My horror short story collection, The Shadows are Moving, is live and ready for pre-order. Pop over to its page and have a read of the sample stories! These are not stories of blood and guts and gore, but of the unusual, the sinister and the unsettling. Even if you’re not ready to pre-order it, I appreciate anyone who wants to follow and/or recommend it!

Someone from the team should clarify this, but as long as you own the copyright and don’t have any exclusivity agreements for it elsewhere, I think you should be fine. 

I have several stories that have been uploaded to various websites in the past, none of which are professional publications, and none of which own my content. These include creepypastas and a blog of my own. Nowhere in the terms of service did I see anything regarding the use of such stories (though I might have missed it). If I were to create a collection of those stories, would I be in violation of anything?

I had this problem, too. It was especially tough for me, because my book (The Wolf in the Woods) is a collection of 13 horror stories, and the pitch pretty much told everyone everything they need to know. I couldn’t just put "It’s a bunch of pretty good stories, look, you’re just gonna have to read it."

So, I did the Bee Movie thing. I did "According to All Known Laws of Aviation..." I came up with something interesting and catchy that described the tone and nature of my book and only took a few words to say:

"You are not afraid of wolves.
You have no reason to be. They live in their own world far away from you.
Friend, you are afraid of the woods."

Hey, everyone! I am relatively new to inkshares and would just like to possibly get some tips on how to gain readers/followers. Thanks for any tips or tricks! Happy writing!

Solid start thus far. I’m guessing this scene is our framing device, and that most of the story will come from him talking to the recorder. I’d like to read more of this for sure.

If there’s one change I’d make, I feel like the line "for starters, I’d be dead" reads a bit awkward. Maybe consider "Aside from being dead, the bullet would’ve obliterated the affected vertebrae as well as taking my heart, most of my lungs and probably my entire diaphragm along for the ride out of my torso."

That said, I’ll be looking forward to you posting more on this, I’d love to keep reading about Stephen.