short story
November 10, 2009
- In a now infamous interview with CNN’s Anderson Cooper last week, Oprah Winfrey came out of the closet as “Not a Short Story Person.” For the larger world, still high on the fumes of a Yankees win and the deflating balloon boy saga, this revelation was met with a collective shrug. But among the literati, Oprah’s admission was the equivalent of an atom bomb exploding all over her ...
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October 22, 2009
- Added a new story to RedRoom, in my view the best bit of prose I've composed this year. It's called "The Future" and you'll find it in the Articles and Stories section, in the column to the right of this posting.A bittersweet offering, with a coming-of-age angle. It's part of a short story cycle that's posted on my main blog, Beautiful Desolation, which is the exclusive venue for my ...
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October 21, 2009
- I've never tried it before, but the idea of tackling a story in the world of science fiction is now becoming more than an idea. I found a place yesterday that is looking for short stories and if they accept the one I'm writing, will sell it as an ebook on Amazon. So I began writing a story that is so much different in reference to my normal action adventure world, but I think it's going ...
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October 19, 2009
- Whoo hoo! Finally got around to adding one of my favorite recent short stories, "DeathThreats", to my blog. If you are cursed by mortal fears, have a dread of dying, this is the tale for you. Mordant without being morbid, evocative, chilling and funny.Pop over to my blog and either listen to it or download the PDF--no charge, as free as Woodstock (without the bad drugs). And do ...
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October 12, 2009
- Yesterday I read "Runaway," the first story in Alice Munro's collection of the same name, and I was blown away. I've read some of her previous work, but none of it affected me as much as this story. It's masterful, disturbing, satisfying, surprising, deep. I can't wait to read the rest of the collection.
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October 9, 2009
- Well, shortly after I posted last, ficly.com launched. I was invited to be a Beta Tester for the site and I have been writing ever since!I am also currently working on a children's novel with a colleague, and gearing up for NaNoWriMo. I just posted A LOT of my works here, many of my favorites.I also took one of my series' and creasted a blog just for that story. ...
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October 8, 2009
- Ella gets burned. To a cinder. Again.Why? Well, there are two suns shining in the sky today. Every few centuries the planet Ella somehow gets wedged between these two suns and the combination is a deadly one. Then Ella is toast. Life is tough and after generations of the Phoenix Cycle, people develop tough skins. These hairless denizens populate Ella for thousands of years until the planet is ...
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October 3, 2009
- Sherron tells me I've really got something with the latest audio piece I've added to my blog. It's called "The Departed" and it's another little beauty from my growing file of audio samples, themes and atmopsheres.Scamper over to Beautiful Desolation, plug in your headphones...and give it a listen. You're welcome to download it --and any of the other stuff on my site--onto iPhones, ...
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October 1, 2009
- Now this one I'm proud of.My wife and sons have been telling me I'm really starting to make some cool sounds with my Garageband program...so I decided to post one of my recent pieces on my blog. Hoping to get folks downloading it onto their iPods or iPhones...or whatever the hell it is they're listening to stuff on these days. Frankly, I get lost trying to keep track of all the different ...
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September 29, 2009
- Friends,Have you ever known someone who was a "goody-two-shoes"? (Much, much worse than a goody-one-shoe, BTW.) Y'know, that little nerd at the front of the class telling the teacher she forgot to give the class homework? Ever wondered what happened to those people later in life?Well, find out what happens to one such goody-two-shoes, a certain Jacob Blevins, in the current story up on ...
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