Queer writer of speculative and YA fiction
Sliding into homeplate at the last possible moment (well, not the last possible, but still fairly late in the day), here is my story for the December 2021 Flash Fiction Draw. As you'll recall, our prompt was for a mystery, set in a highway tollbooth, and featuring a ray gun. I played fast and loose …
Continue reading "December Flash Fiction Draw: My New Roommate"
As the song asks, how do you measure a year? If I measured it in stress, this year was slightly shorter than 2020, but only slightly. If I measured it in happiness, I'd say I'm pretty damn happy, all things considered. If we measured it in stories, this would be the 12th and final one …
Continue reading "Flash Fiction Draw for December 2021: The Finale!"
Let's pretend it's still Monday, shall we? (Although, let's not pretend to the point where it feels like we're reliving Monday because, oof, who would want to?) Anyway, we're pretending it's Monday so we can pretend I got this posted in time. (You may sense a running trend here lately.) In case you missed it …
OK, I'm late getting this posted today, so let's skip the preamble and get right to it. This month's prompt was for a fantasy, set on a spaceship, featuring a hairbrush. Fairy tales count as fantasy, right? Well, they do in this case. And if my spaceship from the Explorer Corps seems a little Starfleet-y, …
True confession: I have a hard time with time. I lose track of it, can't judge it, and fritter it away. So if you tell me that tomorrow's the first Monday in November, I'll believe you. We'll both be wrong, of course. Long story short, this prompt should have been posted last week, but I …
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I'm late getting this posted, so let's cut right to the chase, shall we? Here are the stories written based on this month's Flash Fiction Draw writing prompt: Loving Lines by E H Timms Fields of Gold by Iara Warriorfeather Dot Your I Love Yous by ’Nathan Burgoine Can't This Cow Go Any Faster? by …
It occurs to me now (and it's probably occurred to me before) that everything I do with the Flash Fiction Draw stories I write is exactly what I think I shouldn't do. I write these with no plan, no idea how they're going to end, and then I throw them up on the internet with …
Continue reading "October Flash Fiction Draw: The One Without a Title"
October! This month begins my favorite time of year, and not just because my birthday's this month. (Although that's part of it.) The weather is finally starting to get cooler, the maple in our backyard is starting to change into its red dress, and I'm gazing longingly at the 75% of my wardrobe that I …
Did you think I was going to forget to post a roundup of the other folks who did this month's Flash Fiction Draw? Well, I can't blame you, considering it's (checks notes) 11 p.m. on the East Coast. In some places, it's already tomorrow. In other places, the tea's getting cold. Wait, where was I? …
Continue reading "September Flash Fiction Draw: The Results!"
OK, finishing this one up at the last minute, as usual. If you missed this month's prompt, you'll find it over here. I went fairly light on the "crime caper" part and, perhaps predictably, focused on what the character's life of crime had cost him... although maybe he has a shot at redemption, who knows? …
Continue reading "September Flash Fiction Draw: One Last Job"