Happy 2026!
It is our 30th anniversary here at Space Dock 13!
On the web since 1996!
You have encountered an extremely old website that continues to exist in old web ways, the same way it has done for now three decades.
In spite of being now 30 years old this year, started in 1996, it is still heavily active and old pages updated daily, new pages added daily, still now in 2026. All hand written, all hand coded (no AI), all by me, same as it ever was.
We Still Exist: The Old Web Did Not Go Away, You Just Forgot How To Find Us
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This is a very old website created in 1996, so, yes, javascript is needed for the site to work as it should. If things don't function, you may need to update javascript drivers on your device |
This site tries to be mobile friendly but it's been online since 1996, so old pages may not load right on mobile devices, and as this site has had pages added near daily for 30 years there are now over 20k pages here. |
Having started out in life as a GeoCities site, this site contains glitter, bright colours, blinkies, moving gifs, and other things the old web was known for. |
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If you want some stories to get you started in The Pink Necromancer series, reading these first will give you a good introduction to the 3 main characters:
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My Elves Are JellyFish...and I asked Google AI and ChatGPT 5.6 what they thought of this.
As requested, my daily writing prompt series is now available print paperback editions on Amazon.
There are 20 volumes of this writing prompt series currently planned and in varying stages of finishing, hopefully all 20 will be published by the end of 2026. I likely will do a 2nd series of writing prompt books in 2027.
The first of the Visual Novels/Video Games for The Adventures of Quaraun the Inane/The Pink Necromancer series is published and available on Itch.io, there are 3 more planned for release in 2026, 6 more planned for release in 2027, and the big 60-hour 80k word 150 page one (Quaraun Goes To the Fair) is planned for a 2028 release.
There is a Pink Necromancer card game and a Pink Necromancer board game, as well as a Pink Necromancer table top RPG supliment for Dungeons and Dragons, all in the works, and to be released over the next couple of years as well.
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Update Sept 3, 2026:
I am able to get around enough to take Koko to dog park... today is 29 days since getting out of hospital. My diet is still mostly liquid, but im eating some solid food again, but its like rice or soft mushy baby food type stuff because I still can not chew yet, though I can swallow again. My jaw is still not functioning good so im having trouble talking still. So there's been slight improvement to my mouth, throat, and jaw, but, zero improvement to my eye, which is a major concern, be Im almost fully blind right now. im legally blind since birth in my left eye, so I have no ability to fall back on using my left eye. My right eye is the one injured and my vision in it is "40% decreased" according to my doctor, but it wasn't good vision to begin with, and right now my right eye is not much different from my legally blind left eye. Which I why I have to have someone drive my car for me instead of me driving my car myself right now, which is very frustrating, because, being a female, I had to fight for over twenty years to be allowed to drive. I started sneaking out at age 31 and dressing as a man to go to Old Orchard Beach high school to get a ged, because us females are not allowed to go to school. And i was 37 years old when snuck out to the DMV and got a driver's permit and started going to college. I was 42 and 8 months pregnant when my family found out I was going to college and thats when I was punished by the backhoe driving over my house and my spine broken with a golf club and my baby born right then and killed with same golf club. So it's very frustrating now, so soon after finally being able to drive , to now not be able to drive because of an eye injury, especially after 14 years of being paralyzed from the golf club and not being allowed to have a wheelchair, again, because i am female and we females are simply not allowed to do anything. I hate the culture I was born into. I wish I had the freedom to go to school and drive a car the way American women do. I wish having my spine broken with a golf club and my baby killed with a golf club and a backhoe driven over my house was not how men in my family punishment women in my family for learning to read and write. Its so frustrating not being able to to drive again, so soon after 14 years being paralyzed, and being paralyzed by the golf club was the punishment for getting a driver's license back in 2013 after 30 years of men not letting me have one. I hate my family's culture and how they treat us women.
I get so sick of Americans telling me how they wish they could be a Gypsy… they are either misogynist woman hating pigs, or delusional idiots who haven't got a clue how shittily we Gypsy women are treated by Gypsy men, because no one in their righ mind who knows anything about Gypsy culture would ever want to be part of it. I hate that I was born a Gypsy.
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update sept 7, 2026
"You would not make a good teacher"... what does that mean, and why are there so many people on Railroad Ave and Western Ave and Cutts St why walk up to me and say that to me?
I find it very confusing. I have low functioning Autism (the Rain Man type) and so i have very little understanding of words beyond the basic ones, and i never went to to school, so I never learned maths or sciences, and I only had remedial classes at Southern Maine Community College, because I did not have an education to enroll with regular, I was there taking every reading and writing class they had to learn how to read and write, and also took speaking classes to learn how to talk (i spoke Shetland Scottish language because that was language my grandmother spoke but she died when I was 8 so I only knew that language to speak and write, and I was 37 when I went to college and 42 when I learned English speaking and I still cant speak English good yet), all the other classes I took were art painting and cooking.
So the phrase "You would not make a good teacher" makes no sense to me because it seems to imply that I am trying to be a teacher, but I don't have anything close to the education ti be a teacher, and im not trying to be a teacher. So I don't know why people keep saying this phrase to me and I assume it must have some sort of a slang meaning, but I can't figure out what it could be of why do these people keep saying it to me.
see video below for more information:
@eelkat "You would not make a good teacher"... what does that mean, and why are there so many people on Railroad Ave and Western Ave and Cutts St why walk up to me and say that to me? I find it very confusing. I have low functioning Autism (the Rain Man type) and so i have very little understanding of words beyond the basic ones, and i never went to to school, so I never learned maths or sciences, and I only had remedial classes at Southern Maine Community College, because I did not have an education to enroll with regular, I was there taking every reading and writing class they had to learn how to read and write, and also took speaking classes to learn how to talk (i spoke Shetland Scottish language because that was language my grandmother spoke but she died when I was 8 so I only knew that language to speak and write, and I was 37 when I went to college and 42 when I learned English speaking and I still cant speak English good yet), all the other classes I took were art painting and cooking. So the phrase "You would not make a good teacher" makes no sense to me because it seems to imply that I am trying to be a teacher, but I don't have anything close to the education ti be a teacher, and im not trying to be a teacher. So I don't know why people keep saying this phrase to me and I assume it must have some sort of a slang meaning, but I can't figure out what it could be of why do these people keep saying it to me. #mainelife #biddefordmaine #maine #disabilitytiktok #Biddeford ♬ original sound Wendy C Allen | 📚 Author
update Sept 15, 2026:
I have some slight movement in some my fingers again again after over a decade being paralyzed
you remember how I used to be a professional doll making, pattern designer, and embroiderer, back before I became paralized and before my son was murdered and being the backhoe drove over my house?
all my equipment, sewing machines, ect were all destroyed by the backhoe driving over my house, and I have been quardepelegic for over a decade because of it so could not use my hands to sew or draw or embroider, and so only continued to do my writing of novels since then because I could do that with dragon dictation software,
well, since 2016, I been playing Witcher 3 and don't starve video games on twitch livestream, one hand two fingers, as part of my therapy to regain nerve and muscle use of my fingers, and now after 10 years of that, I have somewhat more movement in my fingers and im thinking maybe I can try to do embroidery and doll making again, but not sure, anyways, now im rebuying all of my sewing and embroidery equipment that the backhoe destroyed when it drove over my house, and hopefully I can use my hand enough to embroider again.
waiting for stuff to arrive in mail, so soon I should find out if ten years of twitch gaming has given me enough muscle strength to use my fingers to embroider again.
update to the previous video, answering viewer question about lack of hospital vs broken spine
Wheelchair Fundraiser... I need to upgrade to a power wheelchair, the manual one just isn't enough anymore. But the power wheelchair is $25k. Yes, twenty five thousand dollars. Wtf? I can get a car for a quarter that price, why are wheelchairs so damned expensive? That's more money then I make in five years, so I need to start a fundraiser for it.
So, Ken Evoy released TAI today (September 20, 2023) and I wanted to test it out and see what exactly it does, so I gave it and ChatGPT both the same prompt to see what each of them would do with it and here are the results:
Create an outstanding, high-value, helpful article about the following topic:
TOPIC: creative writing prompts for Gothic Fantasy short story writers.
PURPOSE: I want to create a list of 25 Writing Prompts, for Gothic Fantasy short stories and share that list with my readers, as part of a short story writing challenge.
PROFILE: I am an author of Gothic Fantasy short stories. My website is where my readers find my work. It is also where young writers go to look for advice on how to write Gothic Fantasy short stories. These readers and writers of Gothic Fantasy make up most of my audience.
PAGE LENGTH: approx. 4000 words
All of my articles are minimum 2,000 words, often longer. I would like the page to start out introducing the Gothic Fantasy genre in about 500 words. Followed by a list of 25 Gothic Fantasy writing prompts, aimed at for a cast of a main character and two friends, all three of whom are non-human wizards. After the list I would like the remained of the words to talk about how to use these prompts as part of a self challenge, for writing short stories daily, in order to become a better writer in general and better at writing Gothic Fantasy short stories in particular
PERSONALITY: Style: encouraging Tone: positive Voice: cheerful Reading Level: 3rd grade to 5th grade; young readers Readability: simple easy to understand vocabulary.
PRECONDITIONS: encouraging, positive, cheerful, helpful, serious, no jokes.
PERTINENT CONNECTIONS: Keywords are words or short phrases that we want to rank highly at Google. So you must include the primary keyword, "creative writing prompts for gothic fantasy short story writers" a few times in the content you create. Also include these 2 secondary keywords, "become a better writer", "daily writing challenge" at least three times each. Additional keywords to use: "Gothic Fantasy" and "how to write short stories" and "how to write Gothic Fantasy" at least twice each. The keyword "Gothic Fantasy" should appear in most, if not all paragraphs of text, but not in the list of prompts.
"Sentiments" are concepts or feelings that are highly related to the topic but are not necessarily contained within its content. They give you a stronger sense of the topic. Using them in the content itself is optional. Here are the sentiments: "we are teaching young middle grade students and teens how to become better writers, through the use of fun "Harry potter vibe" writing prompts about wizards, Elves, Faeries, and Demons, in the Gothic Fantasy genre".
Welcome, you Gothic Fantasy aficionados, to a world where the curious and fantastic collide. Gothic Fantasy, a subgenre of both Gothic and Fantasy literature, spurs the creativity of numerous writers by cultivating a sense of wonder and awe in the mysterious and the supernatural. It is a fascinating genre, merging the traits of traditional Gothic fiction - darkness, mystery, and suspense - with fantasy's characteristic elements of magic, mythical creatures, and rich world-building.
The allure of Gothic Fantasy lies in its intense, passionate storylines that weave a rich tapestry in your mind. These narratives are usually set against the backdrop of gloriously haunting landscapes, depicting crumbling castles, misty forests, and eerie graveyards. This distinct remembering of time and place, often verging on the peculiar, engenders a sense of foreboding and gloom.
The Gothic Fantasy genre is not simply about frightening the reader, though. It also seeks to beguile, using magic and the supernatural as tools for exploring deep-rooted human fears and desires. Witches, wizards, ghosts, and werewolves exist side by side with humans in a surreal, yet unearthly, harmony. Their world is our world, but just a little more…enchanted.
Gothic Fantasy, a remarkable and wondrous subgenre, is meant to captivate readers and writers alike. If you are an avid reader of Gothic Fantasy, making the transition to writing within the genre might seem difficult. This guide will certainly help you along the way, providing you with creative writing prompts for Gothic Fantasy short story writers to help you channel your inner J.K. Rowling or Edgar Allan Poe.
Creating the right characters is paramount to imbuing your narrative with the perfect Gothic Fantasy aesthetic. And what better array of characters could we imagine than a non-human trio of wizards? Our main character and their two loyal friends offer boundless possibilities, allowing us to delve deeper into the magical realm.
Let's jump right into the creative writing prompts for Gothic Fantasy short stories. Each of these prompts will serve as a wellspring of inspiration for your mythical, magical, Gothic narrative.
1. Your main character embarks on an impromptu journey to the heart of an ancient forest rumored to be the home of an age-old curse. What will they find there, and how will it change them?
2. The two friends find an old, battered book of magic hidden beneath their mentor's bed. Why was it hidden, and what forbidden spells does it hold?
3. The trio stumbles upon a hidden village of elves in peril. How do our heroes set out to save them, and are they welcomed or shunned?
4. Our main character uncovers a family secret that places them at odds with one of their friends. Will this revelation shatter their bond or strengthen it?
5. Discovering a cryptic prophecy, the three friends find themselves on a path to challenge an old, wicked sorcerer. Can they outsmart the sinister magician by using their unique talents?
Now that you have a host of creative writing prompts for your Gothic Fantasy story, let's explore how we might utilize these prompts to become a better writer and ultimately, create compelling narratives within this extraordinary genre.
One formidable approach to improving your writing skills is through a daily writing challenge. Consistent writing each day, even just a few hundred words, can dramatically hone your craft. It trains your brain to easily tap into your creative flow and develops discipline, helping with time-management.
By employing these Gothic Fantasy story prompts as your guide, you can embark on a daily writing challenge. This challenge not only encourages your creativity but also pushes your writing abilities. You learn to structure your stories better and engage your readers more effectively, thereby learning how to write Gothic Fantasy that truly resonates.
Participating in such a challenge would perhaps seem daunting at first. After all, writing is famously a labor of love. However, treating each prompt as a stepping stone towards your final goal - to become a better writer - will make the journey more enjoyable and far less intimidating. Remember, your first draft doesn’t have to be perfect, it just has to be written.
Never forget, it's the writer’s unique point of view and authentic voice that make a story stand out. As you write more consistently, you’ll discover your voice and your unique spin on the Gothic Fantasy genre, developing your own style while weaving tales of magic and mayhem.
Let's not forget that your daily writing challenge revolves around one main character and two friends, all non-human wizards. This provides a unique opportunity to understand the essence of character development. It will enable you to construct intricate and distinct characters - a crucial tool in any writer’s arsenal.
Remember, the more you write, the better you are likely to get. So, use the prompts, accept the daily writing challenge, and dive into the intriguing world of Gothic Fantasy. We are teaching young middle-grade students and teens how to become better writers through the use of fun, "Harry Potter vibe" writing prompts about wizards, Elves, Faeries, and Demons in the Gothic Fantasy genre.
In conclusion, improving your writing abilities and learning how to write short stories in the Gothic Fantasy genre is a rewarding journey. It helps you to understand and create a deeply immersive world filled with mystery, magic, and imagination. So pick up your pen or open your laptop, and let the magic of the prompts guide you in weaving stories of wizards, enchanting forests, haunted castles, and countless adventures. Happy writing!
Title: Unleash Your Dark Imagination: 25 Gothic Fantasy Writing Prompts and Daily Challenge
Introduction (Approx. 500 words):
In the eerie and enchanting realm of Gothic Fantasy, shadows dance, secrets lurk, and the supernatural intertwines with the mundane. As a Gothic Fantasy author, your tales transport readers to worlds where darkness and beauty coexist, and the macabre blends seamlessly with the mysterious. Your website is not just a repository of your own chilling tales but also a beacon for young writers seeking guidance on how to craft their own Gothic Fantasy narratives.
Today, we embark on a journey into the hauntingly beautiful world of Gothic Fantasy. In this article, we'll delve into the essence of this mesmerizing genre and provide you with a treasury of 25 writing prompts that will ignite your creativity. But that's not all—brace yourself for an exciting daily writing challenge that will not only sharpen your writing skills but also deepen your connection with the realm of Gothic Fantasy.
Exploring the Gothic Fantasy Genre
Before we immerse ourselves in a world of writing prompts, let's unravel the tapestry of Gothic Fantasy. It's a genre that thrives on atmosphere, where dark castles loom in the moonlight, and ancient curses whisper through the halls. In Gothic Fantasy, the line between reality and the supernatural blurs, and the past haunts the present.
Gothic Fantasy offers readers a chance to journey through chilling landscapes and unravel enigmatic mysteries. It's a genre that draws from the Victorian era, with its intricate settings, complex characters, and a touch of romanticism that contrasts the eerie backdrop.
Now that you're attuned to the essence of Gothic Fantasy, let's embark on a journey of creativity with our 25 haunting writing prompts.
25 Gothic Fantasy Writing Prompts
1. In a decrepit, long-abandoned mansion, your main character discovers a forgotten diary that reveals the tragic history of the house's former residents. What dark secrets does it hold?
2. Your trio of non-human wizards must investigate a series of bizarre, unexplained deaths in a gloomy, fog-shrouded town where whispers of a vampire's presence haunt the streets.
3. A mysterious, enchanted mirror grants your characters glimpses into a parallel world inhabited by their doppelgängers. How do they navigate this eerie reflection of their own lives?
4. In the heart of a haunted forest, a spectral figure beckons your characters to follow them deeper into the woods. What eerie revelations await them in the ghostly glades?
5. A cursed book in a forbidden library promises great power but at a chilling cost. Describe the moral dilemmas your characters face as they grapple with this sinister tome.
6. Your main character inherits a crumbling castle, rumored to be haunted. As they explore its shadowy corridors, they uncover a portal to a forgotten realm filled with restless spirits.
7. An eerie carnival arrives in town, offering twisted games and cursed prizes. Your characters must uncover the carnival's dark secrets before it ensnares the entire town.
8. A mysterious plague spreads, afflicting people with bizarre supernatural abilities. Your characters must find the source of this affliction and a way to stop it before it consumes the world.
9. Your wizards encounter a reclusive, immortal alchemist who promises to reveal the secret of eternal life. What sacrifices must they make to attain this forbidden knowledge?
10. In a moonlit cemetery, your characters stumble upon a portal to the realm of the dead, where they must confront their own fears and regrets.
11. A long-forgotten curse awakens, turning the townsfolk into creatures of the night. Your trio of wizards must find a way to break the curse and restore the town to its former glory.
12. A cryptic prophecy hints at a looming catastrophe that threatens the entire realm. Describe your characters' quest to decipher the prophecy and prevent the impending disaster.
13. Your main character inherits a haunted painting that comes to life at night, depicting scenes from a tragic love story. How do they unravel the mystery behind the cursed artwork?
14. A spectral ship appears on a haunted sea, crewed by vengeful ghosts. Your characters must uncover the ship's tragic history and set the restless souls free.
15. Your wizards encounter a sinister, shape-shifting creature that can mimic their deepest fears. How do they confront and ultimately defeat this malevolent entity?
16. A haunted dollhouse in a dusty attic holds the key to a centuries-old curse that has plagued your characters' family. Describe their journey to break the curse and restore their lineage.
17. A forbidden ritual awakens an ancient, malevolent deity that threatens to plunge the world into eternal darkness. Your characters must find a way to banish this eldritch being.
18. Your trio of wizards is lured to a remote, fog-shrouded island where a mysterious cult worships a sinister entity. How do they escape the clutches of the cult and uncover its horrifying secrets?
19. A cursed, haunted forest consumes entire villages, leaving only ruins in its wake. Your characters must venture into the heart of the forest to discover the source of its malevolence.
20. An eerie, abandoned asylum holds the key to unlocking a dormant power within your characters. How do they navigate the asylum's twisted corridors and confront the ghosts of its past?
21. Your main character encounters a spectral guide who leads them through a series of nightmarish trials. What must they endure to gain the guide's forbidden knowledge?
22. A mysterious fog blankets a remote village, erasing the memories of its inhabitants. Your wizards must unravel the source of the fog's power and restore the villagers' memories.
23. An ancient, cursed artifact falls into the possession of your characters, unleashing a wave of supernatural chaos. How do they contain the artifact's dark magic?
24. A sinister cult seeks to resurrect a malevolent deity, plunging the world into eternal darkness. Your characters must infiltrate the cult and thwart their apocalyptic plans.
25. Your trio of wizards discovers a hidden, underground city inhabited by a reclusive, ancient civilization. What secrets and horrors lie buried beneath the earth's surface?
The Gothic Fantasy Daily Writing Challenge
Now that you're armed with 25 haunting writing prompts, it's time to embark on a journey of daily creativity. By embracing this challenge, you'll not only refine your storytelling skills but also deepen your connection with the world of Gothic Fantasy.
Here's how to get started:
1. Dedicate a set time each day, even if it's just 15 minutes, for your daily writing session.
2. Choose one of the Gothic Fantasy writing prompts from our list to inspire your daily story.
3. Let your imagination roam freely as you craft your chilling tale. Embrace the darkness and mystery of the genre.
4. Remember that first drafts are meant to be a canvas for your ideas, so don't worry about perfection at this stage.
5. After completing your story, take a moment to reflect on what you've learned and how you can apply it to your future writing.
By committing to this daily writing challenge, you'll not only create compelling stories but also nurture a community of writers who share your passion for the eerie and enigmatic world of Gothic Fantasy.
In Conclusion (Approx. 200 words):
As a beloved author of Gothic Fantasy, you possess the ability to inspire young middle-grade students and teens to become better writers. Through the enchantment of "Harry Potter vibe" writing prompts about wizards, elves, faeries, and demons, you can awaken the creative spirits of budding storytellers. By embarking on the daily writing challenge we've outlined, you'll not only craft chilling tales but also foster a community of writers who share your love for the shadowy and mysterious realms of Gothic Fantasy.
So, dear reader and fellow writer, embrace these writing prompts, embark on your daily journey of creativity, and let your imagination dance with the shadows. Your Gothic Fantasy stories are poised to send shivers down spines and transport readers to realms where darkness and beauty entwine in a mesmerizing embrace.
Create an outstanding, high-value, helpful article about the following topic:
TOPIC: creative writing prompts for Gothic Fantasy short story writers.
PURPOSE: I want to create a list of 25 Writing Prompts, for Gothic Fantasy short stories and share that list with my readers, as part of a short story writing challenge.
PROFILE: I am an author of Gothic Fantasy short stories. My website is where my readers find my work. It is also where young writers go to look for advice on how to write Gothic Fantasy short stories. These readers and writers of Gothic Fantasy make up most of my audience.
PAGE LENGTH: approx. 4000 words
All of my articles are minimum 2,000 words, often longer. I would like the page to start out introducing the Gothic Fantasy genre in about 500 words. Followed by a list of 25 Gothic Fantasy writing prompts, aimed at for a cast of a main character and two friends, all three of whom are non-human wizards. After the list I would like the remained of the words to talk about how to use these prompts as part of a self challenge, for writing short stories daily, in order to become a better writer in general and better at writing Gothic Fantasy short stories in particular
PERSONALITY: Style: encouraging Tone: positive Voice: cheerful Reading Level: 3rd grade to 5th grade; young readers Readability: simple easy to understand vocabulary.
PRECONDITIONS: encouraging, positive, cheerful, helpful, serious, no jokes.
PERTINENT CONNECTIONS: Keywords are words or short phrases that we want to rank highly at Google. So you must include the primary keyword, "creative writing prompts for gothic fantasy short story writers" a few times in the content you create. Also include these 2 secondary keywords, "become a better writer", "daily writing challenge" at least three times each. Additional keywords to use: "Gothic Fantasy" and "how to write short stories" and "how to write Gothic Fantasy" at least twice each. The keyword "Gothic Fantasy" should appear in most, if not all paragraphs of text, but not in the list of prompts.
"Sentiments" are concepts or feelings that are highly related to the topic but are not necessarily contained within its content. They give you a stronger sense of the topic. Using them in the content itself is optional. Here are the sentiments: "we are teaching young middle grade students and teens how to become better writers, through the use of fun "Harry potter vibe" writing prompts about wizards, Elves, Faeries, and Demons, in the Gothic Fantasy genre".
The list MUST include 25 prompts. You gave me only 5 last time.
Hello, esteemed readers and budding authors of the thrilling world of Gothic Fantasy! This unique genre is a convergence of Gothic and Fantasy literature, exhibiting the spine-tingling elements of darkness, mystery, suspense, as well as the enchanting aspects of fantasy such as magic, mythical creatures, and intricate world-building. The genre has paved the way for creators and readers alike to explore the fascinating and dramatic realms of the supernatural and the fantastic.
One incredible aspect of Gothic Fantasy is the vivid and passionate storylines. They weave intricate webs of tales that come alive in readers' imaginations, laying bare human fears, hopes, and desires, under the guise of otherworldly elements and adventures. These narratives are often set against eerie yet captivatingly beautiful landscapes, laden with gothic symbols of haunted forests, crumbling architectures, and gloomy settings.
Unlike traditional horror stories, Gothic Fantasy is not purely about invoking terror in readers. Instead, it combines elements of magic and supernatural beings to explore the breadth and depth of human emotions, portraying our world with a layer of enchantment and mystery. As a result, odd magical creatures such as wizards, witches, ghosts, or werewolves coexist harmoniously with humans, infusing the stories with a surreal charm.
Unsurprisingly, Gothic Fantasy has become a popular subgenre that mesmerizes both readers and writers. Even those who are committed readers might find it challenging to make the leap to penning stories within this genre. Luckily, this guide is here to help you. This post will serve to offer valuable "creative writing prompts for Gothic Fantasy short story writers" and provide guidance on the path to becoming accomplished creators within this genre.
The characters, especially in Gothic Fantasy, play a vital role in shaping the narrative. To create spell-binding tales, we’ll explore an exciting character array of a primary hero, and two trusty friends, all of whom are non-human wizards. This intriguing ensemble will provide ample scope in delving deeper into the magical realm and shape our future narrative prompts.
Now, let's dive into the world of Gothic Fantasy with creative writing prompts as a key to unlock your creativity. Catering to the captivation of short stories, here are 25 unique prompts for your Gothic Fantasy narrative featuring our non-human wizarding triad.
1. Your main character embarks on an impromptu journey to the heart of an ancient forest rumored to be the center of a centuries-old curse. What revelation awaits them?
2. The regular training with their mentor takes an interesting turn when the two friends discover an old, magical book hidden away. What secrets lie within its pages?
3. A spell goes wrong, leaving our trio stranded in a parallel dimension, right in the middle of an ongoing war between magical creatures. How do they navigate this predicament?
4. The trio undertakes a perilous mission to retrieve a stolen artifact that holds the key to their magical powers. What challenges do they encounter during this journey?
5. The group discovers a hidden prophecy about an upcoming apocalypse that they are destined to stop. How do they prepare themselves to face this impending calamity?
6. During a surprising encounter with a ghost from their mentor’s past, they uncover intriguing aspects of his life. How does this information alter their relationship with their mentor?
7. A childhood friend returns, rekindling old memories and leading the group to a forgotten magical realm. What secrets and adventures do they uncover there?
8. The main character experiences a strange recurring dream that seems to hold a hidden message. What does the dream signify, and how does the group decipher it?
9. A sudden loss of magical abilities triggers a quest for the group. How do they cope with their sudden vulnerability and embark on a journey of recovery?
10. The trio stumbles upon an enchanted mirror that has the power to show one’s deepest fears. How does each character confront their fears?
11. The group uncovers an ancient prophecy about a powerful wizard destined to bring doom. In a shocking twist, they discover that this refers to one of them. How do they handle this revelation?
12. An accidental spell traps the trio in a groundhog day scenario, repeating the same day over and over. How do they break the cycle?
13. Our trio chances upon a mystical stone that can grant a single wish. What do they choose to wish for, and what are the unintended consequences?
14. The group discovers a hidden village filled with magical beings living in secret within the human world. What role do they play in this hidden society's survival?
15. The main character comes in possession of a mysterious map leading to a hidden treasure. How does the group deal with the dangers and pitfalls that guard the treasure?
16. They wake up one day to find their magical abilities swapped amongst themselves. How do they manage with newfound powers while trying to get their original magic back?
17. A confrontation with a mythical beast results in one of the friends being cursed. How does the group scramble to find a cure?
18. A mysterious comet passing by grants unusual powers to the group for a day. How do they use these powers?
19. The group is chosen by their magical community to represent them in an interdimensional tournament. How do they prepare for and face this challenging competition?
20. Their mentor suddenly disappears, leaving behind only a cryptic note. How do they decipher his words and find him?
21. On their adventurous journey across various dimensions, they find themselves in their future selves' shoes. What lessons do they learn from their future selves?
22. The group stumbles upon a magical creature in distress. How do their actions to help the creature change the course of their journey?
23. A rival gang of wizards challenges the trio for a duel. How do they face this threat?
24. A forbidden spell in an ancient grimoire attracts the group's attention. What happens when they try to perform it?
25. The main character is revealed to be the heir of a legendary wizard. How does this revelation affect their journey and personal relationships?
Now, armed with these writing prompts, let's discuss how to make them the cornerstone of a larger exercise to enhance your writing skills and truly get a grasp on "how to write short stories" in the Gothic Fantasy genre.
One effective method to hone your writing is through a "daily writing challenge." Regularly flexing your creative muscles can drastically improve your craft, making it easier for you to tap into your creativity and maintain discipline.
By utilizing these prompts, adventure upon a daily writing challenge. It will not only nourish your creativity but also impel your writing prowess, leading you well on the path to "become a better writer."
Gothic Fantasy, laden with intricate plots and various elements, requires an assured handle over story structure and character engagement. These prompts will aid you in learning to craft narratives that resonate deeply with the readers, hence helping with honing "how to write Gothic Fantasy."
Kickstarting a regular writing challenge might seem formidable at first. However, if you treat each prompt as a stepping stone toward becoming a skilled writer, this journey becomes significantly less daunting. Remember, your first drafts don’t need to be perfect. The key is to keep writing and improving!
With consistent writing, you’ll start recognizing your voice and unique take on the Gothic Fantasy genre. Remember, what makes your tales unique is your individual perspective and authentic voice. Use this challenge as a way of finding your narrative style.
The writing prompts feature a protagonist and two friends, who are non-human wizards, allowing you to delve deep into character development. Crafting layered and distinctive characters is a vital tool in a writer's repertoire. This provides an excellent opportunity to experiment with expressing different characters' perspectives, nuances, and emotional arcs.
The more you engage with writing, the better you become at it. So immerse yourself in these prompts and embark on the exciting writing challenge. Keep in mind, the aim is to become proficient at the complex weaving and structuring of stories within the Gothic Fantasy genre.
We are teaching young middle-grade students and teens how to develop their skills through the fun activity of using "Harry Potter vibe" writing prompts around wizards, Elves, Faeries, and Demons, all within the Gothic Fantasy genre.
To conclude, learning how to write short stories in the Gothic Fantasy genre is an enriching journey. This genre allows you to explore mysterious, magical, and imaginative worlds. So pick your favorite prompt, fire up your imagination, and set out on your adventure of creating awe-inspiring stories. Every bout with the pen (or keyboard) will help you improve and evolve as a writer. Hop on this daily writing challenge and weave tales of magic, suspense, and boundless adventures. Here's to a fantastic writing journey!

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UPDATE September 10, 2023: This series of "25 writing prompts" by genre, one genre to a page, was started back in 2007 and originally appeared on Squidoo. Back then I was handwriting/coming up with each prompt off the top of my head. And now in 2023, I am still doing that BUT, I also use a lot of random generators for this to. Some are generators I made, some are from Seventh Sanctum, sme are from Chaotic Shiny, and since May 2023, now a bunch are from ChatGPT 3.5.
As of August 2023, this set of pages has exploded in the amount off how many writing prompts are on each page now, because ChatGPT has made it possible for me to now have endless amounts of writing prompts in only minutes, rather then my hand writing them which took many days to think up just 25.
Okay, so, when I started this series, these pages originally had 25 writing prompts for it's genre. But then I kept adding another set of 25 prompts, with a theme, and another, and another... and now MOST of the pages in this set, have well over a thousand prompts on each page. I know at least one of these pages has over 2,000 writing prompts, and all of them had over 300 writing prompts
Soooo, calling them "25" writing prompts seems to not fit the series any more, and I'm not sure what to rname it yet, or if I should rename the this writing prompt series at all, or should I just leave it as "25 Writing Prompts About _____" because each section on the page itself is still 2 prompts each? I don't know.
Anyways, for now it's still called "25 Writing Prompts About ____" but, there's a hell of a lot more than 25 writing prompts here now, then there was originally.
Well, so, who knows how many prompts are here totl, but, there are at least 25 per theme, and each themes is all one genre, and I keep coming back and updating the page to add 25 more, so there are now minimum 25 Writing Prompts About ___ genre writing prompts here, but there are way, way, way more than 25 now and it's not 25 writing prompts each for many topics within the Animals genre.
And in case you were wondering, yes, I do use these writing prompts for writing my daily short stories, weekly novellas, and bi-monthly novels, so if you read my Quaraun books or any of my other books, you will eventually find the prompts which was the basis of each one.
Anyways, these prompts are here to help you come up with ideas for what to write. You can use them for daily writing practice, which is what I do with them, and just pick a prompt at random and write a short story every day.
I use these to write a 5k word short story every day. Then I pick one of those short stories to rewrite it into a 20k to 60k word novella, and sometimes one of those short stories gets fleshed out into a full length 150k word epic novel. But no matter the word count, all my books started out as writing prompts.
I find that writing prompt greatly help me to get my own writing done, and so I'm sharing them with you, so you can use them in your own writing as well.
Enjoy and happy writing!
~EK
Oh... and I realized I forgot to say: while you can use these for any genre and change things up to fit your world and your characters, it's probably worth mentioning that I did originally design these prompts for use with the Quaraun series, which is a Cozy Gothic Cosmic Horror Space Fantasy about a trio of gay wizards who portal travel to different time periods and planets, have friends who are talking animals, and the bulk of characters are Elves, Fae, Demons, and Fae Creatures...
If you are new here and don't know the main characters of my novels:
Quaraun | BoomFuzzy | GhoulSpawn
Quaraun and BoomFuzzy: Too Gay For Old Orchard Beach, MaineQuaraun aka The Pink Necromancer
Quaraun aka The Pink Necromancer, is a Moon Elf Necromancer and Silk Weaver and Silk Merchant. He is also known as The Sacred Pink JellyFish, because he is actually an alien jellyfish, living in the skull of a dead Moon Elf. He is the most feared and most wanted wizard of all the known universe. Though the main character, he is an evil super villain and not a hero. Though very short at only 5'6", he towers over his pygmy husband, BoomFuzzy. Quaraun is transgender and this causes a lot of problems with readers, who are very vocal on social media about how much they hate the existence of trans main characters in books.
Quaraun is born intersex, but outwardly appears to be an underdeveloped and very effeminate male and is not aware he is intersex until later in life after he becomes pregnant, after which point you see him sometimes presenting as male and other times presenting as female, with him often unsure which he is and which he should live as, so going back and forth between both.
In spite of intersex being a real world medical condition that causes 1.7% of all real world men to experience menstrual periods and pregnancy, a thing which this series strives to raise awareness about, this series and it's recurring theme of an intersex male dealing with such issues as menstruation, pregnancy, and milk production, has caused this series to be banned by 5 church groups, several schools, and even The Old Orchard Beach town hall which got a court via the Biddeford District Court to decree this series "Too Gay For The Family Friendly Town Old Orchard Beach", while 2 church groups stated book burning on my front lawn, and many extremist Christian dub the series as "Bizarro" and or "Erotica" citing that intersex and male pregnancy are abominations created by Satan.
Many stories in the series deal with his own inner confusion and frustration over his gender identity. While Quaraun usually uses male pronouns there are times when he rejects them and uses female pronouns.
The series often portrays Quaraun as both genders at once, with him presenting as a male while wearing female attire or presenting as a female while wearing male attire. Regardless he always wears pink. Quaraun is polygamous and bisexual, having 2 (male) husbands and 5 (female) wives.
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Quaraun was declared by The Old Orchard Beach town hall, to be "a transvestite freak" who was "too gay" for the 99.99% white town of Old Orchard Beach and had a court order banning him from appearing in books set in Old Orchard Beach, Maine.
BoomFuzzy The Unicorn aka King Gwallmaiic Lich King of Fire Mountain: The Elf Eater of Pepper Valley
Quaraun's husband BoomFuzzy is a shape-shifting Phooka whose primary form is a Kelpie-like Unicorn. BoomFuzzy's real name is King Gwallmaiic. He is also a Lich, known as The Elf Eater of Pepper Valley. He is a master chef, is a trickster Candy Mage of The Unseelie Court, and is friends with Santa, The Lich of the North. Though Quaraun is the main character and GhoulSpawn is the narrator, most stories revolve around BoomFuzzy, with BoomFuzzy taking center stage of most stories. This is because he is also my favorite character. Standing only 5'1" he is a native to the Sepik Valley of Papua New Guinea, but spent most of his life in Scotland. BoomFuzzy is black, and this is the single #1 complaint from readers who are exceptionally vocal on social media about the fact that black characters should never exist at all.
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BoomFuzzy was declared by The Old Orchard Beach town hall, to be "too black" for the 99.99% white town of Old Orchard Beach and had a court order banning him from appearing in books set in Old Orchard Beach, Maine.
Quaraun & BoomFuzzy's shared lover GhoulSpawn is a Sheep-Demon from Earth's 2525 far future, after Earth has been burnt up and turned into a Hell Dimension. He is a time traveller and pyromancer. GhoulSpawn (65 years old) is stuck in a time loop and is encountered as Glinta (15 years old), Gremlin (500 years old) and Checka (his 13,000 year old archDemon form), up to all 4 of whom can be encountered at the same time causing a paradox. He is often the narrator of the stories. The tallest of the trio, at full height GhoulSpawn stands 6'2", but due to his dititagrat legs, he haunches over, rarely standing up straight, and appears much shorter then he is.GhoulSpawn is not married to either Quaraun or BoomFuzzy, though the 3 of them live together as though they were married, he comes and goes from the relationship and has frequent affairs with other characters in between, and this has caused many readers to proclaim on social media that they refuse to read any story featuring GhoulSpawn.
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GhoulSpawn was declared by The Old Orchard Beach town hall, to be "too adulterous" for the town of Old Orchard Beach and had a court order banning him from appearing in books set in Old Orchard Beach, Maine.
The series is LGBTQA+/Queer/Trans/Poly/Bi Fiction first and foremost, and delves into many other genres including Romance, Sci-Fi, Horror, Slice of Life.
soooo... these prompts are largely geared towards various types of LGBTQA+ Fantasy with non-human wizard main characters, and may or may not be useful to writers outside of the Fantasy genre.
UPDATE: September 13, 2023:
I didn't break these pages down enough. Each one still has well over a thousand prompts on it. Breaking them down more, which means there will be a lot more pages. Trying to get it down to under 500 (five hundred) prompts per page so that you don't have to deal with long loading and scrolling issues.
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The sections written by AI are noted and separated with a orange/pink stripe boarder around them.
Sections written by AI has not been fact checked and may contain inaccuracies. They are included for entertainment purposes only. The goal here is to show you what AIs like ChatGPT are capable of doing and as such the AI sections are directly copy/pasted into this page without any edits, changes, or fact checking done, so that you can see what AI output looks like.
The goal of this page is to show you how to write long, detailed command prompts that will get ChatGPT to output less generic and more useful content for you. Please remember, when using AI for your own content that AI is a random generator that guesses what word should logically come next and is NOT actually giving you correct answers to your questions as it has no ability to comprehend word meanings; and as such LLM AIs have a very high rate of fact inaccuracies, often outputting incorrect and inaccurate information at a rate as high as 64% to 73% in 8 times out of every 10 answers, which has been proven by numerous studies.
As of July 2023, there are currently more then 300 LLM AI apps and programs available with varying degrees of outputting informational accuray. As of July 2023, MOST of those has an accuracy rate of only 2% to 3%.
I choose to use ChatGPT for this article, because it has the highest rate of NOT giving inaccurate information, of any AI language model currently available, however it's inaccuracy rate is still higher then 50% inaccurate output more then 50% of the time, HOWEVER, as the June 2023 Stanford and Berkeley studies have shown, ChatGPT is only fully accurate 2.4% of the time, and this 2.4% is the MOST accurate AI rate out there as of July 2023.
The fact that ChatGPT is only 100% accurate 2.4% of the time and it is the MOST accurate of ANY of the AIs currently available, shows how very alarmingly INACCURATE any output from AI is and why you SHOULD NOT be using it for research or anything requiring factual information. Please keep this in mind when using AI programs in your own writing.
If you choose to use LLM AI's such as ChatGPT for your content, please remember that t is NOT a research program, it is NOT a search engine, and 88 times out of 10 it is going to give you as much as 75% inaccurate information. DO NOT use LLM AIs to create your content, unless you plan on doing huge amounts of fact checking and actual research to ensure that the content you publish is accurate.
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Do you know who drove this backhoe over my house at 146 Portland Avenue, Old Orchard Beach, Maine on August 8, 2013? If you have any information, please give it to FBI Agent Andy Drewer at 207–774–9322 of the Portland, Maine FBI office.
My house at 146 Portland Ave, Old Orchard Beach, Maine, July 4, 2013, photo taken because we had just finished building a baby room on the back. vs My house August 8, 2013, when the same group of people (yes group, the golf club woman was not alone when she attacked November 14, 2013, nor was she alone with her second attack July 2016.) who murdered my son on November 14, 2013 at Southern Maine Community College and crippled me July 26, 2016 at scarborough WalMart,... they arrived the first time with a backhoe on August 8, 2013, that they used to drive over my house, during a time of day that I normally was home asleep... I had to work a different shift at the Waffle Cone Pizza Food Truck at George's Parking Lot by Bill's Pizza at the OBB Peir, that day, otherwise, I too would be at the bottom of a landfill, along with my house and everything I owned that was also in the house. I was 5 months pregnant at the time and have been homeless for just under 14 years, homeless ever since....
... which means it is now only a few weeks from the 14th anniversary of my son's murder. I was 8 month pregnant November 14, 2013, and a student ay SMCC, and coming out of the Buglight Lighthouse art studio after art class, when a still unidentifiedwoman wielding a golf club attacked me, severed my spine, while I was 8 months pregnant, triggered early labour, then killed my son minutes after he was born.
While accusing me of being transgender, screaming "transvestite freak" and "look at that thing, that's Ken's son in a dress"... while I was 8 months pregnant.
My house at 146 Portland Ave, Old Orchard Beach, Maine, July 4, 2013, photo taken because we had just finished building a baby room on the back. vs My house August 8, 2013, when the same group of people (yes group, the golf club woman was not alone when she attacked November 14, 2013, nor was she alone with her second attack July 2016.) who murdered my son and crippled me, arrived the first time with a backhoe that they used to drive over my house, during a time of day that I normally was home asleep... I had to work a different shift at the Waffle Cone Pizza Food Truck at George's Parking Lot by Bill's Pizza at the OBB Peir, that day, otherwise, I too would be at the bottom of a landfill, along with my house and everything I owned that was also in the house. I was 5 months pregnant at the time and have been homeless for just under 14 years, homeless ever since. |
The backhoe driver returned November 14, 2013, armed with a golf club, used it to break my spine and smash my baby's brains out on the ground
On November 14, 2013, my son was murdered. I was 8 months pregnant, leaving my college classroom, and just getting into my car, when 3 strangers, a man and two women, armed with golf clubs leapt out from behind my car screaming "kill or be killed, kill the transvestite freaks, kill them all before they kill us! look at that thing! That is Ken's son, look at how it's dressed! kill the transvestite freaks! kill or be killed"... while the bald man and the red haired woman chanted this over and over, the blonde woman, lunged with the golf club.
She severed my spine, I am now a quadriplegic, and been paralyzed arms and legs, and in a wheelchair for 13 years now. She broke my hips, my knees, my legs, ruptured most of my discs, and shattered three of my vertebrae so bad that the shards of bone acted like glass and embedded themselves into my spinal column nerve bundle.
The attack also triggered labour.
My son was born in that parking lot, and he lived only a couple of minutes, before the deranged blonde woman, beat his head in and smashed his brains out, with the same golfclub she had just used to sever my spine and leave me crippled for the rest of my life.
Realizing that I was not transgender, and they'd just murdered a baby, the man grabbed the 2 women and forcibly dragged them away to a 4 door white pickup truck, and they left me there to die.
The FBI told me later, that a few weeks before this attack, and transwoman, had murdered a cis woman, in a parking lot, abou 20 miles away from where I was attacked. The FBI, believes that my attackers, had somehow found out I wrote transgender fiction, connecting my real name to my penname, (my father's name is in fact "Ken", and I do have a brother) and believed that I wrote transgender fiction, because I was myself transgender, even though I'm not transgender. The FBI, believes the attackers, thought I was my brother, pretending to be a woman.
The FBI investigation, into my son's murder, has dragged on for 13 years, and still now in 2026, continues on, with the FBI, still not having yet identified my attackers, and only guessing at what their motive was.
Thus we come to 2014, and the full swing change of the series I write. WHY my series, went from just a transman main character living life, to the full blown Mpreg genre series that it now is today.
Before the attack, I had a chance of having a baby. I don't know. And because I'm in America, I'm too old to adopt. You have to be under 45 years old to adopt a baby. That is the law in America. I was informed this, when we tried to adopt, now that my injuries leave me unable to get pregnant a 9th time.
Thus began my obsessively writing, my transman main character, pregnant. Always pregnant now. Every time. Every story. Stories that now fully focus on pregnancy, labour, miscarriages, babies dying, babies living, raising babies... the whole series, since 2014 has devolved into an outright baby obsession.
Meanwhile, reborn baby dolls were suggested to me by my therapist, and have also become a deeply obsessive part of my life. Because 13 years ago my son was murdered minutes after he was born, because a transphobic bigot mistook me for being transgender, I'm STILL in a wheelchair, struggling to relearn to use my arms and legs, now 13 years later, and I'm still DAILY dealing with police officers and FBI agents who while they are trying to find my son's killer, they are also daily reminding me... oh, yeah, my son was murdered, literally ripped out of my belly, by a transphobe. Who still has not been located and walks free to kill again.
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The golfclub woman as she looked during the golf club attack at Southern Maine community college November 14, 2013. She is about 20 to 30 years older then me and would be around 75 to 85 years old now in 2026. If you have any information about the identity of this child murderer, please call FBI Agent Andy Drewer at 207–774–9322 |
The golfclub woman as she looked during the shopping cart attack at Scarborough WalMart July 26, 2016. She is about 20 to 30 years older then me and would be around 75 to 85 years old now in 2026. If you have any information about the identity of this child murderer, please call FBI Agent Andy Drewer at 207–774–9322 |
The 2nd woman as she looked at both attacks, her hair goes all the way down to her knees. She is about 20 to 30 years older then me and would be around 75 to 85 years old now in 2026. If you have any information about the identity of this child murderer's accomplice, please call FBI Agent Andy Drewer at 207–774–9322 |
Do you know who these two woman who crippled me and murdered my baby, at Southern Maine Community College at 10PM on November 14, 2013, are, and what their connection to the backhoe that drove over my house is? If you have any information, please give it to FBI Agent Andy Drewer at 207–774–9322 of the Portland, Maine FBI office.
I am a legally blind quadriplegic, and low verbal, I have also published 138 novels in the last 48 years. It's not as impossible as people think. The problem being blind and quadriplegic, medically have different meanings then how those two words are used medically.
Fewer than 3% of all blind people see nothing. While 97% people who are classified as fully blind are able to see up to two feet in front of them. Legally blind means I can see more then two feet in front of me but not far enough to see twenty feet in front of me. In my case I can see about eight feet.
Quadriplegic, has varying levels, it means having a damaged nerve bundle in the spinal column causing limited mobility of all 4 limbs, (in my case this was done by a women wielding a golf club, who also beat my 8 month infant's head to pulp on the parking lot tarmak, at the same time she severed my spine with the same golf club; both on November 14, 2013; the FBI investigation into my son's murder and my being crippled has gone on now for 13 years, a few weeks away from 14 years now, and the FBI has still not identified the killer or her motive). Contrary to popular misconception, quadriplegic does NOT mean ZERO movement, it means means limited movement, specifically in means unable to lift arms over head, unable to grip fingers around objects to pick them up, and unable to stand for more then 5 minutes to a time. Because there are so many thousands of nerves in each limb it is actually very rare for there to be 100% no movement, but how much, and to what extent varies by patent depending upon the specific point of injury to the spinal column.
Meaning typing is still possible for over 60% of all quadriplegics.
In my case, it was the lower spine that was severed, cutting off completly my ability to move my right leg, leaving limited feeling in my left leg, and an ability to stand but not walk, with crutches, for the first 9 years. I regained enough nerve growth in my legs by the 9th year to be able to take ten or twelve steps allowing me to get out of bed for the first time since the golf club attack; This in turn lead to me being able to start using a wheelchair, as I was able to sit upright for the first time as well.
Because the shattered vertebrae bone fragments are broken off completly and embedded into the nerve bundle just above my tailbone, doctors were saying I would never walk again, but now at 13 years, I am able to push mu wheelchair like a walker, a distance of almost a thousand steps a day. Though doctors are still doubtful I will ever walk "normally" again, I have proven them wrong, when their said 13 years ago, that I would never walk again at all.
But because of the placement of the damage to my spine, regaining hand use, was always thought possible, it was just a matter of waiting long enough for nerve regrowth, along side daily finger exercises. I was able to continue writing, after becoming quadriplegic, because I still have use of my right thumb, and 2 fore figures of my right hand. And can type 90 words per minute with those 3 fingers.
I however have no wrist strength, elbow strength, or shoulder strength, so I am not able to form a fist, or lift objects, or brush my hair, or my teeth, all thing I have to have my caretaker do. But, those things are not needed for typing. Unfortunately, my pinky and ring fingers are "nerve dead" and drag over the keyboard, and cause horrific spelling errors and typos, which are incredibly frustrating to deal with.
Unfortunately trying to edit errors myself, just makes the errors worse, because those same two fingers drag over the keyboard yet again. Prior to the golf club attack, I rarely had spelling errors; now I got more spelling errors then someone is learning English as second language. Editing is a challenge, that I've had to accept, I simply can not do myself, and I have to hire several editors to help with that.
Low verbal means sounds can still be made, sounds that software programs like Dragon can be trained to recognize and translate, and type into full words. More then half my novels were typed with this method.
I still have a long ways to go before I am anything close to being able to do the things I could do before the golf club woman beat my baby's brains out and shattered my spine. And you know what's more frustrating then how slow mu medical progression has been? The fact that it's been 13 years and the police and FBI are still coming up at dead ends as to who the woman who murdered my baby was, or why she even did it.
My son's 14th birthday is only a few weeks away, but he didn't even get to live long enough to celebrate his 1st birthday, I don't even know why. And I can't wait to regain my ability to walk again, because regaining my ability to walk, means gaining the ability to go outside and start looking for my son's murderer myself instead of sitting at home trapped in a wheelchair waiting for the police and FBI to to find her. So, writing isn't a big priority for me anymore. I only write now, as a way to exercise my hands, in between relearning to walk.
Never let a disability stop you. Plenty of writers, artists, athletes, do not let either blindness, speech impediments, or limited mobility hold then back from perusing their careers.
Do you know who these two woman who crippled me and murdered my baby, at Southern Maine Community College at 10PM on November 14, 2013, are, and what their connection to the backhoe that drove over my house is? If you have any information, please give it to FBI Agent Andy Drewer at 207–774–9322 of the Portland, Maine FBI office.
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