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…
And how I Found my way back The Seduction I went through a nasty divorce when I was twenty-five. Yes, I got married young. I’m not going to go too deep into it, but my marriage was abusive by the end. I was…
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…
Zach Snyders 2004 remake of Dawn of the Dead changed the genre again and launched Zach Snyder as a director to be reckoned with. This was also the movie that gave us fast zombies as a genre staple so it has a…