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Notes from the desk—updates, reflections, and insights into the creative process.
This is where ideas take shape before they become stories.
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The Crossroads Inn | A Supernatural Short Story by Alicia Anspaugh
A strange elevator ride, a wish for one more day, and a mysterious crossroads lead to unexpected consequences in this supernatural short story by Alicia Anspaugh.
aliciaspaintbrush
3 days ago1 min read


See You Tomorrow | Inkitt Second Chance Romance Contest Entry by Alicia Anspaugh
A science fiction romance adventure featuring time travel, betrayal, and second chances. See You Tomorrow has been submitted to Inkitt's Second Chance Romance Contest.
aliciaspaintbrush
Jun 31 min read


Alicia Anspaugh Enters Vocal Plus Stay Awhile Horror Contest with My Waters & A Hundred Lives
Author and artist Alicia Anspaugh explores slasher horror, creature horror, and sci-fi horror with her contest entries My Waters and A Hundred Lives for Vocal Plus’s Stay Awhile writing contest.
aliciaspaintbrush
May 231 min read


Alicia K. Anspaugh Submits “To Quell the Quiet” to the History Repeating Writing Challenge
Writer and artist Alicia K. Anspaugh submits her speculative fiction short story “To Quell the Quiet” to Glossy Planet Magazine’s May 2026 History Repeating writing challenge.
aliciaspaintbrush
May 151 min read


Submitted a new short story to Vocal’s “I Made It Worse” writing challenge.
This latest sci-fi horror piece, The Road to Hell, follows a tired night-shift janitor whose attempt to help a mysterious captive creature escape from a secret underground lab accidentally restarts an alien invasion that had been delayed for sixty years. This story was written for the challenge prompt: Write a confession about a situation where you tried to fix something and only made it worse. I had a lot of fun balancing dark humor, escalating consequences, and cosmic horro
aliciaspaintbrush
May 131 min read


In Submission | Outpost 37 Science Fiction Story for Demicon Contest
A new Outpost 37 science fiction story submitted to the Demicon Writing Contest, expanding the series world.
aliciaspaintbrush
May 11 min read


In Submission | Fake News Short Story for Demicon Writing Contest
A speculative fiction short story exploring truth and perception, currently submitted to the Demicon Writing Contest.
aliciaspaintbrush
May 11 min read
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