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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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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.
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5 days ago1 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
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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.
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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.
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May 11 min read
Outpost 37 Story Entry | Demicon Writing Contest Science Fiction by Alicia Anspaugh
A new Outpost 37 story exploring isolation and mystery, submitted to the Demicon Writing Contest.
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May 11 min read
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