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List for Friends, Vol 2

For my more genteel, discerning friends A friend of mine keeps suggesting that I share my stories with various mutual friends. That idea, honestly, disturbs me. Most of our mutual friends are smarter than I am. As such, I would be embarrassed for them to read my bizarre tales of horror, science-fiction, and speculative thought.… Continue reading List for Friends, Vol 2

List for Friends, Vol 1

For my more genteel, discerning friends A friend of mine keeps suggesting that I share my stories with various mutual friends. That idea, honestly, disturbs me. Most of our mutual friends are smarter than I am. As such, I would be embarrassed for them to read my bizarre tales of horror, science-fiction, and speculative thought.… Continue reading List for Friends, Vol 1

A Life in Review

30-Day Flash Challenge, Day 28     I can feel my legs give out, and I’m falling. The trip to the ground seems to stretch on for an eternity. Some part of me senses the cyclists detected some note of distress and have doubled back towards me. The thing I find most surprising is how… Continue reading A Life in Review

Breathe

30-Day Flash Challenge, Day 14     I wake. The floor beneath me is a hard block of ice; the cushions have again drifted a few feet away from me. Where am I? Oh yeah, an abandoned building; barely made it in before the snow buried everything. I hope I can find my truck in… Continue reading Breathe

The Man Who Wasn’t There

Flash Fiction Challenge 100 – Day 73 When he complained about his advanced age, his friends, the younger ones, liked to comment that age was just a number. It was true, a part of him confessed, but still. And they were always so goddamn earnest that he found it impossible to give in to his… Continue reading The Man Who Wasn’t There

Winter

FLASH Fiction Challenge 100 – Day 21 Winter was the only season we could be together. During the spring and summers, Shaila trained and crewed on the Waving Wanda. Skippered by Janelle Rochelle, who had hopes of winning America’s Cup with an all-female crew for only the second time ever. During the autumn months, I… Continue reading Winter

On Writing – Part 2

On February 19 of this year, I began posting stories daily on WordPress, Medium, and Vocal. I am still very fond of my very first published story – The Wave Buddy 1000. The Wave Buddy 1000 When I began I had the goal of wanting to publish a story every day for 30 days straight. Damn… Continue reading On Writing – Part 2