Stephen Kastner
Stephen Kastner writes essays, science fiction, memoir, poetry, and is currently working on a screenplay and novel about his Quaker ancestor Thomas Maule, who was arrested for defending the wise women accused of witchcraft in Salem in 1692. He leads the Green Mountain Writers Group in Vermont and creates digital media professionally as DesignWise Studios.
Follow his Antediluvian Attitudes on Substack: https://stephenkastner.substack.com
"Dr. Seuss Enterprises did not specify which illustrations were offensive, but four of the titles contain cartoon depictions of Asian…
On 7/1 Open Genre | Jumping the Fence by Stephen Kastner
This is the result of overthinking and overworking something. I originally began it with the Cowgirl story, then thought the…
On 7/1 Open Genre | Jumping the Fence by Stephen Kastner
Thanks Millie. I'd like for the opening scene 20 years earlier to illustrate the theocracy, set the stage for understanding…
On 6/17 Open Genre | Storyline for The Book of Thomas by Stephen Kastner
I just got caught up in my reading from Friday and want to confirm that this is very well written,…
On 6/10 Open Genre | Memoir Section 5 by Liz Teuber
These two chapters provide a great Faye and Maya foundation. I only wish there was a bit more of Maya.…
On 5/13 Open Genre – Corona Ch 19-20 by Millie Eidson
I will work on clarifying the weather as the switch to sunshine plays in at the departure. There is so…
On 5/13 Open Genre – Mary English Arrested – Scene 2 by Stephen Kastner
Uh oh, we got trouble in River City... "A panel of journalists discuss the latest revelations regarding the theory that…
On 5/13 Open Genre – Corona Ch 19-20 by Millie Eidson
I really liked these chapters. At the risk of destroying my masculine persona, I had tears in my eyes at…
On 4/29 Open Genre – Corona Ch 13-14 by Millie Eidson
It is a research piece in part, a philosophical exercise in part, a comic stichomythia in part.
On 4/29 Open Genre – Initialism or Acronymania Defined by Happy Star Dust
I had a tangential thought about working on something sci-fi regarding the Order as a Big Brother type of cultural…
On 4/29 Open Genre – Initialism or Acronymania Defined by Happy Star Dust