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August 2, 2016November 17, 2020Flash Fiction & Short Stories

Needles (Sandcastle 3.09)

My cramped fingers finally lose their hold on the porous rock. My heart hurdles into my throat. I gasp, arms pin-wheeling, flailing….

July 26, 2016November 8, 2017Poetry

Halfway There (Sandcastle 3.07)

Halfway there. The stars upside down above the shore, also screaming in silence. Such need. Rowing, rowing, still halfway there.

July 19, 2016November 8, 2017On the Topic of Writing, Top Posts

Why I Write Fantasy

I’ve come to understand that writing fantasy genre fiction is my mind’s way of dreaming while awake, allowing me to observe the problems….

July 13, 2016February 16, 2022On the Topic of Writing, Poetry, Top Posts

Welcome To the Masquerade

We all wear masks, or so I’ve been told. Intricacies fashioned of silver and gold. Painted smiles white and red will hide our troubles, our sadness, our dread.

June 30, 2016November 17, 2020Flash Fiction & Short Stories

Please Be Okay (Sandcastle 3.04)

Each boom outside makes the dishes in the china cabinet tremble. A car alarm down the street starts shrieking in rhythmic bursts….

June 29, 2016March 27, 2018Flash Fiction & Short Stories

One Wish

Charms have always been illegal. Evelyn had been well aware of the law when she stood before the stranger’s cart inspecting the wares.

June 25, 2016November 8, 2017On the Topic of Writing

Dear Twitter Authors,

We haven’t met. I don’t know where you live. I wouldn’t recognize you if we passed on the street. And yet here we are….

June 12, 2016November 8, 2017Poetry

Seconds (Sandcastle 2.14)

Waiting. Still waiting. Wind the pocket watch. Wouldn’t want to lose track of Time tick tick ticking away. Time never waits.

May 28, 2016April 30, 2021On the Topic of Writing

Trapped In A Corner… Now What? Dealing with Writer’s Block

In today’s market, the stakes have to be higher and the bad guys have to be stronger, faster, and more cunning than ever.

May 18, 2016November 17, 2020Flash Fiction & Short Stories

Panic Attack

When I die, I want to die peacefully in my sleep. I’d like to be in the arms of a […]

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