and the rest is rust and stardust
My slipstreamy short "The Scarred Utopian Takes a Wife" is now available to read for free in issue #14 of Jabberwocky. On the day of her wedding, the bride of the Scarred Utopian pulls her veil down over her face. She does this unassisted by her attendants, assembled around her in silence of the most... Continue Reading →
Hi. Yeah, it's been a while. And while I really enjoyed the audio posts I was doing, I think I need to call a hiatus on them for the time being; some of it is hosting issues and a lot of it is just that lately I haven't felt much motivation to sit down in... Continue Reading →
Okay, so, a number of things have happened since I last posted. First: THE NOVEL IS DONE. Well, the first draft is. But I generally write relatively complete first drafts, so I don't anticipate very much needing to be done to the structure of the thing in the editing stage--which I plan to start in... Continue Reading →
So I'm taking a short break from regular blogging. This is looking like a busy month for me and I want to get on top of some things before I pick it up again. I am looking to be back on schedule next week, hopefully. In the meantime, however, issue #2 of Shadows & Tall... Continue Reading →
This week's WIP is still The Scarred Utopian Takes a Wife, which I posted a bit of last week. It's close to being done, so here's a little more of it. It feels like a fable; something particular is being talked about in a very particular way. I'm not yet sure if that's good or... Continue Reading →
This wasn't actually a WIP until yesterday afternoon, when the idea for it popped into my head very suddenly while I was writing something else with a friend - which at least partially inspired it. The rest of it came very quickly after, and now it's the rare short story of mine where the actual... Continue Reading →
This one is also not properly a WIP--it's been sold to Three-Lobed Burning Eye, for release at some unknown point in the future. But their round of edits hasn't yet come through, so I suppose it sort of counts. This story was inspired by numbers stations. What can I say: they're cool. Numbers and screams... Continue Reading →
A Trick of Light 