Category: Fiction

I’m sorry for the fiction hiatus. It’s been a long month, full of ups and downs. Most weeks I’ve just been too drained. I’ve started a few stories, but finished none. And this week, I’m cheating. Sort of. I’m dusting […]

This is the first draft of my first attempt to write a fable. It’s largely inspired by a series of books I’m reading, The Fairyland Series. They’re fantastic. Better than what follows, frankly, though I’m pleased with how this came […]

I get on these kicks sometimes. I’ll find a fictional device and I want to play with it, exploring it from different angles. If you read last week’s story, you’ll get it. This one uses a similar structure. Some of […]

This story is simple. There’s no deeper meaning. No commentary on society or human nature. No treatise on how people should behave, or the consequences of careless action, or even an ode to beauty or love. It’s just a 400-word […]

The last several weeks have been pure chaos, though I admit that shouldn’t stop me from writing. I’ll try to be better. I promise. Thank you for waiting so politely in my absence. You didn’t complain or pitch a fit […]

I’ve written several variations of this scene. Not the same characters, the same situation, or the same outcome. Just the set up. An immortal and a human coming to some kind of arrangement in an environment of mock civility. I […]

I’m not sure why, but three of my last four flash fiction stories have prominently featured guns. I’m not particularly into guns. I don’t own one. I don’t even know much about them. But few things deliver savage violence like […]