Month: September 2013

D’Aulaires’ Norse Myths

Early in the morning of time there was no sand, no grass, no lapping wave. There was no earth, no sun, no moon, no stars. There was Niflheim, a waste of frozen fog, and Muspelheim, a place of raging flame. And in between the fog and fire was a gaping pit–Ginungagap. Thus begins the creation… Read More ›

Recommended Reads

Discover new authors (or revisit old favorites) with The Poisoned Martini ‘s Recommended Reads. Perhaps these suggested titles will expand your reading list. *** Paranormal Mysteries! With Halloween approaching, now is the perfect time to try one of the growing number of supernatural-tinged mysteries. Such genre defying stories are often hard to categorize as they tend to… Read More ›

Dark Horse

Nicky ‘Nick’ Rigopoulos finds himself a dark horse in a race to solve a frame up—his own. Nick’s day starts off well enough. He’s in a courtroom handling a personal injury case. “None of his cases went to trial anymore. That was the way he liked it—no risk. Just put your John Hancock right there… Read More ›

Friday Cocktail

Try something a little wild this Friday, tame a Grizzly Bear cocktail! The Grizzly Bear is a like a flavorful milkshake with coffee, almond, and herbal flavors. The cocktail makes use of a German digestif, Jägermeister–made from herbs and spices–which gives the drink a little kick, or should I say claw? This concoction is likely a… Read More ›

Writing Challenge 21

This month’s writing challenge offers up a curious scene. To spark your creativity, The Poisoned Martini features monthly images to get you started. Such images, because of their visual nature, vividly speak to writers and spark ideas for writing. The idea is to view the images below and to write a scene, a short story, a chapter, a… Read More ›