Alexandra M. Lucas

Short Story Publication: "With You" in HamLit 2020 Summer Issue

Lately I've been working on a variety of short stories in order to keep improving my writing skills as I work on long-term professional...

Microfiction Publication: "Wool Coat" in Cascadia Weekly

This year, I entered Cascadia Weekly''s annual Fiction 101 Competition, which asks local folks to write microfiction of 101 words or...

Short Story Publication: "Manna is Where You Make It" in Whatcom WRITES: Discovery 2020

Overjoyed to share that my short story, "Manna is Where You Make It," was selected for publication in this year's Whatcom WRITES...

Short Story Publication: "The Other Side" in HamLit January 2020 Issue

Excited to share that my short story, "The Other Side," is featured in HamLit's January 2020 issue, No Man's Land. I've been working on...

Short Story "Tannenbaum" Selected as Fairhaven Winterfest "Tales of the Season"

Exciting news: my short story about getting lost on a Christmas tree farm was selected as a winner of Fairhaven Winterfest's first annual...

Cinematic: Original Avengers Scenario (Bruce & Steve)

Short Fiction: Counting Stars in Sant Andreu

“No, no paella for me, thanks.” The three other American students joined the wait staff in gaping at Kora as if she had just politely...

My First NaNoWriMo - 4. The Home Stretch

As a long-time diarist and recipient of a B.A. in English, I have certainly heard whispers of National Novel Writing Month before, but I...

My First NaNoWriMo - 1. The Silver-Haired Fox

Here is my first official Camp NaNoWriMo post! I'm not really sure what to expect from the month ahead, but I managed to produce a first...

Chapter 1 of Opal's Imagipen (children's story)

Excerpt from Opal's Imagipen http://www.desktopwallpapers4.me/artistic/girl-painting-the-rainbow-8623/ Chapter 1 The Questionable...

The Diary of a Manic Pixie Dream Girl, or: Slivers of Ourselves (short fiction - journal entry)

Film critic Nathan Rabin defined this trope thusly: "...that bubbly, shallow cinematic creature that exists solely in the fevered...

Prologue to Transcendence (short story excerpt)

For as long as I can remember, I have made things grow. Even in my old existence – brief and blurry by comparison – I helped every...

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (short play)

Cast: FATHER EDWARD: Catholic priest in his early 30s with dark hair and green eyes; heartbreakingly handsome AMETHYST: voluptuous,...

V.1 The Game (short play)

This is the first version of the first short play that I wrote while studying English with a creative writing focus at Wellesley College....

Game Writer & Narrative Designer