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Tag: flash fiction

June 21, 2019February 16, 2022Flash Fiction & Short Stories, Novel Bonuses

Photograph (Sandcastle 14.02)

I carry this with me. Every waking moment. Every chilling nightmare. Every occasional pleasant dream….

May 22, 2019February 16, 2022Flash Fiction & Short Stories, Novel Bonuses

Serving Azar (Sandcastle 13.13)

A vignette exploring the relationship between my antagonist Azar and his slave Rayven behind the scenes of A Fallen Hero….

April 18, 2018On the Topic of Writing

2018 Gathering of Writers

On Saturday, March 24, 2018, I stood on the snowy steps of the Indiana State Library in downtown Indianapolis. I […]

February 10, 2017November 17, 2020Flash Fiction & Short Stories

The Real Reason Moths Are Drawn To Flames (Sandcastle 4.16)

I dwell in the dark. Art is for admiration; no one cares for a blank canvas.

November 10, 2016November 17, 2020Art & Photography, Memoir

Lenses (Sandcastle 4.14)

Sometimes, while seeking the panoramas, we forget to use the macro lens and photograph the little things right in front of us.

October 31, 2016November 17, 2020Flash Fiction & Short Stories

Skeleton’s Ghost (Sandcastle 4.09)

I don’t know what possessed me to come see you. I, who held you all my life inside my hands and thought they were empty.

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….

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….

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