Bre O’Brien
Bre O’Brien is the author of several fantasy novels and short stories. She focuses on the middle ground of writing, places where the medical meets the magical, the possible meets the impossible, and the real meets the unreal.
She’s been a longtime collector of unlikely book boyfriends- starting with Frodo Baggins when she was 10. In middle and high school, she wrote her crushes down on paper as the love interests with overly complicated names. Every night before going to bed, she’d tell herself a bedtime story of romantic couples and magical places to drift off to sleep.
As a recent graduate of Southern New Hampshire University with a bachelor’s in English and Creative Writing, and a current student in the MFA program at SNHU, she loves to find new ways to play with all aspects of story. She works as a nurse in a juvenile detention center where there is no shortage of stories.
Every story deserves to be told no matter how heartbreaking or strange.
Bre lives on the Central Coast of California with her husband where they spend every other weekend going on fun adventures throughout the state.
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Antique Firearms The antique pistol let out a sad, soggy click, but would not fire. The main character looked down at the gun with a sigh. “Not again!” She shouted in frustration. She smacked the butt of the gun with her soaking hands, hoping to dislodge some of the water. “Man, is the author going…
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The letter arrived without pomp or circumstance. It was tucked between the water bill and the gas bill, barely even noticeable as he threw the mail on the counter after a long day at work. “I’ll pay it when I get paid,” He grumbled, wiping the exhaustion of work from his face as he contemplated…
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When I think about where I was two years ago (and one day), I think about how different my life was. I think about how I was on a completely different path, one where I put another’s needs before my own. I think about where I would be now if I had stayed on that…
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The Seeker of Words spends her days trying to find the right word for the right situation. There are millions of words at her disposal, but sometimes the words hide and make her chase. Sometimes the words play hard to get and don’t come at the right time. Most days, the Seeker of words prays…
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Here’s to a New Year and new writing and publishing goals! This year, I hope to accomplish more than I have in the last couple of years. I want to push myself to be more creative. Write Every Day This is a goal I have every year. Last year, I wrote every single day for…
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December Results Finish an Open Project December seemed to get away from me this year. I had lots of plans to write and create and finish an open project, but with getting sick (thankfully not COVID, but a nasty chest cold), working long hours through December and finishing up a class for my Bachelor’s program,…
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Another month here and gone! I love November and the flurry of deadlines it brings, but now we’re in December and it’s time to start winding down the year. November was quite a fun month with the hectic rush of writing 50,000 words (or more) in the 30 days of November, plus school and working…
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Another month has come and passed and more goals have been attempted and achieved. October has been fun and I am excited for all the progress I’ve made. Here’s how I did on my goals for October: October Results Instawrimo Instawrimo went very well this year. It was wonderful to get reacquainted with instagram and…
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Hello Everyone! I am so excited November is almost here. November and NaNoWriMo is one of my favorite times of year. There’s something so refreshing about taking a break from whatever writing project I’m working on (or drudging through) and starting something new. For NaNoWriMo this year, I am pleased to announce I am writing…
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As we approach the changing of the seasons and turn inward, I wanted to start wrapping up projects and get ready to start new projects down the road. Here’s how I did in September: September Results NYC Midnight’s Flash Fiction Contest Round Two First of all, let me say that I really enjoyed this round…
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After hiking the usual area for weeks and weeks, he found himself surprised when a new tree, fully grown just showed up. Right in the middle of the path, a full grown tree had appeared, as if overnight. The leaves were full and bright and beautiful, flowing blossoms along the branches, huge apples, glossy and…
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August is gone and September is here! I am excited for the prospect of fall. The goals in August were not unattainable, but I did have other obligations (like school) that had to come first. Here’s how I did in August: August Results Finish More Projects Unfortunately, I did not finish more projects in August,…
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Some months I feel like I’m on top of the world, others I feel like things are lacking. July started off strong, then started to spiral toward the middle as things got more hectic. I started working more, school became a bit more involved. Everything seemed to come all at once. Here’s how I did…
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When the telephone was invented, the telegraph operators found they were out of work. The whole process started slowly, a few telegraph operators at a time laid off over the first couple weeks. The majority of them all gone, the last few were the longest there. And then, there was one. His name was Gerald,…
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The year is now half over, and I can’t believe how fast it’s been going. While June has been very productive for me, I still have some work to do in July. First, here’s how June went: June Results Finish at least one open project I unfortunately did not reach my goal of finishing one…
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The first day of winter was always the best. The weather getting colder, the first snow falls, the garish sun hiding away so she could be seen again. The first day of winter was the first day of his life for so many years and the last day of winter was the day he went…
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I want you to be proud of me, See the change I’ve made. I hope your heart melts When you see me riding in, On those white horses, Courage blazing. But instead, The drifts get deeper as I drown, In utter embarrassment.
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Moving out of his current apartment and into a new house meant a lot of decluttering. The space he had lived in was small, but somehow over the years he had lived there, he had managed to collect a lot of junk. He found that particular item in his bookshelf, tucked between two massive textbooks…
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In her world, everything and everyone had a place. Each and every person, place or thing fit together like puzzle pieces. As she built her world exactly the way she wanted it, placing the people carefully in the city and the forests, building dark creatures between the trees and damsels in distress in the high…
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April has come and gone much quicker than I anticipated. Sadly, with the training at the new job and other busy changes, my goals this month have been lacking. Here’s a look at how I did: Camp NaNoWriMo Camp NaNoWriMo happened for a few days this month, but mainly it fell by the wayside. Unfortunately,…