Happy International Women’s Day! I still have the copy of White Fang I was supposed to read in high school. It’s a Scholastic Classic with a forward by K. A. Applegate (The Animorphs, Everworld). As problematic as the characterizations are (Gray Beaver takes all of thirty seconds to develop a debilitating addiction to firewater), it’s…
Category: Fiction
News Briefs from the Goosetown Gazette
Sometimes newspaper articles or headlines inspire me to write a story. It’s a great writing exercise. Here’s a series I did a while ago. The headlines are real. The stories, not so much. Woman Charged with Neglecting Elderly Relative On Tuesday, Rebecca Weatherman, 33, was arrested on charges of physical and emotional abuse of her…
Gothic Blue Book: The Revenge Edition
It’s out now. Gothic Blue Book: The Revenge Edition from Burial Day Books. Including stories from (in addition to yours truly) Chad P. Brown, cheeky librarian Tara Cleves, 18th Century British ne’er-do-well Phil Hickes, Emma Hinge, Horror Writers Association member K. Trap Jones, Odyssey Award winner Daniel Kraus, Bellevue patron David Massengill, Pushcart Prize winner Carl Palmer, collection editors…
Review: ‘Loteria’ by Cynthia (cina) Pelayo
I just read an awesome book! Beautiful, haunting, titillating, tantalizing – all perfect descriptors for ‘Loteria.’ Using her knowledge of Latin American history, as well as modern curiosities and phenomena, Pelayo brings classic fairie tales and folklore into present day in a way that is satisfying while leaving the reader desiring more. Most of the…
Bob and Cat
Subtitle: A story in which all dialog is the word, “no.” Bob and Cat are a couple. They have just moved to a new apartment, and they are having an argument about where to place items of furniture in their living room. Rather, Bob is offering suggestions that Cat immediately shoots down, and Bob is…
Everyone Hates My Writing
Sometimes I write something that I like, but anyone else who reads it says, ‘This sucks, make it go away forever,’ to which I respond, ‘No.’ To appease my ego, I publish it myself – to the internet! Therefore, I got a Scribd account.
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