Woke up to snow this morning, again, and looking at the forecast, right now it seems like this might be the start of "there will never not be snow until spring." So, y'know, ugh. Thank goodness there's a new husky in the home. Max, like Coach, seems to like snow. That helps. On the off … Continue reading November Flash Fiction Draw Roundup
Here’s my entry for the November Flash Fiction Draw Challenge (the post for the original November draw is here). In case you didn’t know about this challenge, there’s a video here explaining (and showing the monthly draw), but the quick version is this: I use three suits from a deck of cards to randomly put together a genre … Continue reading Crossing — A Flash Fiction Draw Challenge
Today's Friday Flash Fics struck me as a bit odd. The man, his suitcase, the setting behind him, it just seemed like this was a guy who wasn't quite where he was supposed to be. Which reminded me of a flash fiction piece I wrote for a contest, "First Shift," about a time-traveler sent to … Continue reading Friday Flash Fics — Gently Down the ‘Stream
I feel like I blinked and missed fall. Max seems to be happy that it's getting colder out, which is at least one of us here in our house. He's definitely enjoying Squirrel-vision as the tree-rats try to gather food at a hectic pace. Either way, it's November, so I dug out my Geek & … Continue reading November Flash Fiction Draw
There was a glitch with what should have been today's Friday Flash Fics photo—it didn't post last week, though I thought it had (I was having some interesting internet issues, though, so I'm not surprised in retrospect). I did already write a piece, so I'll post it, but if you're wondering why others hadn't, that's why. … Continue reading Friday Flash Fics — Fourth Cohort
Back in 2011, I wrote a short story, "Hometown Boy," about an author who wrote under a pseudonym and though the lightning-in-a-bottle moment of perfect timing with an A-list celebrity on a major interview mentioning his first novel attained sudden success. In the story, he finally reveals who he is, many books later, in his … Continue reading Friday Flash Fics — “Just Us”
