Author Michael Duda – Page 3 of 9

Story Prompt: A Strangeness in Town

Pay attention to the mood of the narrator, observe what he or she sees, feel a kind of tone that is being used. Is this story prompt hinting at a problem to be later solved?

Story Prompt: Torn Between Love and Desire

She knew that Todd only understood sex, but he did it so well. But he had never made it past the naked and passionate phase.

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Dear Unfortunate: A Warning

But next week, I’ll treat someone to a graceless presence. Better hope that I don’t spill a coffee on your food tray, dear unfortunate fellow passenger.

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Book Review: The Age of Miracles

Can waiting to die drive a narrative? While the larger stakes of Karen Thompson Walker’s story The Age of Miracles are high, it’s the small things that really matter.

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Book Review: The Dark Tower I

King’s 2003 revision was badly needed. This revision sets the story in a way that the reader can far better appreciate what happens in books two and beyond.

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Radio Drama: The Picture of Dorian Gray

The Picture of Dorian Gray remains a great example of Gothic fiction. The only novel ever written by Oscar Wilde, this book published for the first time in July 1890.

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Bloodborne: Drawn Into Its Corrupted World

And that’s how I entered Yharnam: alone, confused, and threatened. My plight rarely improved unless I beckoned another hunter. Unless that hunter turned out to be a Vileblood adversary.

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Meet the M Duda Staff

A spotlight never shines on my team’s efforts. They work diligently behind the scenes. Their support make the books possible.

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Harlan Ellison, I Have No Mouth

A post-apocolyptic tale with a bizarre and twisted plot, “I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream” will keep you tensely riveted to the edge of your chair. And as an interesting side-note, Harlan Ellison voice acts in this radio drama. Can you guess which character?

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Revisiting Book Reviews

This story starts off fast and only continues to build tension and, finally, horror. The book is really two stories, a backstory remembered and current events. But everything comes together for the main character, Malorie, at the end for a satisfying conclusion.