Years ago I wrote the story "SPECTRA'S MASTERPIECE" in my book The Cemetery of Hearts. However, it seems timely today, as it deals with the intersection of AI and art. I'll post the story in several different parts over the next several weeks. I hope you enjoy "SPECTRA'S MASTERPIECE"! ____________________________________________________________________________________ SPECTRA'S MASTERPIECE - PART I …
Long Beautiful Legs Spell D-A-N-G-E-R!
The free online literary magazine Instant Noodles includes my flash fiction story "Long Beautiful Legs Spell D-A-N-G-E-R!" available from the link below! https://instantnoodleslitmag.com/long-beautiful-legs-spell-d-a-n-g-e-r-r-david-fulcher/
NEW! Audio Reading available – “LITTLE LOKI”
The free online literary magazine Instant Noodles includes my flash fiction story "LITTLE LOKI" available from the link below. Click the microphone icon just above the story text to hear my reading of the story after following the link. https://instantnoodleslitmag.com/little-loki-r-david-fulcher/
All Across The Mountain
Spillwords.com presents: All Across The Mountain, story by R. David Fulcher, an author of horror, science fiction, fantasy, and poetry. Source: All Across The Mountain
Tommyknockers, Tommyknockers, Knocking at My Door!
The Tommyknockers is the story of a buried spaceship in the Maine woods. The story’s female protagonist, Bobbie, a somewhat solitary writer of Westerns, discovers the ship. Another prominent figure in the movie is Gardner, an alcoholic poet and Bobbie’s companion. Bobbie becomes obsessed with excavating the ship after feeling a strange energy flow through …
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We All Want a Piece of the Pie: A Review of Stephen King’s Thinner
Thinner is the story of a man inflicted with a gypsy curse that causes him to uncontrollably lose weight. It is based on the novella of the same name included in The Bachman Books, a collection of four short novels written by King under the pen name Richard Bachman. The movie starts with a gypsy …
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Unlikely Heroes: A Review of Marian L. Thorpe’s Empire’s Daughter
For generations, the women of the coastal fishing village of Tirvan have lived separately from the men. The elders decided long ago that the men were needed to defend the northern wall and fight foreign wars, while the women would provide food and clothing, and raise the children. Only once a year would the men …
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A Rose by Any Other Name: A review of Stephen King’s Rose Red
Rose Red is Stephen King’s mini-series that represents his most direct attempt at a haunted house story. In King’s nonfiction book on the horror genre, Danse Macabre, King gives high praise for Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House, and one gets the impression that King has been eager to embrace this subject matter for …
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Back from the Dead: A Review of Stephen King’s Pet Sematary
Pet Sematary is the story of a doctor’s family that moves to Maine. Close to the property the family discovers a large pet cemetery, complete with makeshift headstones and eulogies to the deceased companions. The widower next door warns the family of the woods beyond the pet cemetery that in previous times contained an Indian …
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A Rabid Review of Stephen King’s Cujo
Cujo is the story of a rabid Saint Bernard named Cujothat goes on a killing spree. Most writers normallywould struggle to get enough material out of such a coarseplot to fi ll up a short story, but somehow King managedto produce a novel on this simple premise that was laterturned into a film. Like many …