Fiction Archives - Clara Bush

Interview with a Shapesifter

September 2, 2022 by Clara Bush Leave a Comment

Shapeshifting dominates myths, legends, folklore, and fairy tales as far back as we can trace. Some even believe Jesus was a shapeshifter. They believe this is why Judas betrayed him with a kiss. Otherwise he could have just described Jesus to the soldiers. But, since Jesus could change his shape, Judas used a kiss. Even […]

13 Best ET Pick-Up Lines

August 18, 2022 by Clara Bush 5 Comments

During my brief summer sabbatical, I entertained several of my childhood friends for nightly card games. My childhood friends—which my parents claimed to be imaginary—had, like me, grown up and were interested in more adult problems rather than scaring the neighbors, or kids’ games such as Hide and Boo or Murder in the Graveyard. During […]

Ellipses…Guidelines for Their Safe Use In Fiction

July 22, 2021 by Clara Bush 5 Comments

Deviating from the weird and wonderful, the next two blogs will deal with writer business. I know. I feel your pain. But I receive so many hits on my blogs on ellipses and em dashes, it’s time to update. I’ve procrastinated long enough. Much confusion surrounds the use of ellipses — a series of three […]

Ghost Hunt — Part 2: Elementals and Ghosts, Is There a Difference?

April 1, 2021 by Clara Bush 21 Comments

Last blog, we discussed the feasibility of ghosts and used Carl Sagan’s concept of a fourth dimension to explain why some of us have ghostly encounters in our three-dimensional world. There is another supernatural entity called Elementals. Before going forward on our ghost hunt, we need to determine if ghosts and elementals are the same. […]

Hell Town RV Park, Episode 51: A Free Web Serial.

December 7, 2019 by Clara Bush Leave a Comment

Hell Town RV Park For Those Who Believe in Other Worlds (a Web Serial) by Clara Bush Artwork by Lara Clayton Part Three: The Hidden (To start at the beginning with Episode 1 click here.) (Rated Mature for Adult content) (Last Time in Hell: Was any of it real? She wasn’t sure. What she was […]