So I wanna write a horror novel. God knows where I start. How can I make it scary, as opposed to a soppy middle of the road thriller?
posted on Apr 19, 2008 - 30 answers

[BookFilter] Help me find the name/author of this short story. The story is about a president and his ministers. When a minister commits a mistake he gets his head chopped off. The sign one has commited a (fatal) mistake is because the president sends you a box for your head. Depending on the status and importance of the minister is the magnificence of the boxes. [more inside]
posted on Dec 11, 2007 - 1 answers

Help me piece together my vague recollection of a rock climbing story that I read years ago. [more inside]
posted on Jul 28, 2007 - 1 answers

Children's Story Filter: I'm trying to remember a picture book about a train conductor who had retired. He ended up building a working train that ran through a park, and he gave children tours. [more inside]
posted on Feb 19, 2007 - 3 answers

Another "what is this story I read as a child?" question: All I can remember was there was a beautiful young girl who was locked in a closet or shed by her mother-figure-type person, who then had to bathe herself by moonlight by rubbing an apple over her skin. Sound familiar?
posted on Jul 26, 2006 - 8 answers

Yet-another-story-ID: Girl's brain in a gorilla's body. [more inside]
posted on Sep 30, 2005 - 12 answers

I was looking at mathowie's weblog: a.wholelottanothing.org, and he talked about the "theme" of the baby shower they just had - "bring your absolute favorite book you owned as a child". What was yours? [more inside]
posted on Feb 28, 2005 - 67 answers

Looking for this book.
posted on Dec 13, 2004 - 6 answers