Gross Out Your Readers (In a Good Way)

Miniature writing lessons from my 100-word microfiction story, “Sewer Rat.”

Sometimes we need a feel-good story, one that lifts us up and makes us feel like anything is possible.

But I’ve known for a while that my writing is at its best when it’s steeped in dark, depressive themes. Once in a while, I’ll write something with a brighter underlying message, one that fills the reader with hope that things will be okay in the end. Ye…