A weekly compilation of collected microfictions composed by yours truly. If your time is short, these are shorter! Dodging a bayonet, she thrust a knife into the redcoat behind it. He screamed as her loyal tyrannosaur spied the fray and charged. #1lineWed Melissa redlined the car as fast as it could go while Howard fed... Continue Reading →
Art-Tastic Tuesday: Orc, by Romain Flamand
Click the picture below for full-size. On Art-Tastic Tuesdays I feature a selected piece of visual art that I have come across. These are pieces that have inspired my writing or beautifully frame some concept or another that I have already written or want to write about. I present them without commentary so they may... Continue Reading →
Fifty Word Fantasy: Ruff Morning
Text is Copyright © 2017 by Jason H. Abbott, All Rights Reserved. Art elements are original, open source, or in the public domain.
Throwback Thursday: ‘Lucky Catch’, by Norman Rockwell (1955)
Norman Rockwell is an iconic American illustrator, and I love this piece because my father is a Lobsterman and known to be a teller of tall-tales. This reminds me of how I visualized some of those tales as a child. ;-) On this piece, The Saturday Evening Post website has the following to say: Rockwell... Continue Reading →
WIP-it Wednesday: July 5th, 2017
Time for a new weekly writer’s roundup of my works-in-progress and those ready to read! I entered my weekend with designs to get back to work on Vivian’s Last Cigarette, but several factors prevented me from achieving that goal. The first of these was plain old exhaustion. This last month had run me down emotionally... Continue Reading →
Mid-Week Muses: “They Say There’s No Sound in Empty Vacuum…”
A weekly compilation of collected microfictions composed by yours truly. If your time is short, these are shorter! Jess hugged him. "I've kept your secret." Buddy kissed her, boarish tusks appearing. Her nose became a snout. "Our secret..." #2bitTues "I am a traitor. I am guilty of that." "You disobeyed an unjust order to save... Continue Reading →
Art-Tastic Tuesday: Steel Patriot, by Vladimir Manyukhin
Click the picture below for full-size. On Art-Tastic Tuesdays I feature a selected piece of visual art that I have come across. These are pieces that have inspired my writing or beautifully frame some concept or another that I have already written or want to write about. I present them without commentary so they may... Continue Reading →
Fifty Word Fantasy: Serenity
Text is Copyright © 2017 by Jason H. Abbott, All Rights Reserved. Art elements are original, open source, or in the public domain.
WIP-it… Thursday? My PortCon 2017 Wrap-Up, Part II
Picking up where I left off yesterday, it was Friday and the first of the two full-days of the convention. PortCon is a four day event, but the first and last are half-days (one into the evening and on the last it closes up shop at 5 pm). Therefore, Friday and Saturday are the “Big... Continue Reading →
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