Flash fiction set in a modern fantasy world. A paleontologist examines a dinosaur fossil as her mind wanders through ancient memories.
Writings
On the Skull Nebula | Flash Fiction
Flash fiction featuring a skull nebula. Call-and-response discussion on the nebula, its purpose, and what is viewed therein.
The Water Cooler Explodes At The End | Nonsense Flash Fiction
This piece of flash fiction is about people chatting at a water cooler. It is total nonsense and therefore not worth reading. Really.
On Gift Returns and Entitlement – Where’s the Line?
The high volume of gift returns after the holidays is an indicator of gross entitlement in our society. Or is it?
Jumping Into Infinity | Flash Fiction
Flash fiction in which a mother and daughter visit a schoolyard. One looks backward while the other looks downward and upward.
Moon Silver Grotto | Fantasy Short Story
A story of a man who seeks a cure in a deep grotto. The locals call it the most blessed place in the world. Others would call it their grave.
The Term “Magic System” Bothers Me.
If your magic is governed by rules that look suspiciously like they came from a physics textbook, you don’t have magic. You have fantasy science.
Exist Like You Mean It.
But be relentlessly real wherever you are and whatever you are doing. Feel honestly. Think honestly. Act honestly.
Writing Update! Blogs, Editing, and Other Stuff
The book gets nearer completion, and that’s kind of it. This is information is relayed over the course of approximately 500 words.
Tides and Miracles
How do you turn a tide? You don’t, probably. You just wait for the turning of the tide. The best thing to do is just let it do what it wants.
The Man Who Broke Time | Flash Fiction
Bill found the time not to his liking, so he changed it. Several times. It got to the point where no one knew what time it was anymore.
The Destruction of Ancient Worlds
Consider the dread of its inhabitants as a massive cataclysmic force bears down upon them from the sky and strikes the ground.
Don’t Trust Spiders
Don’t trust spiders. Just don’t. They may look innocent, but their motives are completely inscrutable.
I Remember the Songs of the Stars | Flash Fiction
They sang many things through words that could only be comprehended by the yielding of one’s heart to the song.
Sailing Strange Waters
Shut your eyes, and set sail upon the strange waters beyond waking. Feel you the weaving of dreams by the moon magic.
You Cannot Soar Upon Wings of Dirt
Where your head turns, there will the rest of you follow. Stare not so long at dirt and dust, else that shall be your fate.
Corn and Flame
As fire turns the kernel inside out, so shall it reveal all things.
The Things Beyond the Pulp | Flash Fiction
He set his pen to the paper to trace letters he did not know, and through the ink crawled forth the strange things from beyond the pulp.
Do it. Now.
Do it. Now. You know what that is. Get going right now, and do it as poorly as possible.
On Reading and Being Read
Each mind is an island where only the scarcest forms of communication can be sent or received. As such, reading is weird.