L. M. Rapp

My short stories rise from a mysterious, quiet inner place. Like images passing from a train window, they disappear quickly but leave an impression behind.

A story born of fear and darkness. The Lamentations, written after October 7, explores the shadows that still haunt us.

Je vous laisse accompagner le professeur Abouhab dans son expédition temporelle. Et que personne ne se perde en chemin…

Though food cannot carry a novel on its own, it can slip in as a secondary character, enriching the story with unexpected flavors and textures.

Writing without constraints means facing the vertigo of the blank page. Yet a word, a theme, a rule can spark the flame. When imagination surrenders to chance and detours, the story is born — unexpected yet coherent.

Born from a writing game, “Cacao” is a brief, uncanny tale where an inn, a crow, a dagger, and cocoa intertwine in mystery. Will you also take up the writing challenge?

Watching Miraï, our dog, sniffing a tuft of weeds with meticulous focus, I felt the urge to understand her better.

I saw the beginning, the end, and skipped the middle.

We often hear that literature needs strong female characters, as if a heroine’s role were to embody a model, defy norms, right wrongs, and shine with brilliance. But there is another kind of strength — quieter, rougher — the strength of women who remain standing despite their failures, who don’t try to seduce or persuade, who move forward in a mix of smoldering anger, fatigue, and misplaced tenderness.

She’s Always Hungry by Eliza Clark is a collection of eleven short stories that, through the lens of “hunger,” masterfully blend body horror, psychological drama, and social satire. The tales shift effortlessly between raw realism, chilling science fiction, and grotesque folklore, all delivered in Clark’s razor-sharp prose that fuses repulsion with fascination.

A personal essay on cutting down meat without cutting out pleasure — and how one man’s swollen toe saved us both.

People sometimes ask me— with a hint of suspicion— where my ideas come from. They emerge from experiences, lived or not, twisted and...

When I walk into the studio, I’m on a mission, and that mission has nothing to do with tidying up.

Verified tips for daily writing practice.

Eels, rats, cockroaches and Tim… A short story

A path between litterature and cooking with a free vegan recipe for illustration

A few weeks ago, we organized an open house with other artists.

I have seen L. O. Boult’s talent at work. Not only did he translate my second book “Of Flesh and Tears,” but he also discovered typos that

On "Dreadful Beauty" becoming bestseller and on the importance of reviews.

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