Queer writer of weird things
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 …
I really cheat when it comes to Friday Flash Fiction, don't I? The stories are supposed to be stand-alones, and no longer than a thousand words. Mine? Never seem to be either of those. Take this one, for instance. My friend ’Nathan (I mention him a lot, but he's a good friend; he's also a …
Sometime last year I wrote a Friday Flash Fiction installment titled "The Digital Corpse." It was about a detective investigating a murder in the Upload, a virtual world similar to Star Trek's holodeck. There was a twist, though: in addition to providing a playground for the living, it also offers an eternal digital existence for …
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Hey y'all. Did you miss me? I know I haven't done one of these in a while, but last week my friend ’Nathan posted a Friday Flash Fiction inspired by the picture below: Which got me thinking about "The Digital Corpse," the ongoing story I'd been working on in bits and pieces as previous Friday …
I know, I know. It's Saturday, not Friday. Sue me. (Actually, please don't sue me. Anyway, moving on.) A pre-PS plug: My friend 'Nathan's YA novel, Exit Plans for Teenage Freaks, is available for preorder, but lucky me, I'm reading it right now and I think you should totally get it. Go on, I'll wait. …
When ’Nathan posted this picture last week for his Friday Flash Fiction piece (which you should go read), it brought to mind something I wrote about four years ago. At least, I think it was four years. My memory is not what it was. (Narrator: his memory was never good.) I wrote a half-finished draft …
One of the things I like about short stories—or any fiction, really—is imagining the lives of the characters beyond the last page. If the story continued, what would they do next? When it's my own story, I can answer that question fairly easily: write more! And that's what this bit of flash fiction is. Back …
So last Friday my friend ’Nathan posted a flash fic piece in response to the photo below. I thought it was adorable, both his story and the photo. See for yourself: And I figured I'd see if I could come up with something by today to post, and what do you know, I did. It's …
This week's Friday Flash Fics photo prompt reminded me of Philip and Joel from Detours: Nice, yeah? It made me wonder what happened after Joel moved to England so he and Philip could be together. Let's find out, shall we? The Seacoast Philip wakes up alone, again. The third time in a week. The first …
Most of the Friday Flash Fiction photo prompts have been—how should I put this—a bit naughty. Now, I like a cute guy as much as the next person does, so I'm not complaining. This one, on the other hand: Oh, this is right up my alley. How to Get Off This Rock Daniel came to …
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