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The haps

Yikes—I haven’t updated this place since August (August)! An apology is in order, and with it the usual bevy of excuses: school, work, baseball playoffs, hockey season, laziness. Seriously though, school. This is my last semester, you guys! So, you know, I’ve felt obligated to try to be more involved on campus. It’s hard, being […]

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Monday sample

Instead of In between studying for my midterms these past few weeks, I’ve been working on a short-story prequel/backstory to my upcoming NaNoWriMo novel. It’s essentially a bloodier, first-century version of How I Met Your Mother, taking place about twenty years before the novel itself and explaining how my NaNo MC’s parents first met. I’m […]

Visual Dare: Minimal

A response to this week’s Visual Dare: “Hey, look at this,” says Deck. He sits his rifle down, flops onto the bed, settles back with his ankles crossed, fingers laced behind his head. For all the world he could be sunbathing on Miami Beach. “Like they knew we were coming, hey, Doc?” “Pretty considerate,” I […]

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Visual Dare: Distorted

A flash-fiction response to this week’s Visual Dare, hosted by Anonymous Legacy. Technically the word limit is 100 words, but-that’s more like a guideline than an actual rule, right? Distorted The footsteps behind him beat a warning rhythm into the cobblestones. Even so he hesitated as he came upon the edge. He looked down into […]

Once Upon a Time contest entry

Here’s my entry for the “Once Upon a Time” flash fiction contest being hosted by Yearning for Wonderland and SJI Holliday. The challenge was to write an “unexpected” fairy tale in 350 words or less. Hope you enjoy! The dragon and I regard each other. His eyes are cold, unblinking. He wins the contest every […]

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