Arpad Nagy
Freelance Contributor at Freelance
Writer. Editor. Creative Consultant.Freelance for hire. 1st generation Canadian-Hungarian. Husband, Father, Flyfisher, Chef, Reader, Leader, Wanderer. Romantic.
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1 week ago |
medium.com | Arpad Nagy
A First Line Fiction Story — Prompt #30: Part IIIPrevious chapters are available here. Duncan's Purse. A First Line Fiction Serial Story. Part IIIJarod woke and immediately felt the consequences of the day before. He checked his GPS, noting he’d managed only nine miles, but his calves and ankles ached like he’d hiked forty. He’d expected the exertion, knowing the route was mostly uphill, but the difficulty of the terrain was more than he’d bargained for.
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medium.com | Arpad Nagy
I’m still digging up gems from the FLF archive garden; what’s old becomes new againGoing through the FLF archives is like rummaging through closet drawers; you’re pretty sure you’ve seen everything in there, but then you find that favourite old t-shirt or those oh-so-comfortable pair of socks. I have made dedicated efforts to read each FLF-published story, but as I root around for a new weekly feature, sometimes I stumble on one or two that I’ve missed.
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medium.com | Michael Scott |Arpad Nagy
It wasn’t the noise that woke her — it was the absence of it. The kind of silence that swallows up sound like a mouth full of blood, suddenly snapping shut. The old house on Hollow Ridge never truly slept; it wheezed, creaked, and muttered through the night like an arthritic ghost pacing its grave. Now, however, something was wrong. Very wrong. No rusting pipes groaned. No wind tapped at the loose attic vent. No tree branches clawed the fading yellow siding.
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2 weeks ago |
medium.com | Arpad Nagy
BOOK REVIEW | AUDIOBOOK | WAR FICTIONFull of heart-tugging humanity, but a historically flawed tale as seen through the eyes of French sisters in Nazi-occupied FranceJust yesterday, I was chatting with another writer — she is much better than I am — and we shared our joy of researching. I am a firm believer in getting the details right. Good research delivers authenticity, and that results in believability. Here’s a personal example.
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2 weeks ago |
medium.com | Arpad Nagy
Each week, I will give you a new sentence — the first sentence for you to write a piece of short fiction. From drabbles to several-minute reads — let your imagination take you where it will!Follow publicationA First Line Fiction Story — Prompt #43It wasn’t the noise that woke her — it was the absence of it. Nineteen years of his early morning routine, inconsiderate of her beauty sleep.
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A small town, bypassed and forgotten, is home to legends of lost mines, gold caches and maybe something sinister. https://t.co/NU3h91aqQA #firstlinefiction #writingcommunity #writingprompts #writer #fiction #shortstory #mystery #suspense #creativewriting
Adding my review of The Historian to the many thousands of them out there, but this time for the audiobook. Well worth the time! https://t.co/f23rAcQtWH #bookrecommendations #bookreview #bookreviewer #bookstagram #historicalfiction #dracula #writingcommunity #readingcommunity
It's been awhile since my last Rate-a-Record, but Inspired some solid sunny weather, I added a new one to the list. https://t.co/ZeSmAmWHGs #music #review #NewMusic #songs #lyrics #springtime #spring #popculture #MaggieRogers #michaelmarcagi #fantasticcat #hozier #kayleerose