Alex R. Howe
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Category Archives: Fiction
Who is Credence Barebone?
Warning: MAJOR spoilers for Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald below. This is my take on breaking down the big end-of-the-movie reveal, so if you haven’t seen it, click away now.
Posted in Fiction, Predictions, Story Analysis
Tagged Credence, Dumbledore, Fantastic Beasts, Grindelwald, Theory
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Flight Training
A Short Story In a scene that looked almost like it could have been in an ordinary classroom, about fifteen middle children from the ages of five to fifteen were sitting in a lecture hall, waiting for the seminar to … Continue reading
Posted in Fiction, Science Fiction
Tagged original fiction, short story
High Frequency
A Short Story Author’s Note: This story was written at the height of the Occupy Wall Street movement. However, I think many of the themes involved are still relevant. I also want to credit the fiction and nonfiction writings of … Continue reading
Posted in Fiction, Science Fiction
Tagged original fiction, short story
The Wayfarers
A Short Story Author’s Note: This story takes place in the same fictional universe as “The Lacertan Incident,” but it is separated by millions of years and millions of light-years from that story. A permanent link to this story will … Continue reading
Posted in Fiction, Science Fiction
Tagged original fiction, short story
What I Learned From Writing The Lacertan Incident
Last week, I published one of my short stories, The Lacertan Incident, on my blog. This week, I wanted to share some of the process of how I wrote and rewrote it, and what I learned from the experience. I … Continue reading
Posted in Fiction, Writing
Tagged beta reading, criticism, dealing with criticism, revising, rewriting, writing
The Lacertan Incident
A Short Story Author’s Note: This story is part of a series of short stories and at least one novel that I am writing about Earth’s future over the next 200 years or so. This story is set in 2154. … Continue reading
Posted in Fiction
Tagged original fiction, short story
