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Pearls Before Swine

  • 1 min read

Sorry for this week’s lateness. Life, huh? It happens. This feels more like the outline of a story than an actual story. Really, that’s what it is. No single idea is explored enough. Add it… Pearls Before Swine

The Creepers

  • 7 min read

I’m not sure where the seed of this story originated. The idea found me this morning and I’ve been playing with it off and on, until about 45 minutes ago when I actually sat down… The Creepers

Passage

  • 2 min read

This weeks flash fiction is a short 100-worder. Though I wrote it fast, I like it. It feels to me like there’s a lot more to the story, and that’s a nice feeling in something… Passage

Karma

  • 6 min read

This past week, I was talking to a friend about why I like this character. Part of my affinity for the unnamed assassin is that he has a moral code. It’s a fucked up moral… Karma

Background

  • 4 min read

Whereas most of the stories in The Assassin Diaries are more or less stand alones, this one picks up where the last one left off. (If you haven’t read ‘Cardinal Sin‘, I recommend getting on… Background

Marionette

  • 3 min read

Everyone’s heard the idiom: “If a thing is worth doing, it’s worth doing well.” Most of us think it’s true. I think it’s bullshit. I have a former professor to thank for that. He called… Marionette

Nocturne

  • 3 min read

When I initially saw the prompt for this flash fiction piece, I honestly considered finding another. The words (‘arch’,  ‘piano’ and ‘vegetate’) just seemed too loose, too disjointed, too fucking random to include in the… Nocturne

Cardinal Sin

  • 6 min read

Since The Dark Calling finished up, I’ve been a bit lost when it comes to writing my weekly fiction post. Initially, I went back to flash fiction, opting for short, 100-word pieces, but I’ve also… Cardinal Sin

An Understanding

  • 2 min read

Flash fiction, delivered on time this week. The prompt is from The Prediction: 100 words maximum, excluding the title, of flash fiction or poetry using all of the three words above (‘army’, ‘break’ and ‘blue’)… An Understanding