After the Seven Days Spotlight, the Vermont Extended Universe Gears Up for Volume 3 of the VEU. “Shelburne author Chris Rodgers pairs mysterious short stories with AI‑generated imagery to create curious and fun historical fiction.” — Seven Days (Books, April 23 2025) (Seven Days) I am grateful to Seven Days and writer Ken Picard for profiling the first two volumes of the VEU. I’ve…
Category: Writing
The Vermont Extended Universe Volume 2: New Speculative Fiction Stories Set in a Parallel Vermont
The Vermont Extended Universe, Vol. 2 If you’ve ever driven a back road in Vermont and felt like you were passing through a place untouched by time, with rock walls that look older than the Roman Empire, this book is for you. Even if you’ve never visited Vermont but live in an alternate reality, you…
Introducing “A Little Too Dark”: Welcome to Middletown Middle School
I’m incredibly excited to announce that my anthology collection, “A Little Too Dark,” is now available on Amazon. I wrote most of these stories five years ago in the early days of Covid and I can’t wait for you all to step into the haunted halls of Middletown Middle School. The Story Behind the Stories…
7 AI-Driven Prompts to Ethically Enhance Your Character Development
Using AI to develop characters and brainstorm ideas can be a valuable tool for writers to inspire you instead of replacing you. The better your characters are written the less cliched they will be; a dead giveaway in AI writing. So go unhinged in your story and let AI help you get there. The key…
Streamline Your Book Editing with this Simple Writing Prompt
Streamline Your Book Editing with This Simple Writing Prompt Editing a book manuscript is like a juggling act, you need to maintain a consistent tone, differentiate characters, and keep the timeline of events clear and accurate. Readers are too sensitive to timeline flaws or characters that talk too similarly. If you’re self-publishing without a professional…
Retrofitting Your Stale Website Using AI – Blog Edition
In the fast-paced world of digital content, your website is more than just a portfolio; it’s your online storefront representing your business. Is it fresh? Is it even indexing on Google? Even if your home page and top-level pages are updated regularly your whole store is public and I’m sorry to say it’s got bugs…
The Monster in Your Backyard – All 50 States and Your Survival Probability
The Jersey Devil is real. That’s what I believed as someone living in New Jersey and specifically near the Pine Barrens; the woods that the Devil supposedly roams. Within the borders of every state awaits a monster. Some states have multiple. While all are dangerous, some will not let you escape. We have each been…
The Well That Grew Giants: A Prairie Folk Tale
The Giant Well August 1863 The scorching hot Kansas wind twisted around Isaiah Milton’s face. His mother had named him after the haunting sound the wind made when it came through the front door of his childhood home: Isaiah. It lured him back twenty years later, and he stumbled through the Kansas plains searching for…
The Girls Who Never Left – Summer of Secrets: Unveiling the Mysteries of Camp Karacapi
The Girls Who Never Left Summer “All the best times in my life happen at camp,” ten-year-old Sally declares, hugging her bunkmate on the first day of camp. They hadn’t seen each other since the previous summer, but they picked up right where they left off. “It’s because the rules are different here,” Nancy, Sally’s…
A Little Too Dark – The Spirit Week Rampage
The Spirit Week Rampage May 2005 In the dimly lit robotics lab at Middletown Middle School, their robotics team was stressed. The four students huddled around their poodle-sized creation, WENDI. Her cold, metallic body remained unresponsive despite their efforts. Failure was not an option with the State Robotics Olympics less than twenty-four hours away. Adding…