The following flash fiction story was inspired by something I actually saw in the real world that started my imagination to humming. While walking to the Metro library to record our latest podcast, I happened upon a plywood box on the sidewalk with the curious words “Please don’t let out the snakes. MGMT” written on … Continue reading »
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Friday Flash Fiction: The Room
His eyes flicked open and he rose shakily to his feet, wiping some substance from his face that felt like grease from his cheek with the back of his hand. He almost slipped on the slick floor, and in the dim light he could see his reflection faintly staring up at him from beneath his … Continue reading »
The U.S. of After Chapter 7
Howard I could see it before they did. I had climbed up on the roof to enjoy the beautiful stars and found myself staring off into the night sky wondering when this current bad patch of human history would get better. I had experienced several bad patches in recent history, but that was nothing new … Continue reading »
The U.S. of After Chapter 1
Since the first installment of my new novel This Broken Earth: The U.S. of After was intended to be free to the public anyway, I have decided to post one chapter a day so that those of you who have not downloaded it yet can get a taste or possibly read one chapter a day if … Continue reading »
Weekly Tales: 11 Year Olds Have Literal Minds
We walked across the graveled parking lot toward the car after a long benefit dinner for troop 214, my son Conner tagging along behind, his brown shirt untucked and hanging down all disheveled. “Dad,” he said, his wheezy athsmatic voice like soft music. “Do you think I could camp out in the woods by our … Continue reading »
Weekly Tales: The Terra Cotta Warrior
I stood inside of a massive structure the size of four football fields laying side by side in a quad. Crowds of Chinese people meandered about speaking Mandarin, and I leaned against the cool metal railing and looked down on a sea of terra cotta men. My eyes stared a line to the gaze of … Continue reading »
Weekly Tales: The Grey Grocer (Part 3)
And now, the third and final installment of “The Grey Grocer”. Hang on to your hat. Mr. Greg’s eyes rolled around in their wet sockets and eventually locked in on Phil. Phil sucked in a deep breath and managed to stand up just as Mr. Greg’s mouth formed the word “Dogs!” “Dogs in the … Continue reading »
Weekly Tales: The Grey Grocer (Part 1)
Every Thursday I have decided to get the writing juices flowing by writing an installment of a serialized story. It is kind of like flash fiction, but I do not know how long the story will be or how many installments I will write. I will generally write installments until the story reaches a point … Continue reading »
