Queer writer of weird things
(What? I never said this was going to be a daily diary. You think I'm that organized, focused, and able to maximize my free time? Oh, child.) I'm still trying to find my bearings and settle into a routine. Let's just say that is not exactly my strongest suit. Normally, I go to the gym …
All of this has happened before, and all of it will happen again. Earlier today, I was thinking to myself: "Self," I thought, "you should start keeping your journal again." "That's a great idea," Self replied. "Think you'll stick with it?" "Doubt it. But it's worth a shot, hey?" So, here I am, giving it …
Back in 2017, I had a story published in Foglifter Journal called "Shepherd." It is probably one of my most favorite things that I've written, because it has a dog in it and it's inspired by this painting by Edward Hopper: (Image courtesy of the National Gallery of Art. I spent a lot of time …
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As you may recall from last month, writer Cait Gordon is leading the charge this year on a monthly Flash Fiction Challenge. Every month, she draws three cards at random from a deck of playing cards that provide the genre and setting for the story, as well as an object that must be included. This …
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You may recall that in 2018 my friend ’Nathan did a monthly flash fiction draw. He'd assign a writing prompt with three details based on the draw of three cards: genre, setting, and object. If you wanted to participate, you wrote a flash fiction story in the chosen genre, set in the chosen place, incorporating …
Happy New Year! I hope you’ve all recovered from your hangovers, but if you haven’t, I’ll type quietly. I hope 2020 is off to a good start for you because, let’s face it, 2019 kind of sucked, didn’t it? The world is on fire (literally), people in power are evil (literally), and it feels as …
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I can't wait for this one. My friend ’Nathan Burgoine's holiday themed novella, Faux Ho Ho, comes out on Dec. 10 but is available for pre-order now. So you should totally do that! What's is about, you ask? Read on: Silas Waite doesn’t want his big-C Conservative Alberta family to know he’s barely making rent. …
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You may recall that I once said I never throw anything away when it comes to writing. Well, this is where I out myself as a big fat liar, because I've started and deleted three attempts at writing this post already. I would say I don’t know why I’ve let so much time pass between …
This week, I have another flash fiction story published at CHEAP POP. It's called "Sixty-six" and it includes a few details from my early childhood in Yuma, Arizona, Star Wars cards, and petty theft. But it's fiction, so I take things to an unreal place. Every time he took some, Darryl headed straight down to …
I've been writing more flash fiction lately, like this piece, "The Monster Under My Bed," which has just been published at Pidgeonholes. Sometimes, these stories emerge all in one go, and the process still kind of mystifies me. Other times, they start as ponderous, bloaty things that I cut down and cut down until suddenly …
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