A short story about post-humanity They gathered, as they did every third Thursday, around the long table. A mixed bunch, the one thing they had in common was that they were the movers, the shakers, the society people. It was Stan’s turn…
This is the first story in my Last City Stories collection. The plan is that in the end there will be novels and short stories. It is part of the world I created for the World of the Dead series, but the…
Suicide hits people in ways that are unpredictable Zavin was different. He was a giant of a man with flaming red hair. Nothing about him was conventional. He was sweet and kind but always kind of lost. We weren’t that close, but…
Letting primal instincts come to the foreground Fighting is a really bad idea. If you fight you will get hurt, you will get injured, you will hurt other people, and your psyche will bear that scars of that hurt. I love to…
How to leave clues for your readers the right way There are spoilers for the show The Curfew and the movie A Quiet Place in this article. Also for the Sixth Sense, but that’s an old, old movie. Having said that, if…
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Trying to add structure to my work When I write, I tend to ramble a lot. It detracts from my work and makes it harder to follow. Even with the recent improvements I’ve made to my revision process, the rambling continues to be…
Worrying about reputation and overscheduling are creating problems for me Defining the Problem It’s becoming increasingly obvious that when I write something deeply personal, people are affected. It has started to give me pause in what I write because I don’t want to hurt…
Muriel pushed the zombie back. It kept coming towards her. “Fuck. Son of a bitch is determined.” “Well, yeah… that’s kind of their thing,” Joel was holding a long pole with a loop on the end. It was wrapped around the zombie’s…
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