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 →
Mid-Week Muses: “A Push for a Pull, Faux Kung-Fu, and Laughter.”
A weekly compilation of collected microfictions composed by yours truly. If your time is short, these are shorter! It wasn't a gallant dance, it was two men swinging blades in the mud. Pinning the knight's swordarm, Oris stabbed him in the eye. He sang a song alone: A man now a monster, a giant spider... Continue Reading →
Mid-Week Muses: “Your Mom’s Witch’s Care Packages are the Best!”
A weekly compilation of collected microfictions composed by yours truly. If your time is short, these are shorter! She paled. "You're dead!" He nodded. "I've sung the Song of Doom!" the diva bellowed. "Not even you-" Ziggy Stardust took the mic. She opened the box. "Healing balm, socks, moon charms... Ooh! Invisibility potion!" "Your mom's... Continue Reading →
Mid-Week Muses: “We Saved a Cat”
A weekly compilation of collected microfictions composed by yours truly. If your time is short, these are shorter! The slave girl was mute but literate, a librarian silenced by barbaric surgery. She and the scribe fell in love through notes. "We're almost surrounded." The parking lot squirmed with pigeon sized caterpillars flicking deadly stingers. "It's... Continue Reading →
Mid-Week Muses: “Four Billion Years of Regression Hit the Time Traveler”
A weekly compilation of collected microfictions composed by yours truly. If your time is short, these are shorter! "Alright Ede, time to sneak-" "I AM VERY STEALTHY!" "Ede, you need to-" "BE QUIET! GOT IT!" "Oh, we're so caught already..." #1lineWed They took his child away. They killed his wife. And after decades of war... Continue Reading →
Mid-Week Muses: “Words are Magic, and Those That Weave Them Well are Wizards”
A weekly compilation of collected microfictions composed by yours truly. If your time is short, these are shorter! "To read is to conjure thought and image from nothing. Words are magic, and those that weave them well are wizards." #1lineWed #writerslife "He thinks he's in control, but really he's just an unwieldy puppet with a... Continue Reading →
Mid-Week Muses: “But Can You Break the Laws of Physics?”
A weekly compilation of collected microfictions composed by yours truly. If your time is short, these are shorter! The child hugged her uncle as he surrendered to the changes saving him. Pulling away, she found a girl her own age in his clothes. #1lineWed Dunkle was chubby and Caucasian, Li a thick Chinese girl. The... Continue Reading →
Throwback Thursday: The Gate (1987 Trailer)
The Gate gets a one line nod (like a lot of geeky 80s stuff) in my novel Vivian's Last Cigarette, which is set in 1989. I had to explain the reference to friend and author Lauren L. Garcia when she encountered it during critique... Kids today, what are you watching on VHS? ;-) Sigh. At... Continue Reading →
Mid-Week Muses: “Aren’t Wizards Supposed to Use Wands?”
A weekly compilation of collected microfictions composed by yours truly. If your time is short, these are shorter! The brute slammed Clair into a wall, but she stubbornly clung on to his back and unleashed enough voltage to drop an elephant. #1lineWed Most picked weapons like swords, eyeing each other as opponents. Theresa chose a... Continue Reading →
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