Tag Archives: short stories

My Three ‘Novel’ Styles: All About Form

Posted on February 18, 2022 by Charles Yallowitz

First, the above is rather true.  I’m always adding onto a story, so keeping it short is a challenge.  That’s not what this post is really about, but it connects to how I write my stories.  It’s why my styles … Continue reading →

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Teaser Tuesday: Working for a Bastard

Posted on July 20, 2021 by Charles Yallowitz

Ichabod always ends up in the top tier of characters.  It’s always strange since people love him on the blog, but the book never sells.  Maybe this will Life & Times of Ichabod Brooks a little bit of a charge.

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Poetry Month Overflow: The Life & Times of Ichabod Brooks #fantasy #shortstories

Posted on July 1, 2021 by Charles Yallowitz

Ichabod has no quest Beyond the basics Food on the table And a roof Over his family’s head Adventurer by trade Known far and wide His bow holds fame While his face shows miles Knees click And hips ache Ichabod … Continue reading →

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Teaser Tuesday: Pesky Bugs #fantasy #shortstories #adventure

Posted on June 30, 2020 by Charles Yallowitz

Wouldn’t be a run of teasers if I didn’t end a fan favorite.  Here we have a piece from The Life & Times of Ichabod Brooks.  Since this is a collection of short stories, it’s hard to pick something that … Continue reading →

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The Titles of Charles E. Yallowitz: Very Few Survived the First Round

Posted on May 8, 2020 by Charles Yallowitz

I can’t think of many titles in my series that made it through to the end.  Even when it comes to the series titles, things got changed along the way.  Legends of Windemere, War of Nytefall, Ichabod Brooks, Quest of the Brokenhearted, and . … Continue reading →

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Keys of Eden . . . The Basics

Posted on March 1, 2020 by Charles Yallowitz

Probably not the best idea to use that picture, but people are going to jump to the comparison anyway.  Keys of Eden is the story/series where the main character is going to be collecting 100 unique monsters.  Wow.  It’s really trippy that … Continue reading →

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Teaser Tuesday: Starting Off on an Odd Foot #fantasy #shortstories

Posted on October 15, 2019 by Charles Yallowitz

Here’s another one from The Life & Times of Ichabod Brooks.  I’m finding it difficult to locate the older teasers, so they might all be new.  This is a part from Ichabod Brooks & the Vixen of Errenshar.  I’m going to let the … Continue reading →

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Pre-Order Now: Unknown Relams- A Fiction-Atlas Press Anthology

Posted on October 13, 2019 by Charles Yallowitz

Discover new and uncharted worlds as the authors of Unknown Realms weave tales of time travel, mystic portals, alternate dimensions, and undiscovered landscapes. Pre-Order a copy of this new release on: Amazon Barnes & Noble Kobo Google Play/Books Official Release … Continue reading →

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Character Acrostics: More Poem Fun

Posted on September 18, 2019 by Charles Yallowitz

Basically, every letter that starts the line is going to be part of a word.  That word will be a character associated with each series.  Think I’m going to do 4 or 5 here, but two of them will be … Continue reading →

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Teaser Tuesday: Ichabod’s First Rodeo #fantasy #shortstories

Posted on September 10, 2019 by Charles Yallowitz

This is going way back!  Before The Life & Times of Ichabod Brooks, I gave our favorite adventurer a smaller outing.  It was a single short story that I put out (and still have out) for 99 cents.  I figured it … Continue reading →

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