Category: MYTHOLOGY


A NOT TRIVIAL PURSUIT

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Decades prior to my tackling the writing of a full novel, the germs of the idea began to fester in my mind like an open sore. Shortly thereafter I encountered the perfect location, and I was off and running to get this huge project together…NOT. It would take me years, and in the upcoming entries of the Labyrinth Creators Journal, I am going to take your hand and lead you step by step through my process of completing the monumental task. Hit the link to the always brief, always ticklish blog that four thousand people call “frighteningly half-decent.”

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Someday I will release my ultimate collection of short stories and it will include four Novelettes that I have written. One I’m most proud of reflects my lifelong obsession with the OZ stories by L. Frank Baum of the early twentieth century. I used one of my favorite storylines of all the tales, what I guess we can now call a transsexual line of a boy who did not know he would change genders, become a queen, and gloriously rule Oz. It involves a gorgeous sorceress Mombi, the (grown) boy Tipperarius (Tip) and his alter ego, Ozma, as well as Tip’s creations Jack Pumpkinhead (a beloved character) and the animated Sawhorse they travel on. My story does not scrimp on the sex and violence, and some publisher will eventually love it as I do. This Labyrinth Creators Journal has the dope on the dope novelette and my life of Oz worship. As for the collection, I play the long game, as it HAS to be perfection, and include mostly published stories. Hahaha, I’m mad; mad I tell you. Read the blog that thousands call “behind the moon, beyond the rain.” Revel in these characters I adore:

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THE OLD FACTORY GLAND

Woonsocket, Rhode Island, my home city, is a place steeped in the history of the Industrial Revolution. There, when graduating high school, people went to work in one of its dozen mills. For me, the lure of manual labor came at times in my life when I could no longer handle white collar bullshit, and I wanted just to keep my head down and work with my body, uninterrupted, minus the chit chat and the games. Also, the ancient and dank surroundings lent themselves well to my SciFi story “Tuesday Night’s Pick.” This is the subject of my latest Labyrinth Project Creators Journal. Sign up above with an email to never miss a notice of this short, thoughtful blog that thousands are enjoying.

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Incidentally, for those interested, Woonsocket has probably the greatest museum dedicated to this topic and its history, The Museum of Work and Culture. On a nice day, take a ride and avail yourself of this wealth.

http://www.woonsocket.org/workandculture.htm

Got another story for the forthcoming book anthology dedicated to the “Gates Of Hell Trilogy” by Lucio Fulci (Eighth Tower Publishing). An original and delicious noir/horror tale by #RichardAlanScott, who set the story in a late seventies New York populated by psychics, serial killers, detectives and ghosts, and full of homages to the Lucio Fulci characters of the trilogy. Details coming soon.

MY HEART BELONGS TO MAMMY

Since my latest Labyrinth Project Creators Journal went up yesterday, I’ve had the most moving outpouring of support and kindness that I’ve experienced with my blog to date. This one centers around a non-fiction piece I did to satisfy an assignment in my very first adult Writers Group. The “story” consisted of a reminiscence about the death of my Mother when I was quite young, and how often since I’ve felt I was being contacted by her from the spirit world. Read about “Anna’s Lost Little Boy” and enjoy the brief Journal that thousands have discovered.

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A (SUSANNA) BLOOD MOON

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Getting a practicing witch to help me write a story set in 1692 Massachusetts was my way of creating witchcraft that would be authentic. In the years I consulted with her I learned a great deal about doing Wiccan spells on my own, and some that I performed endure to this day. Please read the short Labyrinth Creators Journal that always makes you think and is always enjoyable. Join nearly two thousand others from around the world.

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WE BELONG TO THE LAND

Lessons we learn while traveling the world become embedded deep within us. This Labyrinth Creators Journal mines the depth of the spirit within all of us. Enjoy the short blog that nearly 1200 have discovered.

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ME MOTHERLAND

Great love affairs can begin when you’re over forty as when I discovered my enjoyment of traveling to Ireland, a country that’s always been embedded in my DNA. Join the blog enjoyed by over 1100 and rising, my Labyrinth Creators Journal at The Immortal artist.

Immortal Artist: Labyrinth Project Creators Journal – Richard Alan Scott (New Entry 12/05/20)

FANGS FOR THE MEMORIES

Of my short stories, the most popular so far has to do with Bram Stoker’s genius creation, a certain Transylvanian Count. But before we get to that in the Labyrinth Creators Journal at Immortal Artist, let’s go back to a time when I had my first run-in with the blood-thirstiest vampire of them all. Join above to get an email notice when there is a new entry to the blog that people stick their neck out to read.

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A STRANGE POSITION

All of the places I’ve lived in my adult life, my bed’s location and my spot in it have been exactly the same. This phenomenon only became apparent to me a number of years ago. Learn how this odd detail became the basis for the first short story in my serious writing career, and experience a whole bunch more by reading on in my Labyrinth Creators Journal at The Immortal Artist. This brief blog is always fun and fascinating and gets your gears working.

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