This month, I have a new short story published in Scarlet Leaf Review. This one is around 3659 words. You can read it alongside the other stories and poetry in the December 2016 issue published today.
Author photo from Scarlet Leaf Review
The question that people most often ask, when they find out I am a writer, is where I get the inspiration for my work. As any author will tell you, fiction has a basis in fact. I take ideas from everyday situations or slice-of-life stories that I hear from other people. This one is based more on the former. Is the protagonist, George, simply being sweet, or is he a sinister stalker?
Hope you enjoy it!
About Leilanie Stewart
Leilanie Stewart is an award-winning author and poet from Belfast, Northern Ireland. She writes ghost and psychological horror, as well as experimental poetry. Her writing confronts the nature of self; her novels feature main characters on a dark psychological journey who have a crisis and create a new sense of identity. She began writing for publication while working as an English teacher in Japan, a career pathway that has influenced themes in her writing. Her former career as an Archaeologist has also inspired her writing and she has incorporated elements of archaeology and mythology into both her fiction and poetry.
In addition to promoting her own work, Leilanie runs Bindweed Anthologies, a creative writing publication with her writer husband, Joseph Robert. Aside from publishing pursuits, Leilanie enjoys spending time with her husband and their lively literary lad, a voracious reader of sea monster books.
Leilanie Stewart 
Hi Leilanie,
It’s a fantastic piece of writing. Very intriguing and fast. Thanks for sending the link, much appreciated.
Best
Thank you Anirban – that means a lot! I’m glad you liked it.
Leilanie 🌺
Nice twist!
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed my story 😁
Hi Leilianie. You definitely have a flair for digging into a disturbed mind. (Or showing us that we have no use for helpful people in today’s world!) Since you’re sharing, I’ll share on too! A little look into the dread that’s been floating through parts of America since our election. http://www.gravelmag.com/blog/the-apology-by-craig-fishbane
Congrats Craig!
Really well written; I enjoyed this story very much. Maybe it was just me, but the teacher’s fixation with Shakura’s plump lips, and the repetition of focus on her lips and mouth gave this an edge that went beyond the sadness of the piece for me. Nevertheless, whatever way it’s intended, I enjoyed it – thanks for sharing!
Leilanie 🌺
That was a good read, Leilanie! Thanks for sharing.
I hope you are doing good in your ventures.
Best wishes,
Alok
Thanks for reading & commenting, Alok! I’m fine – keeping busy with my various projects.
Hope you’re good & Ashvamegh is going well.
Leilanie 🌺