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Volume 1

By TurtleBoy in Imagine Magazine

36 pages, published 8/15/2011

Welcome to the Shack Out Back's first community magazine! Learn what has, is, and will be happening over at the Shack Out Back (gay-themed) community. Find tips to planning and writing your next story, and then read a couple that have been written by others. When you're done that, run on over to imagine-magazine.org to get involved! Half of all proceeds are donated to Comicality, and the rest will be saved for submission prizes and…

 
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The Five Powers of Narration
By: TurtleBoy - 05 August 2012 - 0 Comments

One of the hardest things that a writer faces when starting a story is deciding on its narrative perspective. The most comfortable method to choose for most writers would be the first person narrative because [...]

Fiction 101: Four Step Program
By: TurtleBoy - 05 August 2012 - 0 Comments

Fiction 101: Four Step Program By TurtleBoy   -released 02-08-2011 Have you ever started writing a story only to find yourself stuck in the middle with no idea where to go next? By using the [...]

Family: Chapter One: Kid on the Street
By: TurtleBoy - 05 August 2012 - 0 Comments

  It’s a cold December day.  Bus number 17 has made its last stop of the night.  One lone passenger gets off the bus.  He’s carrying a backpack across his shoulder.  It’s late, around 11:00 [...]

Singletrack Mind: Chapter One
By: JayDee - 05 August 2012 - 0 Comments

    My brain has a mind of its own! Even when I'm trying to concentrate on something, it wanders off to think about something else entirely, which is usually about sex.  Okay, pretty much [...]

Now That’s LemonFresh
By: TurtleBoy - 05 August 2012 - 0 Comments

  An interview conducted by TurtleBoy and answered by LemonFresh. TurtleBoy: Is there a reason why you chose LemonFresh as your Alias? LemonFresh: It was a nickname my friend gave me ‘cause I’m a neat-freak at [...]

Tasting Wine
By: TurtleBoy - 05 August 2012 - 0 Comments

It’s the most basic skill in any wine lover’s tool set. Believe it or not, putting it in your mouth and drinking is only part of it, there is a whole procedure steeped in tradition [...]

Nostalgically Speaking
By: TurtleBoy - 05 August 2012 - 0 Comments

I grew up within a small town, in England, surrounded by trees and farms. Things were simpler there. The days were quiet, and the streets could not be safer. The only thing I had to [...]

I’m Not In Kansas Anymore
By: TurtleBoy - 05 August 2012 - 0 Comments

  “Because of the Shack Out Back, I am able to accept who I am today.” I was born in Kansas City, in 1978, where I was immediately placed into foster care. I was never [...]

Chapter Contest: The Umbrella Incident
By: TurtleBoy - 05 August 2012 - 0 Comments

  At the beginning of the twenty-first century The Umbrella Corporation had become the largest commercial entity in the United States. Nine out of every ten homes contained its products. Its political and financial influence [...]

Gone Are The Days of The Gauntlet
By: TurtleBoy - 05 August 2012 - 0 Comments

In an attempt to defend the honour of TurtleBoy’s Chase Ellison, who has recently been placed in the role of GFD’s Justin, TurtleBoy threw down the gauntlet and challenged Comicality to a duel.  In response [...]

What About Bort?
By: TurtleBoy - 05 August 2012 - 0 Comments

With Erick living in California and Comicality living in Illinois, poor old Bort has become the victim of an unending custody battle. Despite all efforts to come to some kind of agreement, Bort Ick-Ality, son [...]