Paperclip
“You seem to be writing a Post-Cyberpunk Pseudo-Western Romance. Need help?” Joe’s fingers froze. He stared at the paperclip as it writhed on the screen.…
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Sometimes Someone’s Gots to Die: Killing Off Fictional Characters
Many years ago, an amateur graphologist told a business colleague that I was, based on my signature, a serial killer. When she assured the gentleman…
Take The Island
The burning ships behind you,Ruffle and rubble like thunder,Fortelling fortune or fatigue,Promising plunder or blunder. The shore you cross,Still blistering at night,Were looming cliffs defeated,By…
The Satirist at the End of this Post
There is a Satirist at the end of this post. But so far this post is pretty boring, so I think you and I will…
I Read 47 Productivity Articles and Now I’m Ready to Get Things Done
We all have the same amount of hours in the day, it’s how we use them that matters, right? I hear this mantra all of…
Consequences of Inconsequential Words
I’ve always paid close attention to my dreams, not so much to analyze what they might mean, but to track the details of what my…
Cause Ways
“What if?” is the essence of genre fiction. What if monsters were real? What if mankind had faster-than-light travel? What if there was a world…
When the Fire Begins to Die
How do you find your way in a lightless room?So dark — shadows fail to materialize. Hands outstretched, you feel your way to the door.…
One Sucky Writer
Flash fiction based on real-life, damn it * * * She stared at her screen. Again. No sales. Damn frustrating. Over one thousand people on…
What The F Is Disney?
January 2024, France. Past the admission gates of Disneyland Paris, five-past-eight in the morning, my girlfriend and I were freezing in the bitter winter air,…