Megan Hart's inspiration to write was an expansion on which earlier short story ?
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Megan Hart Megan Hart is an American author of romantic and erotic novels. Hart became interested in writing after reading the Ray Bradbury short story "Homecoming". Moved by this work, she rewrote her own version and began creating stories. She was inspired to write professionally after reading Stephen King's "The Stand". After a long break Hart resumed writing in 1998, publishing her first book in 2002.
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The Stand The Stand is a post-apocalyptic horror/fantasy novel by American author Stephen King. It expands upon the scenario of his earlier short story "Night Surf" and outlines the total breakdown of society after the accidental release of a strain of influenza that had been modified for biological warfare causes an apocalyptic pandemic which kills off the majority of the world's human population.
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A New England Nun "A New England Nun" is a short story by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman published in 1891.
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Hester Kaplan Hester Kaplan is an American short story writer, and novelist.
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The Magic Goes Away The Magic Goes Away is a fantasy short story written by Larry Niven in 1976, and later expanded to a novella of the same name which was published in 1978. While these works were not the first in the "Magic Universe" or "Warlock" series, they marked a turning point after the 1973 oil crisis and Niven's subsequent transformation of the series into an allegory for a modern-day energy crisis. The setting was later used as a backdrop for a series of full-length novels, "The Burning City" (2000) and its sequel, "Burning Tower" (2005), which were co-written with Jerry Pournelle.
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Manitonquat Manitonquat (AKA Medicine Story; born Francis Story Talbot, July 17, 1929), is an American author of two books, and several more self-published booklets on New Age philosophy, spirituality, and community sociology. He has led workshops and rituals at the Rainbow Gatherings held by the Rainbow Family. Since the 1970s, he has toured the United States and Europe teaching and lecturing on the adaptation of the application of philosophy to modern problems of society, community, and relationships.
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Polly Plus "Polly Plus" is a science fiction short story by Randall Garrett, originally published in "Asimov's Science Fiction" in 1978.
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The Man of Adamant "The Man of Adamant" is a short story written by Nathaniel Hawthorne. It was first published in the 1837 edition of "The Token and Atlantic Souvenir", edited by Samuel Griswold Goodrich. It later appeared in Hawthorne's final collection of short stories "The Snow-Image, and Other Twice-Told Tales", published in 1852 by Ticknor, Reed & Fields.
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I'm Crazy "I'm Crazy" is a short story written by J. D. Salinger for the December 22, 1945 issue of "Collier's" magazine. Despite the story's underlying melancholy, the magazine described it as "the heart-warming story of a kid whose only fault lay in understanding people so well that most of them were baffled by him and only a very few would believe in him."
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Megan Staffel Megan Staffel (born 1952, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA) is an American fiction writer and essayist. She is the author of two novels, "The Notebook of Lost Things" and "She Wanted Something Else", and three story collections, "A Length of Wire and Other Stories", "Lessons In Another Language" and "The Exit Coach". Her story collection, "Lessons in Another Language," was awarded the 2011 IPPY AWARD for Bronze Medal Winner in the Short Story and the 2011 Foreword Review's "Book of the Year Award" for Silver Medal Winner in the Short Story. Her stories have appeared in numerous journals, including Ploughshares and New England Review. Her essays on the craft of fiction appear in "A Kite in the Wind," edited by Andrea Barrett and Peter Turchi, and "Letters to a Fiction Writer," edited by Frederick Busch. She teaches in the MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College.
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Poe no Ichizoku Poe no Ichizoku (Japanese: ポーの一族 , Hepburn: Pō no Ichizoku , lit. "The Poe Family") is a Japanese shōjo historical manga by Moto Hagio that depicts a family of vampires from the 18th to the 20th centuries. The two main characters, Edgar Portsnell and Allan Twilight, as well as the family are named after Edgar Allan Poe. It was serialized by Shogakukan in "Betsucomi" from 1972 to 1976 and collected in nine "tankōbon" under the Flower Comics imprint. "Poe" was the first shōjo manga from Shogakukan to be released in this format. It was inspired by Shotaro Ishimori's story "Mist, Roses and Stars".
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Paint Your Dragon Paint Your Dragon is a humorous novel by Tom Holt first published in the UK in 1996 by Orbit and in paper back a year later by St. Martin's Press. It was also made available in electronic format by Hachette Digital in 2009. This was the author's twelfth humorous book and his eighteenth overall. It has been republished as part of Tom Holt's "Omnibus No'7: Saints and Sinners". Inspired by the legend of St. George and the Dragon, the book tells the story of a sculptor, Bianca Wilson, who creates statues of St. George and the Dragon. These statues come to life and carry on their battle where they left off. The story is intertwined with other minor plots that supplement the main theme and ultimately aid it to its conclusion.
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The Doll's House (short story) "The Doll's House" is a 1922 short story by Katherine Mansfield. It was first published in "The Nation and Atheneum" on 4 February 1922 and subsequently appeared in "The Doves' Nest and Other Stories" (1923). Mansfield used an alternative title in other editions, including ""At Karori"".
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Cora Taylor Cora Taylor (born January 14, 1936) is a Canadian writer. Born in Fort Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan, she moved to Edmonton in 1955. Her career as a writer began as editor of the "Alberta Poetry Yearbook" from 1980 to 1985. She wrote many articles and short stories for publication in various Canadian periodicals. Cora's first major success came with the publication of her first novel "Julie" by Coteau Books. Her second published novel was "The Doll", which featured artwork on its cover painted by her daughter Wendy Mogg. Following that came "Summer of the Mad Monk", a story set in 1932 during the Dust Bowl. Her fourth and most popular novel to date is "On the Wings of a Dragon". A sequel was released but did not gain as much popularity as the first. Following that was "Out on the Prairie", "The Deadly Dance", and then the "Ghost Voyages" series. The latest "Ghost Voyages" Book (Part IV) was released on May 3, 2008. The main character in the Ghost Voyages series has the same name of Taylor's first grandson, Jeremy Belly. Aunt Wendy is based on her daughter, Wendy Mogg. Other books written include the Angelique series.
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Crusade (short story) "Crusade" is a short story by English writer Arthur C. Clarke published in 1968 and republished in" The Wind from the Sun "as well as" The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke".
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The Commuter "The Commuter" is a science fiction short story by American writer Philip K. Dick.
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William and Mary (short story) "William and Mary" is a short story by Roald Dahl, originally published in 1959 and included in his 1960 collection "Kiss Kiss". It was later adapted into episodes of "Way Out" and "Tales of the Unexpected".
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A Pair of Silk Stockings "A Pair of Silk Stockings" is a short story written by Kate Chopin. Published in 1897, the story follows Mrs. Sommers who prefers spending a windfall on herself, rather than on her children
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Margaret Collier Graham Margaret Collier Graham (September 29, 1850 – January 17, 1910) was a short story writer in southern California at the beginning of the 20th century.
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St. Amy's Tale "St. Amy's Tale" is a short story by Orson Scott Card. It appears in his short story collection "Maps in a Mirror".
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Melissa Pritchard Melissa Pritchard is an American short story writer, novelist, essayist, and journalist.
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From Beyond (short story) "From Beyond" is a horror short story by American writer H. P. Lovecraft. It was written in 1920 and was first published in "The Fantasy Fan" in June 1934 (Vol. 1, No. 10).