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
I always ask myself, "What’s the purpose and who is the intended audience?" I typically write to resolve questions that…
On 4/29 Open Genre – Initialism or Acronymania Defined by Happy Star Dust
I agree, but writing about the info overload is my only therapy. Conspiracy theory? Just wait a week.
On 4/8 Open Genre – Slap Happy by Stephen Kastner
And here I thought the whole piece was intended to be humorous... I changed the last line to "But, thank…
On 4/8 Open Genre – Slap Happy by Stephen Kastner
Thanks for your analysis of the loose ends I must resolve. In this fresh-off-the-page first draft, I have tried to…
On 3/4 Open Genre – “First Strike” by Stephen Kastner
Back in the days when TV was a horse of a different color... "Kiri Te Kanawa | The Tonight Show…
On 2/25 Open Genre – “Internet Dating Profile” by Robert Beckhardt
I enjoyed the immediate action that opens with these two chapters, especially the way they work together with groundwork laid…
On Friday 2/4 Open Genre: Corona, Chapter 1-2 by Millie Eidson
The end is actually a cliffhanger. I intend to write another episode, a collection of micro-fictions. The eight refers to…
On Friday 2/4 Open Genre: Micro-fiction
Eye See You by Ashley Anne Strobridge
On Poetry & Performance 2/1/2022
As long as we have bare branches, I can see Mt. Mansfield. It's quite a powerful image. Now. I am…
On Friday 1/7 Open Genre: Unpsychology Final Submission and Virtual Walkabout
I was pleased to discover this great feature story on Victor Densmore written by Tom Brown in the June 17,…
On Introducing Vermont Poet, Victor Densmore