Genre Specific by Lori M. Myers

I was leading a workshop where my writing background was known by participants beforehand. To wrap up the session, I took questions, and one student asked this:  Isn’t it better to be known for being a horror writer, or a science fiction writer, or a writer of women’s fiction rather than being published in multiple…

Our TRANSCENDENT Authors: a Featured Interview with Gargi Mehra

In our new author series, we’ll be offering a clairvoyant peek behind the veil of who and what makes up TRANSCENDENT. Here’s a glimpse at Gargi Mehra and her story “The Mantoux Test.”   ABOUT THE STORY What inspired your story? A visit to the doctor inspired my story. He evaluated my symptoms and suggested…

I Wrote a Psycho-Drama: Just What the Hell Is Genre Anymore? by Daniel Loring Keating

Back in 2012, I decided to join a writing workshop hosted at a local library in the small town in Connecticut in which I lived. I was two years out of my undergraduate writing program and was, for some obscure reason unknowable to man and beast alike, missing the workshop experience. Being an abject snob,…

Sean Padraic McCarthy, a Featured Interview

If you haven’t heard of our new project, the On Fire anthology, this interview series will showcase our authors lives beyond their ignited tales. In Sean Padraic McCarthy’s “The Solstice Memory,” a corpse haunts Simon’s family as his marriage falls apart, his only hope a little solstice magic, a shovel, and some fire. How long have you been writing? …