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Have you started Up The Corner Stair? Chapter Two starts NOW! Or start from the beginning!
March 11, 2026 at 2:20 PM
Have you started Up The Corner Stair? Chapter Two starts NOW! Or start from the beginning!
TELL BETTER STORIES! Humans and human cultures are STORY FORMED. We are shaped by the stories told, which manifest as politics, worldviews, and actions.
As war erupts worldwide, we see the failure of certain stories. It's time for better stories.
As war erupts worldwide, we see the failure of certain stories. It's time for better stories.
March 2, 2026 at 3:26 PM
TELL BETTER STORIES! Humans and human cultures are STORY FORMED. We are shaped by the stories told, which manifest as politics, worldviews, and actions.
As war erupts worldwide, we see the failure of certain stories. It's time for better stories.
As war erupts worldwide, we see the failure of certain stories. It's time for better stories.
Social Principles of United Methodist Church: “-we are called to love our enemies, seek justice, and serve as reconcilers of conflict. We must insist that the first moral duty of all nations is to work together to resolve by peaceful means every dispute that arises between or among them.”
February 28, 2026 at 8:41 PM
Social Principles of United Methodist Church: “-we are called to love our enemies, seek justice, and serve as reconcilers of conflict. We must insist that the first moral duty of all nations is to work together to resolve by peaceful means every dispute that arises between or among them.”
I tried to write a book on reverse psychology. Please don’t read it.
February 25, 2026 at 2:46 PM
I tried to write a book on reverse psychology. Please don’t read it.
The Infinite Abyss called and said you are making too much eye contact and would you look at a flower or tree for a bit instead?
February 17, 2026 at 6:02 PM
The Infinite Abyss called and said you are making too much eye contact and would you look at a flower or tree for a bit instead?
Has anyone ever written young adult/middle grade novels that teach math concepts? Asking for a friend whose kids are book-obsessed but struggle with math. I'm that friend.
February 17, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Has anyone ever written young adult/middle grade novels that teach math concepts? Asking for a friend whose kids are book-obsessed but struggle with math. I'm that friend.
Check out my new post! CHAPTER 1, PART 3 is OUT NOW for Up The Corner Stairs from Jason Derr and FictionLab Studios! Hand crafted fantasy, for the world! Please read, subscribe and share! open.substack.com/pub/jasonder...
Up The Corner Stair (Chapter 1, Part 3)
In Which a Brother and Sister Discuss Stairs and Affairs.
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February 16, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Check out my new post! CHAPTER 1, PART 3 is OUT NOW for Up The Corner Stairs from Jason Derr and FictionLab Studios! Hand crafted fantasy, for the world! Please read, subscribe and share! open.substack.com/pub/jasonder...
Somedays I just want to take a nap.
February 10, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Somedays I just want to take a nap.
I love Joseph Campbell. But his ‘Hero’s Journey’ is terribly limited in scope. Here is a wonderful look at Japanese fairy tales.
lithub.com/our-fairy-ta...
lithub.com/our-fairy-ta...
Our Fairy Tales Ourselves: Storytelling From East to West
It’s Thursday and it’s Christmas Eve and I am reading three books to my six-year-old before he goes to sleep. There’s the requisite “Night Before Christmas” and an elaborately illustrated book wher…
lithub.com
February 9, 2026 at 6:10 PM
I love Joseph Campbell. But his ‘Hero’s Journey’ is terribly limited in scope. Here is a wonderful look at Japanese fairy tales.
lithub.com/our-fairy-ta...
lithub.com/our-fairy-ta...
New release for my Fantasy Realist story Up The Corner Stair is out. open.substack.com/pub/jasonder...
Up The Corner Stairs (Chapter 1, Part 2)
In Which We Learn We Can Never Go Home Again
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February 9, 2026 at 4:24 PM
New release for my Fantasy Realist story Up The Corner Stair is out. open.substack.com/pub/jasonder...
My ‘Big Goal’ is to write a North American fantasy that draws from American folklore AND has a magical system based on Methodist theology (broadly speaking, I only kinda sorta loosely not really want to be the progressive CS Lewis). The current thing I’m serializing does have a Sasquatch in it!
February 7, 2026 at 4:42 PM
My ‘Big Goal’ is to write a North American fantasy that draws from American folklore AND has a magical system based on Methodist theology (broadly speaking, I only kinda sorta loosely not really want to be the progressive CS Lewis). The current thing I’m serializing does have a Sasquatch in it!
Not to brag but when your self-employed your always employee of the month.
February 6, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Not to brag but when your self-employed your always employee of the month.
Serializing 'Up The Corner Stair' on Medium as well medium.com/@derrjason50...
Up The Corner Stairs (Chapter 1, Part 1)
“Up the corner stairs,” Grandfather used to say, leaning from the large winged chair that sat in the center of his study, “Up the corner…
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February 5, 2026 at 9:49 PM
Serializing 'Up The Corner Stair' on Medium as well medium.com/@derrjason50...
When my oldest was 5, we watched LJ. At the end he asked 'what does it mean that Luke won without violence', 'is Kylo Ren evil, or just hurting' and 'can Kylo ever fix what he did to Rey?'. Those are the right questions. I'll love this movie forever. @markhamillofficial.bsky.social
Disney Is Officially Retconning The Last Jedi After 9 Years Of Star Wars Fan Backlash
The arc of an iconic Jedi is finally back on track.
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February 5, 2026 at 6:01 PM
When my oldest was 5, we watched LJ. At the end he asked 'what does it mean that Luke won without violence', 'is Kylo Ren evil, or just hurting' and 'can Kylo ever fix what he did to Rey?'. Those are the right questions. I'll love this movie forever. @markhamillofficial.bsky.social
Check out these fantastic drawings from 1917 for the Brothers Grimm. www.themarginalian.org/2016/02/29/a...
Arthur Rackham’s Rare and Revolutionary 1917 Illustrations for the Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales
Amid the thickest darkness of World War I, a luminous beacon of the magical inside the macabre.
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February 4, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Check out these fantastic drawings from 1917 for the Brothers Grimm. www.themarginalian.org/2016/02/29/a...
There are fewer hell's harder than convincing your Communist Manifesto reading 13 year old to get dressed in the morning for middle school.
February 3, 2026 at 4:30 PM
There are fewer hell's harder than convincing your Communist Manifesto reading 13 year old to get dressed in the morning for middle school.
First release of my serialized fantasy story 'Up The Corner Stairs' is released. New releases weekly. Subscribe to get updates! Releases will be free for a week before it goes behind a paywall. jasonderr.substack.com/p/up-the-cor...
February 2, 2026 at 5:29 PM
First release of my serialized fantasy story 'Up The Corner Stairs' is released. New releases weekly. Subscribe to get updates! Releases will be free for a week before it goes behind a paywall. jasonderr.substack.com/p/up-the-cor...
Jason's Substack
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Hand-Crafted Fiction in the age of AI. Click to read Jason's Substack, by Jason Derr, a Substack publication. Launched 2 days ago.
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February 2, 2026 at 2:44 PM
Jason's Substack
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New reading list challenge. bsky.app/profile/theb...
The best science fiction, fantasy and horror – reviews roundup https://buff.ly/3CvOs41
#books #amreading #scifi #fantasty #horror
#books #amreading #scifi #fantasty #horror
The best science fiction, fantasy and horror – reviews roundup
Old Soul by Susan Barker; Model Home by Rivers Solomon; Mother of Serpents by John R Gordon; Symbiote by Michael Nayak; Waterblack by Alex Pheby
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February 1, 2026 at 2:14 AM
New reading list challenge. bsky.app/profile/theb...
As part of my new writing business - to bring together theology and fiction (my two loves) - I am setting up a substack. Please subscribe if you want regular fiction from me. I will be serializing novels and novellas, sharing shorts and microfiction. open.substack.com/pub/jasonder...
The Story Begins...
It started with a leap of faith. I was ending my time as the pastor of an LGBTQ inclusive church and starting a new job when my wife got sick, cancer. I was working in cemetery sales and burning out.
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January 31, 2026 at 7:33 PM
As part of my new writing business - to bring together theology and fiction (my two loves) - I am setting up a substack. Please subscribe if you want regular fiction from me. I will be serializing novels and novellas, sharing shorts and microfiction. open.substack.com/pub/jasonder...