A weekly compilation of collected microfictions composed by yours truly. If your time is short, these are shorter! The cubicles were pitch black without power. But she could hear the amorphous mass slithering, smell its acrid sweet odor. #1lineWed "We're not firemen," Clair said. Asil donned her grey hijab. "We've got powers! It's time to... Continue Reading →
WIP-it Wednesday: December 21st, 2016
Time for a new weekly writer’s roundup of my works-in-progress and those ready to read! Today is the Winter Solstice of the Northern Hemisphere, known by some as Yule. Most of us are well aware of how many religious holidays occur around this time of year. I think that hearkening back to pre-civilization, our ancestors... Continue Reading →
Mid-Week Muses
A weekly compilation of collected microfictions composed by yours truly. If your time is short, these are shorter! Rifle barrel looming past the window frame's edge, Morton took aim. A plastic fist stuck him from behind. "Not today!" #1linewed "Please let me see you." His canine face winced. "I, I look like a furry, Ann."... Continue Reading →
WIP-it Wednesday: December 14th, 2016
Time for a new weekly writer’s roundup of my works-in-progress and those ready to read! This will be a much more productive writing update than my prior one. :-) Starting Wednesday of last week, I began crafting a new short story during breaks at work. Writing in flurries and chunks, the tale was two-thirds done... Continue Reading →
WIP-it Wednesday: December 7th, 2016
Time for a new weekly writer’s roundup of my works-in-progress and those ready to read! Last Thursday, my short story “The Boy in the Jar” won the November 2016 Fantasy Writers Challenge! If you would like to give its 1,500 words a read, please click here or on the title card above to be taken... Continue Reading →
WIP-it Wednesday: November 30th, 2016
Time for a new weekly writer’s roundup of my works-in-progress and those ready to read! This past week was the Thanksgiving holiday for myself and others in the United States. For me in particular, a conjunction of elective and holiday time-off combined with a weekend to grant me five free days. It was nice; I... Continue Reading →
WIP-it Wednesday: November 23rd, 2016
Time for a new weekly writer’s roundup of my works-in-progress and those ready to read! Fate and opportunity had different plans for me this week than I had initially plotted. But in the end, I’ve still come out with much to show from it: A new blurb for my book, an adventure getting a replacement... Continue Reading →
WIP-it Wednesday: November 16th, 2016
Time for a new weekly writer’s roundup of my works-in-progress and those ready to read! Last Wednesday I awoke, as did many in the United States and elsewhere, to a world seemingly turned upside down. I try not to get very political here… there are plenty of other places you can go to for that…... Continue Reading →
WIP-it Wednesday: November 9th, 2016
Time for a new weekly writer’s roundup of my works-in-progress and those ready to read! It’s been a full and creative week this time around. Things started off on a bad foot, with my wife and I both getting stuffy and sore-throated the day after Halloween. The first cold of the season always comes with... Continue Reading →
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