• Speaking Truth to Power

    November 14, 2023

    I’ve written a lot of reviews and critiques. Books. Movies. Employee evaluations. Employer evaluations. Submissions to a writers’ group I was in. Long ago I…

    The Test of Thirteen

    November 14, 2023

    “Bloodroot, nightshade, pond scum, a live tadpole, and fresh guano. Put into a large kettle with two quarts of fetid rainwater and heat while intoning…

    Story Choices: Quantum Storytelling

    May 13, 2023

    This entire story already exists, but you are only experiencing it one word at a time as you move forward through it. You could, if…

    Options

    December 14, 2022

    “This was a mistake,” yelled Dave as he stared out the window at the dark, lurching shapes gathering even faster than the gloomy clouds on…

    Poetry Slam

    August 29, 2022

    I thought that I would never see A fight regarding poetry. Life can venture nothing worse, Than fisticuffs o’er flowing verse. * If poems be…

    Train of Thought

    August 17, 2022

    “Wake up, dude.” “Huh? Where are we? What’s going on?” “Jesus, Cam, you’re a hard sleeper. Or maybe you had too many of those magic…

    Episodic Writing vs. Mythic Arcs

    July 24, 2022

    A Vintage Blog Post About Writing and Attention Spans Now, I’m not a writer for television (though I’m available–call me, really), but I’m an avid…

    Unknown Soldier

    July 24, 2022

    Polina leaned over the soldier’s body and turned her cheek so that it almost touched his nose. She felt a slight quiver of air. “I…

    Dark Energy

    February 2, 2022

    Energy surged through his sinews as he ran effortlessly through the shadow-splashed night, metal-banded legs stretching and springing as they churned the decaying detritus of…