A simple plan on Fiction on the web

“A mandolin playing the opening notes of a traditional song, soon joined by a woman’s high, clear voice, could mean only one thing. Alar remembered right, it was market day in Kartok…”

My first published short story was the first story I wrote. It’s about a boy who learns, in the nick of time, what it takes to be a hero. You can find at Fiction on the Web.

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Subtext

March 4, 2024 No Comments

Writing sparkling dialog isn’t easy, but it’s an essential writing technique to master. Good dialog sounds natural, but paradoxically, it isn’t the way real people

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Show and Tell

February 5, 2024 No Comments

I’ve been writing for a little over four years, now. And they have been productive years. I’m about to turn in my fifth book to

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Ross Hightower

Ross Hightower

Somehow, after spending most of his life in the south, Ross Hightower found himself living in Milwaukee with his wife of 34 years and loving it. One cold, snowy day, not too long ago, he woke with a story stuck in his head, and although that wasn’t unusual, what happened next was unprecedented. He wrote it down. That small story grew into his first novel, "Spirit Sight," which he is busily shopping to publishers. His short stories have been published in Fiction on the Web and Sword and Sorcery Magazine.