{"id":13774,"date":"2020-04-07T08:15:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-06T22:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/?p=13774"},"modified":"2020-04-07T06:57:26","modified_gmt":"2020-04-06T20:57:26","slug":"quarantine-quanta-free-stories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/quarantine-quanta-free-stories\/","title":{"rendered":"Quarantine Quanta: Free Stories!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Quarantine Quanta<\/em> is an anthology of really really small packets \u2013 &#8216;quanta&#8217; \u2013 of literary light generated during a dark time, and you are invited to read them for free! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Quarantine-Quanta-Zena-Shapter-232x300.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13776\" srcset=\"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Quarantine-Quanta-Zena-Shapter-232x300.png 232w, http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Quarantine-Quanta-Zena-Shapter-116x150.png 116w, http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Quarantine-Quanta-Zena-Shapter.png 604w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A drabble is a short story told in exactly 100 words. They&#8217;re extremely hard to write! But when I read about &#8216;Quarantine Quanta&#8217;, designed to ease the struggle of those trying to find their footing right now, I had to give it a go! Lifting people&#8217;s spirits with stories? I&#8217;m in!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My story &#8216;Feeding Time&#8217; was selected for the anthology from just under 300 entries, and now the collection is free to read over here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1WPEJ017knV1VoGQKh01mapUtS87GSz_n\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\">Contest eBook PDF<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1E5oIDkauvZqJ5MT25Wo0Qm1bSkJZDbL_\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\">Contest eBook EPUB<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1urtF71UNIEhpL3omZTzRoE6kdOds-Apk\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\">Contest eBook MOBI<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can also download the anthology <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/maurayzmore.com\/quarantine-quanta-a-drabble-contest\/results-of-quarantine-quanta\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> \u2013 just scroll to the bottom of the page for a link. The 30 drabbles included are sorted into categories that mimic the timeline of people\u2019s response to the current pandemic: real and surreal, pandemic, horror, science fiction and fantasy, and, finally, levity. Many thanks to <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/maurayzmore.com\/quarantine-quanta-a-drabble-contest\/results-of-quarantine-quanta\/\" target=\"_blank\">Maura Yzmore<\/a> for putting this together! You rock! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now sit back, click on a link, and give yourself the gift of disappearing for a while into the creative realm of story! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quarantine Quanta is an anthology of really really small packets \u2013 &#8216;quanta&#8217; \u2013 of literary light generated during a dark time, and you are invited to read them for free! A drabble is a short story told in exactly 100 words. They&#8217;re extremely hard to write! But when I read\u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-reading-button\"> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/quarantine-quanta-free-stories\/\">Continue reading<i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13776,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"FREE STORIES! 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