[23 minute read, or 4556 words] My lungs were exploding. Hot knives of pain stabbed up my shins with every stride, as my knapsack lurched against my shoulders. My shirt clung to my back, and my suitcoat was making the back of my neck itch like crazy. Behind me, the roll-along suitcase rattled over … More Short story: “Terminal”
Originally posted on Casual thoughts:
I think some of my friends believe I have lost my mind. I’ve always prided myself on how I use social media: engaging with everyone with charity, avoiding the hint of an ad hominem, and carefully limiting my use. I’ve violated all these principles, and more, in recent days. The…
Originally posted on First Line Reader:
Today was the day a thousand dreams would die and a single dream would be born. First line in The Kiss of Deception by Mary E. Pearson I’m here with another wrap up because somehow September ended. It was a weird month for me blogging-wise. I haven’t had a…
“I’m halfway to the nurse’s office when I hear the gunshots, and my first thought is: I just know I’m going to get blamed for this.” … More Nephilim Protocol publishing update and 1st Chapter
“No, bro, going viral is easy,” said my little brother. “Oh c’mon,” I scoffed. “If it were easy, companies would reliably go viral all the time.” “You just gotta post on controversial stuff,” said my brother. “There’s guys who just post both sides of a controversial and shrug, and their stuff is crazy popular.” Whatever. … More The Pipe Dream of Reopening In-Person Learning.
I mostly post unfinished stories on here, but this is a fun little drabble that I wrote as a bet of sorts with my students–they gave me a prompt and I wrote a story on it while they were working on their own short stories. None of them actually seemed very interested, but I enjoyed … More Story: The Last English Teacher
The Escape Artists podcast “Cast of Wonders” recently published my short story “Lost in Translation.” It’s probably the longest story I’ve managed to get published yet–which isn’t saying a lot; it’s about 4000 words or so. Give it a listen if you have a spare half-hour, or else you can read through the text, which … More Story/Podcast: “Lost in Translation”
This post is not meant to be shared. I do not intend to post it on Facebook, or Twitter, or any other social media (apart from this blog). I’m just making it to have something down, on record, of how I thought about Trump. I sort of wish I’d made one of these before. I’ve … More For Records Purposes
Part of an ongoing project to make a children’s picture book based on the Medieval Rules of Courtly Love
You know what’s criminal? I’m in the heart of Texas, and I can only get ONE country music station on the radio. ONE! Back home in Michigan, I could usually raise three on the car radio, but here, down in the south, down in the middle of where you’d expect country to be king… just … More Hardships and Joys of Life
