#Fairfield Scribes

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The Sous Leader

As one of the first survivors of the fog and the self appointed leader given his knack for laying low and knowing how to survive, Dwight would probably have a problem with a strong and confident person who’s a natural at leadership.

You don't avoid eye contact, you speak clearly and directly when addressing your fellow survivors. You can coordinate the team better than he can, and at this point the only thing he has going for him is his seniority over you. It's just as it was back then as it's going to be now, Dwight Fairfield pushed off to the side as someone better than him takes over. That's what he thinks anyhow. He catches you when it's just you and him, wanting to talk about the roles that they have to play and how he's the 'captain' of their little group. He thinks to himself, who decided that? Jake was the loner, Meg didn't give a shit, and Claudette was being nice... probably?!

He's surprised when you aren't mad or annoyed by him. You see how he feels like he's on the outside looking in, not that you're going to step down by any means. While leading a group of people is what you're good at, you're not bad at taking orders either. A second in command, that's just what he needs. A little support goes a long way, and while not entirely sure of your agreement to let him do his thing, he notices the small things you do to help. If another survivor interrupts him while he's laying down the game plans, you cut them off and redirect the attention to Dwight. If they're arguing while things have gone to shit, your voice carries loud enough to bring everyone to their senses.

Someone having his back is all he ever wanted, tired of being the little guy who's treated like dirt. You sticking up and out for him makes him weirdly fortunate to have met you, just maybe not in these circumstances. Dwight looks out for you when he's sent into trials, hoping to find you through the Fog when the mist clears. When he feels himself on the edge, he thinks of you and what might you do if in a similar situation. He thinks of how you might act or guide the others, what you words you'd even say come to mind. When he steps through the woods to find himself at the campfire, he's so eager to find you to tell you how it all went and how he got through it together with the team. It's the fact that you bothered to listen to him at all means the world to him.

Out of everyone, he's probably the fondest of you.

[lovesby]

Very honored to be included in this issue of Fairfield Scribes' micro Fiction section! Go check out my piece "A Cold Tap on the Canvas" and the other amazing work by all the other writers in this issue!!

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from William Fairfield Warren’s The Universe Pictures in Milton's Paradise Lost; An Illustrated Study for Personal and Class Use

Paradise Lost is one of my favorite books, a retelling of Genesis spoken from the lips of a, by that point, entirely blind Milton to his three daughters who acted as scribes to his final masterpiece. Despite it being so driven by Milton’s religiosity it’s nothing but orthodox. Milton was a revolutionary thinker and staunch republican in the English civil war. A progressive in social terms as well, he spent two years petitioning the government to let him divorce his royalist absentee wife. He didn’t win, but took his wife back after the civil war was settled.

Paradise Lost is shockingly subversive even by these standards, depending on who you ask. As with anything, there are no clear champions of Milton’s meanings. Issues of his depiction of Eve as either remarkably feminist or wildly misogynistic, the problem of providence and the felix culpa, and whether Lucifer is actually the PROtagonist and a Promethean, liberatory figure are a fascinating academic battlefield.

His cosmology and descriptions of Lucifer’s path from Hell to Earth through space, chaos, and night make for some great secrets of the universe as well! The book absolutely rips and you should read it so we can talk about it.

[worldsneverfilled]

OCs: The Coming of the Dark

Enilasor Mistfield (Knashthra, Feywild)

Meadow Lithreed (Knashthra, Feywild)

Lindel Fairfield (Knashthra, Feywild)

Nalthia Brightleaf, Summer Archon and Polemarch to Knashthra (Knashthra, Feywild)

Reywolfyam Boneshot (Enilasor’s Family) (Knashthra, Feywild)

Kalne (Knashthra, Feywild)

Dronos Sark, Spring Archon (Knashthra, Feywild)

Maddie-Kay Farfew, Scribe to the Spring Archon (Knashthra, Feywild)

Hran Thithner, Winter Archon (Knashthra, Feywild)

Aerdeth Mistfield (Enilasor’s Family), Advisor to the Autumn Archon (Knashthra, Feywild)

Joel Copper, The Other Joel (Knashthra, Feywild)

Anwar Boneshot (Enilasor’s Family) (Knashthra, Feywild)

Zaklos (Feywild)

Dolenar Kardlen (Knashthra, Feywild)

Anonna (Feywild)

Farsk (Cormanthyr)

Joel Copper (Knashthra, Feywild)

Golandral Stoutfeather Heteiros (Rasilian Empire, in a region that's now Cormanthyr)

Hadrial Marsid (Knashthra, Feywild)

11th Wanderer: Malquis Mistfield (Knashthra, Feywild)

10th Wanderer: Ethrine Boneshot (Knashthra, Feywild)

9th Wanderer: Nolsara (Knashthra, Feywild)

8th Wanderer: Zarnith (Knashthra, Feywild)

7th Wanderer: Calornti (Knashthra, Feywild)

6th Wanderer: Ysor (Knashthra, Feywild)

5th Wanderer: Alleb (Knashthra, Feywild)

4th Wanderer: Illyanara (Knashthra, Feywild)

3rd Wanderer: Ecelnara (Rasilian Empire, in a region that's now Cormanthyr)

2nd Wanderer: Quiemti (Rasilian Empire, in a region that's now Cormanthyr)

1st Wanderer: Ysiad (Unknown)

Ned'Dad (Rasilian Empire, in a region that's now Cormanthyr)

Doctor Olivka Crolum (Erlkazar)

Mepha Azat (Feywild)

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(via Imagining Monsters) My short story “The Wedding March” is included in this monstrously good science fiction anthology. 100% of the proceeds will benefit the wonderful Westport Library.

The official book description reads as follows:

“The Fairfield Scribes worked with the Library’s WestportWRITES program to release an anthology of short stories written by authors local to Fairfield County, Connecticut. These pieces are in celebration of the 200th anniversary of Mary Shelley’s classic novel. The original challenge to the authors for this collection was to follow in Shelley’s legendary footsteps, when Lord Byron told his guests in the summer of 1816 to “each write a ghost story.”

Authors include Edward Ahern, Elizabeth Chatsworth, Gabi Coatsworth, Cody Daigle-Orians, Dave D’Alessio, Alex Giannini, Roman Godzich, Sheryl Kayne, P.C. Keeler, Alison McBain, V.P. Morris, Marc Sirkin, Corrine “Mitzy Sky” Taylor, and D.J. Whitney. The stories range in theme from literary reimaginings of Mary Shelley’s life, to a horror story about a woman transforming herself into a termite queen, and everything else in between.

These stories are truly haunting! So crank up your alchemical machines and look out for the next thunderstorm…”

Please check out the book here: https://amzn.to/2MPbtnR. Every purchase helps the Westport Library to host free writing workshops.

Thank you for your support!

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Contest: ​Don't Be A Hero: A VILLAINthology Featured Story

Contest: ​Don’t Be A Hero: A VILLAINthology Featured Story

Deadline: May 1st, 2019 Payment: Contributor’s Copy Note: I was iffy on posting this but I liked the theme so much I felt there could be a few others who did as well.

The Fairfield Scribes are releasing Don’t Be A Hero: A VILLAINthology, and we’re looking for our feature story.

DON’T BE A HERO.

Heroes are boring. Standing up for weaklings, defending the status quo, reacting instead of…

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Inspiration: What Inspires Me to Write

Inspiration: What Inspires Me to Write

Recently a short story I wrote won a contest to be included in When to Now: A Time Travel Anthology (you can check out the contest winner announcement here at the Fairfield Scribe site). As part of an interview for the anthology, I was asked what inspired me to write it.

That’s always a tough question to answer because I’m not always sure what inspires me to write a story. At least one that might…

[realnrh]

Happy Halloween, everyone! Now available on the Kindle Store, a new anthology from a collection of authors both new and established, including one particular author I happen to be. Which one? Oooh, it's a mystery! You'll just have to tell me which story you like best. I wrote that one. http://goo.gl/sXfysx

[worldsneverfilled]

Country: Knashthra - Masterpost

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Country (all posts) Aesthetic Playlist

About:

Questionnaire General Country Information How Language Shaped the Nation's Name and Their Name for the Blessings Tree The Blessings Tree Before the Elves Settled There and Created the Nation of Knashthra Food Language Headcanons Misc Headcanons

Stories:

Welcome to the Blessings Tree Welcome to Knashthra Enilasor's Journal Entries

Maps:

Knashthra Ground floor of the Blessings Tree: Archives Ground floor of the Blessings Tree: Temple 1st floor of the Blessings Tree 2nd floor of the Blessings Tree Enilasor Mistfield's Room

Characters:

Enilasor Mistfield Meadow Lithreed Lindel Fairfield Nalthia Brightleaf, Summer Archon and Polemarch to Knashthra Wanderers Tag Reywolfyam Boneshot (Enilasor's Family) Kalne Dronos Sark, Spring Archon Maddie-Kay Farfew, Scribe to the Spring Archon Hran Thithner, Winter Archon Aerdeth Mistfield (Enilasor's Family), Advisor to the Autumn Archon Joel Copper, The Other Joel Anwar Boneshot (Enilasor's Family) Zaklos Dolenar Kardlen Anonna Farsk Joel Copper

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Westport Writers Rendezvous: August update - Part 2

Westport Writers Rendezvous: August update – Part 2

Happy you rejoined me. 🙂 And, as you will see if you read far enough, this is all about me.

The Brooklyn Book Festivalwill be held from September 16-23 in a variety of venues around Brooklyn (of course). It’s one of America’s premier book festivals and the largest free literary event in New York City. Presenting almost 200 national and international literary stars and emerging authors, the…

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Westport Writers' Rendezvous - February update: part 2

Westport Writers’ Rendezvous – February update: part 2

And here, as promised, is the second part of my February update. There was simply so much to include, that I thought I’d give you a little breathing space.

First up: the Bridgeport Library offers a free monthly memoir writingworkshop, taught by Brian Hoover, who teaches at Fairfield University. The next class takes place on Saturday, March 16, from 10:30am – noon at the Main Library-Downtown in…

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Writers Rendezvous - February update Part 1

Writers Rendezvous – February update Part 1

The Writers Rendezvous this month welcomed several new members, and ran into extra time because we had so much to talk about. I’m going to start this update with events and contests that have upcoming deadlines, and leave the more general information for part two of the post. First, the Bridgeport History Center at the Bridgeport Library will be holding its monthly memoir writing workshop with…

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Westport Writers' Rendezvous: June update - Part 1

Westport Writers’ Rendezvous: June update – Part 1

Some twenty of us gathered this month at the Westport Barnes & Noble—almost a record! There was lots to talk about, so this post covers Part 1 of this month’s update.

First, and most important, the Westport Library is reopening this Sunday, June 23, after an almost two-year hiatus while it has been renovated as a new reading, writing and arts space. The new building is amazing and has a great…

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Eighteen of us gathered at the Westport CT Barnes & Noble on Wednesday, to exchange ideas, brag about successes, set small goals and drink coffee. The temperatre was around 70, which confused us all for a couple of days, but we’ve come to our senses now. 🙂 Fairfield County is becoming a writers’ hub, with loads of events to encourage our writing. I’ve complied the following in (largely) date…

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Westport Writers' Rendezvous - February update - part 1

Westport Writers’ Rendezvous – February update – part 1

First, thanks to everyone who showed up yesterday for our 5th anniversary meeting in spite of dire warnings about the weather. And congratulations to member Alison McBain who came First  in the Connecticut Press Club’s Communications Contest for her editing of When to Now, the anthology of time travel stories published by Fairfield Scribes in October. My story in When to Now, Misconception, came…