How discovering I have aphantasia has changed the way I see the world, my work, and the power of the mind — My name is Casey Lawrence, and I am a writer with aphantasia. From the prefix a- meaning “without,” and the Greek root word phantasia, meaning “imagination,” aphantasia describes people who lack the ability to produce mental images. When I close my eyes, I see static — not pictures. Until I…

With a monetary prize for the best story — Greetings reviewers! Welcome to Reviewsday Tuesday, the publication that posts reviews of all kinds. Books, movies, TV shows, people, places, things, even words in the English dictionary — you name it, you can review it. In December 2023, there will be a small honorarium ($5 USD) awarded for the best…

First Contact with aliens couldn’t have happened to a nicer guy — The alien spacecraft landed in Woodstock, which was a surprise. No, not that Woodstock. The other one, in Oxford County, on the Thames River. No, not that Oxford — and not that Thames, either. He couldn’t have picked a friendlier city. He landed his little ship in Vansittart Park of…

Prompts to tempt your muses — Welcome to the 48th week of Weekly Prompts here at PW, everyone! For me, it’s coming up on “crunch time” — and I don’t mean the leaves outside! Deadlines and exams and plans you meant to get done this year all feel like they’re running out of time; I’m getting…

A look at accusations made against National Novel Writing Month — To preface this article, I would to disclose that I have been a writer for NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) since 2011. I have previously written stories on Medium praising NaNoWriMo and the forums, having sporadically taken part over the last decade. As recently as last summer, I participated in…

A microfiction for “On the Premises” Mini-contest #58 — The following story was entered for the On the Premises mini-contest for November 2023, which had the theme, “Eat It.” Prompt: “Write a story between 25 and 50 words long in which food plays an important role.” It looked like any other fruit of the garden, ripe and enticing. …

October’s “Creature Feature” Reviews — After the summer slump, October was Reviewsday Tuesday’s most active month yet! We had a whopping 25 stories submitted on the theme “Creature Feature,” a topic that inspired some real enthusiasm and creativity. Reviewers were asked to submit reviews based on this theme for the opportunity to win a small…

“…and they were roommates!” — I’m absolutely flabbergasted. Today, I opened an email rejection for a story I wrote. That part wasn’t a surprise, of course; I’m quite used to rejections by now. It comes with the trade. No, I’m shocked that in the rejection letter, one of my gayest, queerest, most explicitly sapphic love…

Taylor Swift’s “Cardigan” is the song of a generation — Taylor Swift’s song “Cardigan,” from her 2020 album Folklore, is not the sort of song you expect to hit №1 on the Top 100 Billboards. But it did. …