It’s here! We Make the Village Anthology

Good news! Despite the ongoing crazy with wildfires, and with related highway closures, last week I received my copy of this lovely book through the mail! We Make the Village is a collection of over 40 pieces by Canadian authors - it includes fiction, an interview, poetry, and essays. All inspired by a call to … Continue reading It’s here! We Make the Village Anthology →

Greyish Mauve (flash fiction)

Here's a silly story I wrote in response to a microfiction monday prompt last month - the prompt was "paint" and because of other things I was working on at the time, I ended up using some minor knowledge of nautical camouflage for the finale. There are ways I could integrate this history better into … Continue reading Greyish Mauve (flash fiction) →

Wax and Wane (flash fiction)

The shoemaker’s children did not have no shoes – they had the very best of shoes.Not fancy shoes, not made with glass or glitter, not stiletto-heeled or flat canvased, not bearing blinking lights or tiny wheels. Simply perfect shoes. Every half-moon night, the shoemaker created these shoes.Good quality material. Built by experienced, fairly-compensated and still-curious … Continue reading Wax and Wane (flash fiction) →

Egg (Microfiction)

It was forty-seven minutes after ten in the evening on a mid-March night when Landrigan pulled up his eye-shade, stared up at the white stuccoed ceiling, and announced - “I know what I am.” His companion of fifteen years four months and ten weeks but who was counting said, “What?” “I’m an egg,” Landrigan said. … Continue reading Egg (Microfiction) →

A curious writer versus AI “hallucination”

I use, among others, the Proton email service. I have no complaints about the email service.Awhile ago now, the same company who provides this email service also began to offer (and promote) Lumo.AI.I want to be very clear here - I have never used any AI to "write" any of my stories, poems, blog posts, … Continue reading A curious writer versus AI “hallucination” →