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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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Exploring More Short Fiction With Chat Stories By Tap

Mattias Ahlvin Posted on March 16, 2017March 16, 2017

A few months ago, I explored what I labeled microfiction using an app called Talehunt. Today, I’m about to explore yet another short fiction style that may be on the upswing: chat stories. Most of you that read this have used SMS, Facebook Messenger, Twitter, Google Hangouts, Snapchat or any of the other chat apps […]

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Exploring the Tools of a Writer – An Introduction

Mattias Ahlvin Posted on March 4, 2017March 4, 2017

Throughout the centuries, mankind has taken it upon themselves to record events of their particular era for posterity using whatever means were available to them at the time. From the hieroglyphs of the ancient Egyptians to the runes of the Vikings and writings of the medieval era and the Renaissance, writing has been a part […]

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February Writing Scorecard

Mattias Ahlvin Posted on March 2, 2017March 2, 2017

About six months ago, I looked back on a year of participation in the Monthly Writing Challenge on Twitter and what that had meant for my writing output. The results were pretty good, I thought. I wrote more in that one year than I ever had in a year before. I didn’t stop there though. […]

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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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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 […]

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Anathema

Mattias Ahlvin Posted on December 16, 2015March 26, 2016

Maxwell looked at the contraption on the table in front of him. It was about the size of a box of matches although completely smooth on all sides, not unlike a pebble shaped by centuries of a mountain streams. He tentatively reached for it but changed his mind when one of the doctors coughed his […]