Cold Spots
Every summer, I spend the season at my grandmother’s house. She makes me ham sandwiches and coconut cake. There’s a TV, though she hardly...
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Jun 9, 20212 min read
Think Twice Before You Judge
Spiders get an utterly bad rap, wouldn't you agree? They're very necessary, frightening though they may seem. Like all creatures great...
Jun 9, 20212 min read
The Only Free Man in Hell
I don’t belong here. I didn’t do anything wrong. There’s been some sort of mistake, and I’m pretty sure they know it. You see, the first...
Jun 7, 20211 min read
New Featured Story: you can't drown a woman with just a room full of water
I need to justify this "Updates" category of the blog, so here's an update: I've finally added a new story to the "Featured Stories"...
Jun 6, 20212 min read
A Simple Test for Witches
They summoned me to Derrywine Girls Academy in the quiet country lands due north of the Great City. It was a school for children of the...
Jun 5, 20213 min read
Homeownership for Dummies
In March 2020, my wife and I bought our first house. Immediately afterward, the world shut down completely and hundreds of thousands of...
Jun 3, 20214 min read
Dead Time
They sold them on Amazon, so it's not like this is some black market hoodoo, you know? It's legitimate, even if most people have never...
Jun 1, 202111 min read
The Grandparent Numbers
I started out with three grandparents. This was already below the standard average. I can't say that I much noticed, though. For one, my...
May 24, 20215 min read
Not a Single Drop of Magic
It all started with Markella. Markella didn't belong. Her parents didn't like to talk about it, but Markella wasn't from Innsdale. And...
May 22, 20215 min read
The Lighthearted, Young Adult Fantasy Novel with Just a Small Touch of Attempted Gang Rape
In 2010, I had three things going for me: an almost comically abusive relationship, a burgeoning case of housing insecurity, and a...
May 21, 20213 min read
It's Not Theft If You're Just an Idiot
Parallel thinking is what happens when two different creators, working with no knowledge of the other, create something similar. You see...
Nov 1, 20209 min read
The House With No Windows
So this isn't a story I've told anyone else yet. Frankly, I never planned on telling anyone, but I haven't been able to stop thinking...
Jul 26, 20202 min read
Brainworm Party
Karl leaned over the chain link fence and whistled. “Fuckin’ sheep. Think for yourselves!” On the other side of the street, the young...
Aug 18, 20192 min read
To Katie - May You Never Find the 2019 Honda Civic LX You So Desperately Seek
Katie, if you're reading this, the first thing you should know is that I do not forgive you. Of course, you haven't asked for forgiveness...
Aug 12, 20195 min read
The Face in the Monitor
Cambridge suggested we give it a face. I did not agree. To gift it any human qualities beyond the barest essentials was an invitation to...
Aug 7, 20192 min read
10 Simple Rules for Surviving the Apocalypse
Find a breathing mask immediately. There are things in the air — small, microscopic things, that float like pollen and enter through your...
Jul 21, 20192 min read
Where Does the Water Go?
When Ben was a baby, his mother and I would bathe him in a shallow pool of water, sitting cross-legged in our ancient freestanding...
Jul 12, 20195 min read
The White Tree
"Do you think we'll like it there?" "Of course we will," said David, his eyes half closed against the white-yellow sunlight that...
Jul 1, 20194 min read
A Ghost at the Door
The man in the Home Depot scratched his head. "What um...what type you looking for?" Mal flinched. "Type?" The man shrugged. "You...
Jun 27, 20194 min read
The Unpromised Land
When you agree to enter cryogenic freeze, they give you a slip of paper warning you of three things: One, that you may die (and likely...
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