MicheleAlouf.bsky.social
@michelealouf.bsky.social
Writer. Co-founder @storystreetwriters.com. Harvard Extension Creative Writing ALM. Writing in: New World Writing, Vestal Review, Gulf Stream, Bridge Eight, Brattle Street Review, Drunk Monkeys; Sad Girls Literary Blog. #writer
Story Street's Horror Contest Winners! @writingcommunity.bsky.social
Announcing the winners in our 2nd annual hundred-word horror contest! Thanks to all the wonderful participants.
Winner: K. L. Mill, Teeth
Runners-up: Kevin Earl, The Trunk of a Car; Sukie Shinn, Meet n Greet & Chris Puzak, Scene of the Crime
Read the winning stories at storystreetreview.com.
Winner: K. L. Mill, Teeth
Runners-up: Kevin Earl, The Trunk of a Car; Sukie Shinn, Meet n Greet & Chris Puzak, Scene of the Crime
Read the winning stories at storystreetreview.com.
October 31, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Story Street's Horror Contest Winners! @writingcommunity.bsky.social
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Story Street Writer Elisa Maiz has a new piece of flash fiction, "Teo," in the latest issue of Sky Island Journal. @skyislandjournal.bsky.social @writingcommunity.bsky.social
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Read it here:
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October 27, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Story Street Writer Elisa Maiz has a new piece of flash fiction, "Teo," in the latest issue of Sky Island Journal. @skyislandjournal.bsky.social @writingcommunity.bsky.social
Read it here:
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Read it here:
www.skyislandjournal.com/issues#/issu...
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Helping Writers "Keep the Magic Flowing," an Interview with Productivity Coach Kristina Chilian
Helping Writers "Keep the Magic Flowing," an Interview with Productivity Coach Kristina Chilian
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October 23, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Helping Writers "Keep the Magic Flowing," an Interview with Productivity Coach Kristina Chilian
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Story Street's Margaret Speck Ogawa will read a piece of her short fiction from the Bamboo Ridge Journal of Hawai’i Literature and Arts (Issue 128, edited by Cathy Song and Naomi Shihab Nye) on October 22, at the Mānoa Public Library.
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#writercommunity #hawaii @bambooridge.bsky.social
October 19, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Story Street's Margaret Speck Ogawa will read a piece of her short fiction from the Bamboo Ridge Journal of Hawai’i Literature and Arts (Issue 128, edited by Cathy Song and Naomi Shihab Nye) on October 22, at the Mānoa Public Library.
#writercommunity #hawaii @bambooridge.bsky.social
#writercommunity #hawaii @bambooridge.bsky.social
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Story Street Writer Elisa Maiz's story, "Joaquin," is in the October issue of The Write Launch! @thewritelaunch.bsky.social
Joaquín | Short Story by Elisa Maiz in the October 11, 2025 issue of The Write Launch
Tuesday night, a group of sicarios abducted Juan José Juárez, his wife, and two children in Colonia Los Duendes. Drugs and weapons were found in a bunker hidden behind the living room of the suburban ...
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October 17, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Story Street Writer Elisa Maiz's story, "Joaquin," is in the October issue of The Write Launch! @thewritelaunch.bsky.social
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A World of Connection Close to Home: My Experience at the 23rd Annual James River Writers Conference
A World of Connection Close to Home: My Experience at the 23rd Annual James River Writers Conference
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October 16, 2025 at 12:58 PM
A World of Connection Close to Home: My Experience at the 23rd Annual James River Writers Conference
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A Conversation with New York Times Best-selling Author: Jess Walter
A Conversation with New York Times Best-selling Author: Jess Walter
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October 8, 2025 at 11:04 PM
A Conversation with New York Times Best-selling Author: Jess Walter
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Something new this year to go with our 100 word horror writing contest. A free 90 minute class in micro-fiction!
Sign up with your contest entry. Class will be November 15, 6-7:30pm EST.
Sign up with your contest entry. Class will be November 15, 6-7:30pm EST.
Free 90 Minute Class in Micro-Fiction
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September 14, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Something new this year to go with our 100 word horror writing contest. A free 90 minute class in micro-fiction!
Sign up with your contest entry. Class will be November 15, 6-7:30pm EST.
Sign up with your contest entry. Class will be November 15, 6-7:30pm EST.
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Over on The Epilogue podcast...best-selling author Gail Carriger joins to talk about the Heroine's Journey, writing connected series, and the archaeology of writing. Listen and subscribe!
The Epilogue Interview: Gail Carriger
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September 16, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Over on The Epilogue podcast...best-selling author Gail Carriger joins to talk about the Heroine's Journey, writing connected series, and the archaeology of writing. Listen and subscribe!
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Open for Submissions! Hundred Word Horror Contest! $100 Prize!
Open for Submissions: Nightmare on Story Street!
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September 16, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Open for Submissions! Hundred Word Horror Contest! $100 Prize!
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Many thank yous to the lovely @gailcarriger.bsky.social who stopped by The Epilogue... to talk about the Heroine’s Journey, writing series, and the writer as archaeologist.
Give a listen and subscribe!
Read The Heroine’s Journey!
#writers, #writing, #authors, #writingcommunity, #writersky
Give a listen and subscribe!
Read The Heroine’s Journey!
#writers, #writing, #authors, #writingcommunity, #writersky
Gail Carriger: The Heroine’s Journey
Explore the unique storytelling journey of legendary quests and the heroine's path in fiction with bestselling author Gail Carriger.
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September 17, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Many thank yous to the lovely @gailcarriger.bsky.social who stopped by The Epilogue... to talk about the Heroine’s Journey, writing series, and the writer as archaeologist.
Give a listen and subscribe!
Read The Heroine’s Journey!
#writers, #writing, #authors, #writingcommunity, #writersky
Give a listen and subscribe!
Read The Heroine’s Journey!
#writers, #writing, #authors, #writingcommunity, #writersky
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"Once I decided to no longer measure success by how many pieces I published, something I had no control over, but by my commitment to the practice of writing, my creative work and world blew open." ~ Diana Friedman
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What My Writing Needed Was Failure
By Diana Friedman In 1971, my mother published her first book—a Dell Pocketbook guide to employment for female liberal arts graduates. I spent my childhood watching her hunch over her typewriter, p…
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July 22, 2025 at 2:52 PM
"Once I decided to no longer measure success by how many pieces I published, something I had no control over, but by my commitment to the practice of writing, my creative work and world blew open." ~ Diana Friedman
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So honored to have my story, "Lani," published in New World Writing Quarterly! @newworldwriting.bsky.social, @storystreetwriters.com
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Michele Alouf ~ Lani
The baby girl is called Lani because her mother, Nell, feels the name escape from her mouth like a child’s laugh when she says it aloud. She first saw the name in the issue of Seventeen, which she …
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July 11, 2025 at 1:40 AM
So honored to have my story, "Lani," published in New World Writing Quarterly! @newworldwriting.bsky.social, @storystreetwriters.com
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The Epilogue Interview: Elisabeth Sharp McKetta
The Epilogue Interview: Elisabeth Sharp McKetta
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June 12, 2025 at 9:31 PM
The Epilogue Interview: Elisabeth Sharp McKetta
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Margaret Speck Ogawa turns the tables and interviews Michael Stubblefield about his new writing podcast, The Epilogue...
There's a New Podcast in Town...
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June 13, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Margaret Speck Ogawa turns the tables and interviews Michael Stubblefield about his new writing podcast, The Epilogue...
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Reframing Rejection: Giving Your Tired Hang-ups Vibrant New Life
Reframing Rejection: Giving Your Tired Hang-ups Vibrant New Life
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June 27, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Reframing Rejection: Giving Your Tired Hang-ups Vibrant New Life
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Dying to know how to create a good hook for your book? Read Eileen O'Neill Connors' article, "3 Steps to Hook the Heart of Your Reader: Advice From Brandon Sanderson." @writingcommunity.bsky.social
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June 26, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Dying to know how to create a good hook for your book? Read Eileen O'Neill Connors' article, "3 Steps to Hook the Heart of Your Reader: Advice From Brandon Sanderson." @writingcommunity.bsky.social
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What happens on the ride home after a dance lesson.
Read "Begin Again," by Michele Alouf.
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Read "Begin Again," by Michele Alouf.
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June 24, 2025 at 3:31 PM
What happens on the ride home after a dance lesson.
Read "Begin Again," by Michele Alouf.
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Read "Begin Again," by Michele Alouf.
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Issue 66 of Vestal Review comes out just after the summer solstice, when the days start growing shorter, though as any flash fiction aficionado knows, brevity isn’t always a bad thing.
Read now at vestalreview.net/issue-66.
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Read now at vestalreview.net/issue-66.
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June 23, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Issue 66 of Vestal Review comes out just after the summer solstice, when the days start growing shorter, though as any flash fiction aficionado knows, brevity isn’t always a bad thing.
Read now at vestalreview.net/issue-66.
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Read now at vestalreview.net/issue-66.
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Celebrating my birthday with the release of Vestal Review's summer issue! Honored to have a story in this gorgeous collection of flash fiction. Thank you Vestal Review for making my day extra special!
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Issue 66 — Vestal Review
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June 23, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Celebrating my birthday with the release of Vestal Review's summer issue! Honored to have a story in this gorgeous collection of flash fiction. Thank you Vestal Review for making my day extra special!
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@vestalreview.bsky.social
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Walked into an elevator with my kids. Tom Hanks was in it.
“Hello, Tom Hanks.”
My kids looking at me like I’m INSANE - why are you talking to a stranger? How do you know his name?
TOM HANKS: Close your eyes.
(Reluctantly, they do)
He goes into full Woody voice.
“Andy’s coming!”
Smiles.
[FIN]
“Hello, Tom Hanks.”
My kids looking at me like I’m INSANE - why are you talking to a stranger? How do you know his name?
TOM HANKS: Close your eyes.
(Reluctantly, they do)
He goes into full Woody voice.
“Andy’s coming!”
Smiles.
[FIN]
Right folks. Feeling rather down at the moment so bringing back an oldie
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
June 13, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Walked into an elevator with my kids. Tom Hanks was in it.
“Hello, Tom Hanks.”
My kids looking at me like I’m INSANE - why are you talking to a stranger? How do you know his name?
TOM HANKS: Close your eyes.
(Reluctantly, they do)
He goes into full Woody voice.
“Andy’s coming!”
Smiles.
[FIN]
“Hello, Tom Hanks.”
My kids looking at me like I’m INSANE - why are you talking to a stranger? How do you know his name?
TOM HANKS: Close your eyes.
(Reluctantly, they do)
He goes into full Woody voice.
“Andy’s coming!”
Smiles.
[FIN]
Episode 2 of The Epilogue is live! Michael Stubblefield interviews Elisabeth McKetta, an exuberant, brilliant author and teacher. Looking for an excellent summer read? Her novel, She Never Told Me About the Ocean, is available on Amazon (link in comments). player.captivate.fm/episode/a26b...
Elisabeth Sharp McKetta: Myth and Memoir
Quickly and easily listen to The Epilogue... for free!
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June 13, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Episode 2 of The Epilogue is live! Michael Stubblefield interviews Elisabeth McKetta, an exuberant, brilliant author and teacher. Looking for an excellent summer read? Her novel, She Never Told Me About the Ocean, is available on Amazon (link in comments). player.captivate.fm/episode/a26b...
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In this first episode of the Epilogue… I interview author David Slayton.
David is the author of White Trash Warlock, award-winning Dark Moon Shallow Sea. And upcoming Redneck Revenant!
Thanks to @drslayton.bsky.social for taking the time to talk to me.
#writers, #authors, #writingcommunity
David is the author of White Trash Warlock, award-winning Dark Moon Shallow Sea. And upcoming Redneck Revenant!
Thanks to @drslayton.bsky.social for taking the time to talk to me.
#writers, #authors, #writingcommunity
David Slayton: Writing Your Own Story
Explore writing advice from authors David Slayton and Michael Stubblefield, discussing identity, magic, and crafting unique characters.
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June 3, 2025 at 2:31 PM
In this first episode of the Epilogue… I interview author David Slayton.
David is the author of White Trash Warlock, award-winning Dark Moon Shallow Sea. And upcoming Redneck Revenant!
Thanks to @drslayton.bsky.social for taking the time to talk to me.
#writers, #authors, #writingcommunity
David is the author of White Trash Warlock, award-winning Dark Moon Shallow Sea. And upcoming Redneck Revenant!
Thanks to @drslayton.bsky.social for taking the time to talk to me.
#writers, #authors, #writingcommunity
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Story Street is excited to share a new writing podcast by Story Street writer Michael Stubblefield: The Epilogue...
Each episode, Michael will interview successful authors about their stories and writing craft. Please check it out and give it a listen:
Each episode, Michael will interview successful authors about their stories and writing craft. Please check it out and give it a listen:
New Podcast: The Epilogue...
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June 3, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Story Street is excited to share a new writing podcast by Story Street writer Michael Stubblefield: The Epilogue...
Each episode, Michael will interview successful authors about their stories and writing craft. Please check it out and give it a listen:
Each episode, Michael will interview successful authors about their stories and writing craft. Please check it out and give it a listen:
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Congratulations to Story Street's Alex Przybyla, Margaret Speck Ogawa, and Michele Alouf for receiving their Master's degrees in creative writing and literature last week!
June 3, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Congratulations to Story Street's Alex Przybyla, Margaret Speck Ogawa, and Michele Alouf for receiving their Master's degrees in creative writing and literature last week!