Month: May 2018

  • Friday Excerpt: Sprouted

    “We were out walking, and Andrea here saw your roses. She has a question for you.” He turned to the little girl and nodded. “Go ahead.” “I was just wondering if I could have one of your pretty flowers for my room. The pink ones remind me of my mom.” The little girl raised her…

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  • Friday Excerpt: MacKenzie Saves the World

    “Call me Josh, please,” he said, leaning forward until she had no choice but to look at him. A mistake, as she knew it would be, because that handsome face of his should require some sort of license to carry. “May I call you Kenzie?” She shrugged. “Normally only friends call me that, but I…

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  • May Writing Prompts/Call for Submissions

    May Prose Prompt: Someone is trapped in an old root cellar. There’s food, and a water source (a well pump, or drip, or something), but no way to escape. May Poetry Prompt: Write a poem about warmth. Stories and poems for May should be submitted by the May 31st, 2018 to brazensnake@brazensnakebooks.com. One poem and one…

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  • Blog Changes, GDPR and Monthly Writing Prompts

    Happy May! Spring is springing up everywhere, and change is in the air. Or on the blog, as it were. Effective this Friday, Snake Bites will be changing formats. Instead of weekly discussion posts, there will be a weekly excerpt from one of our titles or coming titles posted every Friday, along with occasional special…

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