever your mind thinks up. You should know the following about your characters:
Name: Names can be symbolic and/or easy to pronounce. You [...]

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To Hunt the Hunters

I would classify the following piece as a cross between horror flash fiction and superhero flash fiction. The characters were taken from the book I’m currently working on: Seraph Hunters. I hope you enjoy it.
To Hunt the Hunters
Written by: Ben Marroquin
StoryMask.com
Blurry eyes opened, my head throbbed in pain. What in the blazes? I feel like [...]

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Error with Theme fixed at StoryMask.com

I setup my new theme last night, gave it a test drive, and everything was working as it should be. So I was quite surprised to see my site not working properly this morning. Turns out that everything was working fine because I was logged into the system, but as an ‘un-logged’ visitor it wasn’t.
Every [...]

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StoryMask.com Goes Live

StoryMask.com Goes Live!
Just wanted to post a quick news bite to let our readers know that StoryMask.com is now live. I spent the weekend learning my way around the features my new web host offers and I’m proud to say that my wordpress blog is now working!
In CELEBRATION, I wrote up a new piece [...]

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