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A Wild Run: A Blended Genre Anthology
A BLENDED GENRE ANTHOLOGY. ONE PROMPT, FIFTEEN AUTHORS.
As I read over my work one night, I wondered if I was doing it justice. Perhaps I'm too inexperienced as an author to give these gigantic stories what they need. Maybe, if I just explained them to someone with more talent and poise, they would be able to tell it better. I dove into these unproductive anxieties for months, until I was rendered useless for anything creative. I compared my work. I hated that what I saw in my mind was not what I was communicating on paper. I feared I would never have the pretty prose like those I look up to do.
But the fog cleared—as it so often does.
With the help of some incredibly kind colleagues, I realized seeking perfection in your art and work in general merely means that you care. Feeling inadequate means you want the story to live to its full, creative potential. Here's the catch, no one, and I mean no one can write what is inside you better than you can. Because each experience, choice of diction, punctuation or whatever other individuality that a person carries cannot be replicated by anyone else. Your story won't be better at someone else's hand because it was created by you. And there isn't a single entity, human or machine, that can craft it better than its creator.
Don't listen to the traitorous voice that says you can't create. Fight back and remind yourself you own them too.
We put together this anthology to showcase the very real enigma of human creation. In a world increasingly complacent with AI, we wanted to prove a You can give the same prompt over and over to a machine and it will spit out the same, if not largely similar output. Give authors the same prompt… and watch what the human mind can do.
As I read over my work one night, I wondered if I was doing it justice. Perhaps I'm too inexperienced as an author to give these gigantic stories what they need. Maybe, if I just explained them to someone with more talent and poise, they would be able to tell it better. I dove into these unproductive anxieties for months, until I was rendered useless for anything creative. I compared my work. I hated that what I saw in my mind was not what I was communicating on paper. I feared I would never have the pretty prose like those I look up to do.
But the fog cleared—as it so often does.
With the help of some incredibly kind colleagues, I realized seeking perfection in your art and work in general merely means that you care. Feeling inadequate means you want the story to live to its full, creative potential. Here's the catch, no one, and I mean no one can write what is inside you better than you can. Because each experience, choice of diction, punctuation or whatever other individuality that a person carries cannot be replicated by anyone else. Your story won't be better at someone else's hand because it was created by you. And there isn't a single entity, human or machine, that can craft it better than its creator.
Don't listen to the traitorous voice that says you can't create. Fight back and remind yourself you own them too.
We put together this anthology to showcase the very real enigma of human creation. In a world increasingly complacent with AI, we wanted to prove a You can give the same prompt over and over to a machine and it will spit out the same, if not largely similar output. Give authors the same prompt… and watch what the human mind can do.
187 pages, Paperback
Published September 6, 2025
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About the author
Melanie Mar
2 books32 followersMelanie Mar is a Social Worker, mother of two fur-babies, a human baby, and wife to the planet’s sweetest man. When she is not combating adulthood duties, she enjoys exploring the outdoors (when it’s cold), watching horror films, reading romantic fantasies until 3am, and spending all the time she can with her family.
Her debut novel, Of Stars and Lightning, was a finalist in several categories for 2024's Indie Ink Award and was previously published through Conquest publishing in 2024.
Her debut novel, Of Stars and Lightning, was a finalist in several categories for 2024's Indie Ink Award and was previously published through Conquest publishing in 2024.
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August 24, 2025
★★★★★
I’m so incredibly gratefull I had the chance to read Arc read this anthology! 🫶🏻
This was such a cool read!! I’ve never read an anthology like this before. It centered around one concept, but each author wrote a completely different short story. They all had such a diffrent writing style and genre! It was amazing to see how the same idea could turn into something entirely new and diffrent with every page!!
Each new chapter had me excited to see what the next author would come up with. It was a wonderfull collection of unique and creative stories, written by some incredibly talented authors!
I truly can’t recommend it enough! Even if one story or genre isn’t quite your cup of tea, the next one just might be!!
I’m so incredibly gratefull I had the chance to read Arc read this anthology! 🫶🏻
This was such a cool read!! I’ve never read an anthology like this before. It centered around one concept, but each author wrote a completely different short story. They all had such a diffrent writing style and genre! It was amazing to see how the same idea could turn into something entirely new and diffrent with every page!!
Each new chapter had me excited to see what the next author would come up with. It was a wonderfull collection of unique and creative stories, written by some incredibly talented authors!
I truly can’t recommend it enough! Even if one story or genre isn’t quite your cup of tea, the next one just might be!!
September 4, 2025
I've never read an anthology before. I love how the authors have come together to write their own stories based on the same setting - the woods.
Each story showcased the author's individuality while keeping in harmony with the theme. Some had a dash of romance, others focused on thriller elements, and some did not have a happy ending. Surprisingly, I loved those dark ones with the emotional heaviness the most (I'm not sure what that says about me LOL)
A very interesting read for sure, and I'm glad I dove in blind.
Each story showcased the author's individuality while keeping in harmony with the theme. Some had a dash of romance, others focused on thriller elements, and some did not have a happy ending. Surprisingly, I loved those dark ones with the emotional heaviness the most (I'm not sure what that says about me LOL)
A very interesting read for sure, and I'm glad I dove in blind.
September 9, 2025
Wild Run is an amazing blended genre anthology with each story fitting the title "A Wild Run."
From wolf packs, evil kings, glass women, cat and mouse games in the woods, and many more.
I love anthologies for their flexibility and bite-sized stories, but it can sometimes get a bit samie when all the stories are the same genre, and that's the beauty of this collection!
From wolf packs, evil kings, glass women, cat and mouse games in the woods, and many more.
I love anthologies for their flexibility and bite-sized stories, but it can sometimes get a bit samie when all the stories are the same genre, and that's the beauty of this collection!
September 8, 2025
It was so intriguing to read the mix of stories and genres that stemmed from one prompt. This anthology has some fantastic stories that really showcase each author’s individuality!
September 7, 2025
The A Wild Run anthology is hard proof that AI will never be able to replace the creativity of the human brain. Fifteen authors wrote stories answering the same prompt, and the incredible and varying results attest to the the idea that every single consciousness is made up of it's own unique voice, ideas, and experiences.
The anthology begins with a werewolf racing through moonlit woods, ventures through California fires, magic lands, and evil forests, and ends perfectly haunted in the office of a psychologist uncovering the events of a murder.
Avery Timmons guides readers through a whirlwind of beginnings-and endings-through her story, Out in the Cold, in which a fae princess defies her family's expectations and grips hold of her own fate by escaping the royal court with a secret in her arms.
Arini Vlotman's Bluebells in the Forest begins with a beautifully written and timeless tale of love and the chase and ends with a modern twist the reader will never see coming.
In The Glowood, Kylie Wiggins draws us into a world of terror when her narrator is picked via lottery to be her village's sacrifice to a dark woods filled with deadly secrets.
Every story in this anthology is a treasure and it was amazing to see how the authors each made the prompt their own. Thank you for the ARC!
The anthology begins with a werewolf racing through moonlit woods, ventures through California fires, magic lands, and evil forests, and ends perfectly haunted in the office of a psychologist uncovering the events of a murder.
Avery Timmons guides readers through a whirlwind of beginnings-and endings-through her story, Out in the Cold, in which a fae princess defies her family's expectations and grips hold of her own fate by escaping the royal court with a secret in her arms.
Arini Vlotman's Bluebells in the Forest begins with a beautifully written and timeless tale of love and the chase and ends with a modern twist the reader will never see coming.
In The Glowood, Kylie Wiggins draws us into a world of terror when her narrator is picked via lottery to be her village's sacrifice to a dark woods filled with deadly secrets.
Every story in this anthology is a treasure and it was amazing to see how the authors each made the prompt their own. Thank you for the ARC!
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