Stephen Kramer Avitabile
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I'm a creative writer in the way that I write. I hold the pen in this unique and creative way you've never seen. The content which I write... well, it's still to be determined if that's any good.
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Invisible Success
It was probably the best I’ve ever done in any competition in my life… for anything. So, it gives me immense pride. I had entered the Launch Pad Prose Writing Competition with my short story “Darkness of the Ecuadorian Sunset.” I had entered this contest with different stories three times before. The first two times, nothing happened. The third time, I moved on to the second round which was a great feeling. And it was progress. But then nothing else. And the next round, the Top 100, that was when you would start to reap the benefits. That was when you’d get your story promoted to people in the industry.
By Stephen Kramer Avitabile3 years ago in Writers
Primordial Magic: Cells for Spells
It was under the old Avaluschia tree 500 steps from the edge of the village where Tommen always told Skavver all the most important things. It was where Tommen told Skavver that his mother was dying. Skavver cried. Tommen cried too. It was the first and only time Skavver ever saw his father cry.
By Stephen Kramer Avitabile3 years ago in Fiction
The Main Mane in Maine. Top Story - August 2023.
This story was originally posted on Medium. Everyone knows about the small pride of lions that roam the woods here in this small, northern Maine town. Few of us have ever seen them. One time I thought I did… but no… it was just a few deer, thick and paunchy, with their heads lowered for a brief moment.
By Stephen Kramer Avitabile3 years ago in Fiction
Peggy: The Guinea Pig
I was outside feeding the birds when one of my neighbors in my building came outside and we began to talk. I asked her how things were, what was new, the usual questions in conversation. She had an answer that was far from usual, though.
By Stephen Kramer Avitabile3 years ago in Petlife
Joey: The California Desert Tortoise
It was a typical February day, I was working from home, busy on the computer. Evelyn called me. I picked up and our conversation was definitely not one of the top five conversations I would’ve expected. Not top 10, top 50, top 100. Pretty unexpected.
By Stephen Kramer Avitabile3 years ago in Petlife
Master List of Publications. Top Story - August 2023.
I’ve been submitting fiction to publications for about two years now and it has been a process that just keeps developing. In the beginning, I wasn’t sure where to start. I found a small list of 10 or so publications online and started with those. Over time I have found more lists in various places that people have compiled. Usually lists of 10-20 publications. I’ll find an odd one here or there… I’ve gotten recommendations from other writers on Vocal… on Medium… and I have now compiled my own list of 85 publications that I have submitted to or plan to submit to. (Thank you to ALL who have provided me with places!)
By Stephen Kramer Avitabile3 years ago in Writers
Why the Birds Don't Have Arms
It’s been wondered aloud by many a human, why is it that birds don’t have arms? Why is it that they have wings instead? There is a lot that goes into the ‘why’ and birds did used to have arms a long time ago. But it is most curious that humans always wonder this… as they are the reason birds do not have arms.
By Stephen Kramer Avitabile3 years ago in Fiction
I Have My Dogs To Thank For My Writing Career
Alert! This is Stephen Avitabile… not Stephen King. So, when I refer to my ‘writing career’ it’s a work in progress. Not a spectacle. But I do feel I am heading in the right direction. Things feel as if they have begun to take off. It’s nothing major, but at the time of writing this, I have had three stories accepted into two publications. In submitting to various other publications and contests I have moved on to second rounds in judging multiple times… so things are moving along.
By Stephen Kramer Avitabile3 years ago in Journal
