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Change!
This story of mine was published earlier this year with The Junction, a Medium publication. It ended up getting very little exposure and was one of my last times to publish on that platform. Medium was an interesting experiment in the democratizing of publishing, for a while. Then, it seemed to become like every other algorithm-driven story platform where controversy, prolific posting, and glomming onto trends became the only means to achieve visibility. I’m terrible at all that. And as this story shows, following trends of any kind might not always be the best policy…
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Three Years on the Road
Been a while since I’ve posted a nomad update. This May will mark three years of living in a box on wheels and I honestly can’t think of a better way to spend my time…
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Trickster
This was one of my earliest publications with another disappeared venue, Writer’s Haven. I haven’t saved the best for last, more an indicator of how far I’ve come on this journey. This was a story inspired by a comment from my wife’s grandfather. Brief, slightly mysterious, it goes for a slow revelation I have yet to master. And if you squint real close, you’ll see Hurricane and Hound…
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Making a Change…
Thanks to the kind folks over at The Junction, my latest story has found a home…
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The Precarious Perch of Lookout County
This story first appeared on the Wily Writers’ Podcast. It was an early story to see publication and had the added bonus of being read by a voice actor for the podcast! The theme, Weird Western, wasn’t a genre I’d ever read much of, but my fantasy/wild west mash up apparently met the editor’s expectations. Happy to share it here again on my site!
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Dribble Drabble
A funny thing happened. If you recall, I posted one of my old stories which I won a contest with. Well, I won another one right after that…
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Grandpa in a Box
Believe it or not, I won an actual contest with this one…
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Tempest
This week I scrapped a story that just wasn’t working. So, instead, I’m posting one of my previously sold stories as I clean up my “published” links…
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First Article of 2021 Accepted for Publication
We’ve all had the same dumpster fire year. Bushwhacking through the chaos. But I’m back on the trail.
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Fiction as a Lifestyle Choice
“I’m not strange, weird, off, nor crazy, my reality is just different from yours.” Everyone. Internet. 2020.
RUSS LINTON 