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Looking Back
To the Founder of the Feast! I’ve been blogging here for about four months now, and I enjoy watching my blog’s stats. I’m going to share a few of the things I’ve noticed because I think it’s...
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Haunt
The time has come to start a new fiction serial. I’m trying something more ambitious this time, we’ll see… *** Timothy sliced through the mango, cutting it up into easily-crushed cubes. Orange,...
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Haunt, Part II
Part II of a serialized fiction story, read part I here. “I’ll give her a bottle and we can leave,” Fiona already had the formula heating on the stove. She watched quietly as the glass bottle sweated....
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Haunt, Part III
Part III of a serialized story, view part I and part II. “You just stood there. Staring.” Fiona sat next to his bed; her arms draped along its cold railing. “Your eyes didn’t look like you.” “How long...
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Haunt, Part IV
This is part IV of a serialized story, see part I, part II and part III. That night Elsie had strange dreams. The Gothic windows of her great aunt’s parlor loomed before her. Their glass shone with...
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Haunt, Part V
This is part V of a serialized story, see part I, part II , part III and part IV. “They’re letting me out this afternoon.” The skin on Tim’s toes was damaged by the cold, but his hypothermia wasn’t...
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Haunt, Finale
This is the end of a serialized story, see part I, part II , part III , part IV and part V. “It’s better if you don’t sleep just now, Tim,” Aunt Margo refilled his cup of chamomile tea, “I think it’s...
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Spooky in a Ghosty Way
My husband had a violently negative reaction to the ending of Haunt. Top complaints: 1) What’s going on? 2) Nothing happens. 3) I don’t care about Tim, or anybody else. Ouch. So, first on the list....
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Revelation Fatigue
As addictive as cocaine. I used to be highly-motivated to succeed, and by ‘succeed’ I mean the traditional American interpretation of success: having money. I started my own business when I was 13. No...
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Heartbleed
What being ahead of the curve looks like. I never get tired of plugging smart people. Heard of “Heartbleed“– the OpenSSL ‘flaw’ that left two-thirds of the internet vulnerable to hackers? “The agency...
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