+ Reveal a horrifying disfigurement behind a woman’s veil.
+ Something is “bulging” beneath Charlie’s sweater. Jane is obsessively fixated on this. Dramatize the revelation of Charlie’s hidden surprise.
+ Create a character who has no fingernails. What happened to them and what surprising skill can he perform without them?
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I’m sad to report that my weekly “Instigation” column will no longer appear in Hellnotes newsletter, because it is a newsletter no more. Moreover, the “Wee Small Hours” flash fiction webzine has been canceled. But not to fear: Hellnotes is still alive under the editorship of David B. Silva, and has evolved into a new FREE syndicated weblog that you should visit regularly!
And I will continue to regularly publish “Instigation” in The Goreletter.