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Map Extravaganza At Humble Bundle

Mattias Ahlvin Posted on June 23, 2020June 23, 2020

The one aspect I love about the Humble Bundle website is that if you’re a gamer, you can grow your collection relatively quickly for cheap. Their constant bundling of games from a wide variety of genres is sure please everyone at some point. However, the Humble Bundle site does more than just games. Their bundles […]

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The Descent Joins The Wattpad Paid Stories Program

Mattias Ahlvin Posted on May 14, 2019May 14, 2019

As many of you know, over the last few years I’ve been writing and posting stories, long and short, on Wattpad. I’ve detailed some of my experiences with Wattpad over the years, in particular with regards to my novel The Descent. The Descent was originally written as a 2,000 word short story during the spring months of 2017 (you can read […]

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Onward We Go – The Post-Wattys Plan

Mattias Ahlvin Posted on October 7, 2018October 7, 2018

Today, there’s about 60 or so very excited Wattpad writers out there. They’re part of the winners of one of largest, if not THE largest, writing contest on the planet. Out of 300k+ entries, they made it to the very top. I congratulate them on their well-deserved win. CONGRATULATIONS. Well done! Alas, as for myself, […]

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The Shadow Within – Flash Fiction

Mattias Ahlvin Posted on June 21, 2018

Evening had descended on the village. Stars twinkled in the cloudless night and the bright light of the full moon cast a pale white veil over the cottages. A cool breeze drifted down from the mountains, the trees swaying in harmony as they sang the unintelligible lullabies of the night. In the distance low, dark […]

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Sync Scrivener With Android Devices For Writing On The Go

Mattias Ahlvin Posted on May 27, 2017September 18, 2017

For many that engage in novel writing or any writing for that matter, Scrivener is a well-known program. It’s been around for quite a while and has served many of us well. With its availability on both Mac and Windows (as well as Linux for a limited time), pretty much anyone with a desktop or […]

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The Delivery – [Flash Fiction]

Mattias Ahlvin Posted on May 7, 2017

Two rapid knocks on the door interrupted Ms. Morris’ morning tea and newspaper reading. She looked at the antique clock that hung on the wall and nodded with a smile. It was time. She stood up and walked over to the door. The delivery driver that waited on the other side of the door grinned […]

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Exploring Visual Flash Fiction with Commaful

Mattias Ahlvin Posted on April 4, 2017

A few months ago, I wrote a post about writing micro fiction through an app called Talehunt.com. Since then, I’ve also experimented with Tap by Wattpad, an app that lets you write stories in a chat format. A few weeks ago, I accidentally ran into Commaful, yet another entry in the alternative fiction scene. While […]

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Humphrey – A Short Story

Mattias Ahlvin Posted on February 1, 2017January 31, 2017

The Dome. That’s what they called it. In reality, it was more of a quarter dome, an observation hall that provided a view of Earth to those that came there. Many did, often to look back at what once was or just to meditate on where they now were. This particular evening, there was nothing […]

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Shadow of the Beast – Flash Fiction

Mattias Ahlvin Posted on January 7, 2017January 6, 2017

The hunter looked down from the top of the clock tower onto the village below. Lit only by the pale light of the full moon above him, shadows reached across the streets and alleys like fingers of the undead. Small fires throughout the village lit up courtyards and painted dancing shadows on the walls of […]

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Exploring The World Of Microfiction With TaleHunt

Mattias Ahlvin Posted on November 6, 2016

The society we live in is a fascinating beast. Everything evolves, everything changes, from the work we do to what we do to entertain ourselves. Take books and fiction, for example. When I was growing up, before the age of the Internet (gasp, there was such a time?) when stories were read in books and […]