Did you know…
Kurt Vonnegut (Slaughterhouse 5) and Joseph Heller (Catch-22) served together in WWII. In both books, Slaughterhouse 5 and Catch-22, each author refers to the other. Reading Catch-22 encouraged me to pick up Slaughterhouse 5 after seeing Heller speak so respectfully of “an author he served with named Vonnegut”.
Update on The Eladrin Stones
When I first posted the Eladrin Stones way back when, I was new to blogging and didn’t think a 4,400 word chapter was a stretch. *Face palm…waits a moment while the reader shakes their head at the blogger* I have since caught on to the “keep it less than 1,000 words…500 is better” rule, and […]
Broken: Chapter 5
WARNING: ADULTS ONLY. Readers are strongly cautioned. “Broken” portrays sensitive subject matters including animal abuse, torture, and graphic sexual violence. There is strong language, drug reference and is not suitable for some audiences. Please proceed with caution. I gazed out the window. Storm clouds blocked the afternoon sun. A gray shadow had fallen over […]
Broken: Chapter 4
WARNING: ADULTS ONLY. Readers are strongly cautioned. “Broken” portrays sensitive subject matters including animal abuse, torture, and graphic sexual violence. There is strong language, drug reference and is not suitable for some audiences. Please proceed with caution. Until the Accident, my mother had run a strict Baptist home. We had been dedicated church goers […]
Broken: Chapter 3
WARNING: ADULTS ONLY. Readers are strongly cautioned. “Broken” portrays sensitive subject matters including animal abuse, torture, and graphic sexual violence. There is strong language, drug reference and is not suitable for some audiences. Please proceed with caution. I stood staring out the window an hour later. William sat waiting as I took in a […]
Broken: Chapter 2
WARNING: ADULTS ONLY. Readers are strongly cautioned. “Broken” portrays sensitive subject matters including animal abuse, torture, and graphic sexual violence. There is strong language, drug reference and is not suitable for some audiences. Please proceed with caution. I don’t believe my father is a bad man. On the contrary. I think he is a […]
Broken: Chapter 1
WARNING: ADULTS ONLY. Readers are strongly cautioned. “Broken” portrays sensitive subject matters including animal abuse, torture, and graphic sexual violence. There is strong language, drug reference and is not suitable for some audiences. Please proceed with caution. PART I CLASSICAL CONDITIONING I can feel it in me, right now. My hands shake, my […]
Ten Favorite Screen Characters
Originally published 12 April 2015 Updated 1 July 2018 I was tagged by fellow author C.L. Schneider to name 10 of my favorite movie and/or TV characters. This list is from most loved to least loved. These are simply characters that (for one reason or another) have stood out to me over the years. Below you’ll […]
Tales of the Drui (Dark Fantasy)
Beyond the world, far across the sea, there is a land where the gods live deep in the ground and they call it Under Earth. There they built their realm from Seidr. There they hunt for the Drui who betrayed them. During the first war when the two clans of gods battled for Midgard, the […]