Archive - The Tidewater Papers

What project should I work on next?

I haven’t had any new writing to post here in quite some time. However, I have been writing. Way back in August I posted a short, 1,000-word piece I’d…

Jan 16 •

Joseph W. Knowles

Gilbert, King of the Americans

Jan 16 •

Joseph W. Knowles

November 2023

We Shall Reclaim Literature with Horror

“The last I saw of Count Dracula was his kissing his hand to me, with a red light of triumph in his eyes, and with a smile Judas in hell might be proud…

Published on Trantor Publishing • Nov 30, 2023

August 2023

I wrote this in response to the prompt for the July Flash Fiction Contest for Silence and Starsong. To be fair to these characters, however, I decided…

Aug 9, 2023 •

Joseph W. Knowles

June 2023

Midnight in Pungo

A flash fiction story

Jun 28, 2023 •

Joseph W. Knowles

February 2023

Beneath the Hill (part 4)

In the third part of the story, our hero began to uncover a dark secret that lurks beneath the surface in Jackson Hollow. Will he discover the true…

Feb 28, 2023 •

Joseph W. Knowles

Beneath the Hill (part 3)

In the previous installment, Abishai’s unease about Jackson Hollow began to grow, as he parried questions from the local lawman and fought off an…

Feb 21, 2023 •

Joseph W. Knowles

Beneath the Hill (part 2)

Last time, Abishai Godfrey happened upon the small town of Jackson Hollow. The timing of his arrival in the mountains overlooking the town was…

Feb 14, 2023 •

Joseph W. Knowles

Beneath the Hill (part 1)

Shadows crept over the valley, darkening the motley canvas of deep greens and flaming reds that forested the area around the little town. It was getting…

Feb 7, 2023 •

Joseph W. Knowles

January 2023

Sheriff Moultrie and the Sulfur Springs Bandits

Sheriff C.R. Moultrie had seen more than a few bank robberies in his time, but never one quite like what he saw that afternoon at the First Bank of…

Jan 26, 2023 •

Joseph W. Knowles

December 2022

Triumph of the Skies

A flash fiction story

Dec 20, 2022 •

Joseph W. Knowles

November 2022

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Nov 3, 2022 •

Joseph W. Knowles

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