Meet Patrick Johns, Author of The Hoarding Series

As part of the Indie Author Highlight, I’m happy to introduce you to Patrick Johns, author of The Hoarding series. Patrick was our newsletter’s Author Spotlight a few months ago, but I think you should all get to know him a bit better through an in-depth interview. With that, Patrick, would you tell me a …

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Never Leave

Author’s Note: Although the reader can intuit the necessary details of this Peter Pan retelling, an even greater experience can be found by reading previous short stories: Never, Never, The Test, Welcome to Neverland, and Never Games. These shorts have all come from Elegant Literature Magazine’s monthly challenges. In this case, the challenge was to …

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Never Games

Author’s Note: Although the reader can intuit the necessary details of this Peter Pan retelling, an even greater experience can be found by reading previous short stories: Never, Never, The Test, and Welcome to Neverland. These shorts have all come from Elegant Literature Magazine’s monthly challenges. In this case, the challenge was to address “Paradise …

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Welcome to Neverland

Author’s Note: Although the reader can intuit the necessary details of this Peter Pan retelling, an even greater experience can be found by reading two previous short stories: Never, Never and The Test. Enjoy! ***** Commander James F. Hoogeveen stared after the redheaded boy who shot into the sky like a shuttle launching. How could …

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The Fairy Godmother’s Guide to Fairytale Retellings

By Guest Amberley Martin, Author of The Fairy Godmother Tales First, I want to thank Rebecca for allowing me to ramble on about one of my favourite topics: fairytale retellings. For those of you who don’t know me, Hi! I’m Amberley, and I write fun, fairytale adventures. I’m currently publishing one series, The Fairy Godmother …

The Test

Enjoy this fairy-tale inspired short story, which I wrote for Elegant Literature (March 2024). This magazine features upcoming authors in all genres, challenging them with a prompt each month. The story below had to feature a theme of futuristic dystopia. I had already started a story retelling Peter Pan a few months ago, so here’s …

Never, Never

Enjoy this fairy-tale inspired short story, which I wrote for Elegant Literature (November 2023). This magazine features upcoming authors in all genres, challenging them with a prompt each month. The story below had to feature a theme of what to believe in, in a futuristic society. I decided to re-invent Peter Pan. Hope you like …