Something Clever

Can you believe the latest piece by Wadworth? I can’t believe the magazine would publish such rubbish.  The man paused at his self-professed delightful rhyme as he spread some marjoram on a piece of perfectly toasted bread.  Give me documentaries any old day- the real world is so much better than the mental playthings in [...]

Truth Be Told

Why do we come here every six months? she said, staring out the car window at the dilapidated tin building.  Every time we visit there’s less and less people selling weirder and weirder things.
I think it’s neat he said, one day this place will be gone and we’ll be able to tell our kids about [...]

The Weeds

Nothing held more magic for me growing up than the woods near my house.  In the era of 4 channel television- my parents sprung for the twenty-odd channels cable offered at the time somewhat late in my development- talk shows and soap operas could not compete with the great outdoors, and I spent the majority [...]

We Are Not The Flame, But The Tinder.

Words are clunky things, and stringing them together in a seamless stretch is far more difficult than one can imagine.  Our thoughts are free; unregulated in time and space and thus they need no form or fashion to make absolute sense within our minds.  But to pluck them from the mental ether and pin them [...]

Short Story Contest #1

I have submitted three short stories to the Indiana Review’s 1/2 K Fiction Contest.  (Each story had to be less than 500 words.)  I think it will be awhile before I find out the results.
I hope to have additional short stories up soon.

Thoroughfare

Ginger ale is, in my opinion, one of the finest drinks ever envisaged by man. A man seated to my left held a murky glass in the air and watched the amber bubbles drift slowly to the top.  That said, a shot of bourbon doesn’t hurt. He paused for the briefest of moments before saying [...]

Follow Me Down

This is the second draft of the story, based on comments and personal reflection.  I didn’t want to simply delete the old story because it is good for comparison purposes.  That said, I think this version is far superior.

C> Story Integration Initiation…….
Beginning Story Integration Initiation…
[Formulating Exposition]… Detailing Parameters Setting… Random Generator In Effect- Correcting Unknown [...]

Author’s Note #2

I think I am going to submit one of my stories to The Wilda Hearne Flash Fiction Contest held by Southeast Missouri State University Press.  I think I will go with “One Million Terabytes” but I’m looking to change the name of the story and the name of the female protagonist.  I need something more [...]

Author’s Note

For the record, the WordPress blog is set for some random time zone that doesn’t jive with my day-to-day life.  In other words, the last story was actually written on August 9th, and I’ve successfully created a brand new piece of fiction of at least 500 words for seven days in a row.  I don’t [...]