Hello 2025

Yesterday I received a notice that a piece of mine has been accepted for publication. Great news! A good start to the new year. It's a piece that I still feel is well written, eight or nine months after I first started sending it out, which is not always true. It's a creative non-fiction piece, … Continue reading Hello 2025 →

Merry Christmas

Hello everyone. I hope that you're finding a way to stay cheerful and bright during what for us in the northern hemisphere is the darkest time of year. One of the things that I realized probably later in life than I should have is that the lights we put up on to decorate the outsides … Continue reading Merry Christmas →

Les Sauvages (a tiny horror story)

Les Sauvages by K. MacMichael The messenger’s face crumples, recoils, and confuses. He stammers a… but... but… The thing is held between royal finger and thumb, then thrust into the nearest minister’s palm, wrappings dropping to the palace floor. The messenger turns, heels flying across parquet. The minster gazes at the thing, mind refusing to … Continue reading Les Sauvages (a tiny horror story) →

The endings and the beginnings

Not that long ago I encountered a magazine -or perhaps it was a contest - which asked entrants to make sure they'd put a "30" at the end of their story, so their readers could be sure where the story ended. I was delighted that this journalistic tradition continues, and was very happy to comply. … Continue reading The endings and the beginnings →

Random scribbles for Canada Day

Yes, it's Canada Day again. No, I'm not doing anything particularly special. The neat thing about living in a tourist destination is that you don't have to do the tourist things on tourist days - you can just wait for the crowd to leave and do them later. Yes, there are days that I have … Continue reading Random scribbles for Canada Day →