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I was on Amazon and saw in my recommendations an over-the-door quilt hanger.  Oh my…this definitely looked like something I would like. I ended up contacting the company and asked if they would send me one for free in exchange for an honest review.  The answer was yes.  I was so excited. Doesn’t it look perfect for a quilter’s house? Goodness knows I have quilts and quilts and quilts around here.  I’d love another option to display them. While I waited for mine to arrive I started to think of places I would like it or could use it. When...

The most powerful way to engage your reader is to invoke strong emotion. Readers who quickly empathize are more likely to keep reading a story that invites them to do just that.  We’ve rounded up 101 heartbreaking, sad writing prompts to make your job easier.  And since sad prompts aren’t always enough, we’ve thrown in some story ideas to show how you can spin a few words into a story your reader can’t put down.  What’s In This Article?  [hide] What Are Some Sad Story Ideas?  #1 — She never slept in this late…  #2 — “What would you say...

We humans are curious creatures, and our desire to know how everything works drives us to explore as far as we can see. But the universe isn't always willing to give us all the answers. On the contrary, as one Reddit thread shows, sometimes we're left in the dark and simply have to accept the limits of our perception and cognition. Created by platform user elibwell, it asked people the question, "What is the strangest thing that happened to you that you can’t logically explain?" and quickly went viral. Since then, people have shared plenty of interesting stories, proving that...

David Wojnarowicz, Oct. 22nd postcard, from the Jean Pierre Delage Archive of Letters, Postcards and Ephemera, 1979–1991. Courtesy of the Estate of David Wojnarowicz and P·P·O·W, New York. David Wojnarowicz’s final home was on the corner of Second Avenue and Twelfth Street on the Lower East Side. He moved in after the prior tenant, his mentor and former lover Peter Hujar, died of AIDS. A few months later, in 1988, David was diagnosed with AIDS himself; he’d die in the Second Avenue apartment four years later at the age of thirty-seven. Every time I visit the corner across from his apartment,...

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