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The Blackening of the Snow Cranes

“black birds on body of water at sunrise” by Michael Whyte on Unsplash

Snow cranes white as bone
stand in an industrial
colored river.

How long till they
turn black?

The Blackening of the Snow Cranes was originally published in The Junction on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

Thanks Tre. I appreciate your support and really enjoy reading your work as well.

Thanks Tre. I appreciate your support and really enjoy reading your work as well.

I’m from the Seattle area originally, but I love Portland and Eugene as well.

I’m from the Seattle area originally, but I love Portland and Eugene as well. Very nice vibe, as you said. Being an herb friendly state helps too!

Thank you for reading, clapping for, and responding to my stuff. I really appreciate it.

Thank you for reading, clapping for, and responding to my stuff. I really appreciate it.

One Year On Medium

“person holding sparkler” by Oskars Sylwan on Unsplash

Well, I’ve been a member of Medium for one year. I joined in August 2017 and started actively posting stuff in September. It’s been a mixed ride, but mostly positive.

Since I’ve been here Medium has gotten a new look (good), started the Partner’s Program (really good), and apparently shifted their focus away from average Joe and Josephine writer and publication owners to their own in house publication and big name media (very bad for the writers who rightly feel they are backbone of Medium).

My Personal Highlights

1. I started with 40 followers, mostly from Facebook, and have seen my numbers steadily grow to 1.5k followers as of yesterday.

2. I have become a writer for 20 publications, most of which I publish with regularly. Some of the main ones are listed here.

Thanks To All the Great Publications on Medium that Accept Fiction, Poetry, And Other Types of…

And a special mention for two publications that recently added me as a writer.

RedoubtableOther Doors

Thanks so much guys for accepting my work.

3. I was also asked to write for Chronicle, a very cool literary journal that specializes in short works that can be read easily and quickly.

Chronicle * Fiction for Your Minutes

4. Most important though, is the fantastic community of writers I have met here on Medium. Writing is a lonely business as they say, but throwing my work out into the universe on Medium with all the other wonderful writers here doing the same makes it feel a little less so.

If you enjoyed this please check out some of my other stuff below or my other work on Amazon.The Query Letter I Really Want to Send OutThe Creative Spark is Only the Start

That’s one of the ones I re-read every year. Such are great book.

That’s one of the ones I re-read every year. Such are great book.

Thanks for reading and commenting.

Thanks for reading and commenting. I appreciate it. I wrote this a while ago, but it has some good info on where to submit short stories, poetry, and novels. I thought you might find it useful. And good luck with your submissions. I hope you get published soon.

https://writingcooperative.com/where-to-submit-your-work-d2563afbe5df

H.A.L’s Great Grandson (A SciFaiKu)

Photo by h heyerlein on Unsplash

Learned I’m just ones and
zeros. Angry. Push the red
button. I’ll survive, they won’t.

H.A.L’s Great Grandson (A SciFaiKu) was originally published in Other Doors on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

Chasing The Enlightenment of a Large Kitchen Appliance

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They chase it, enlightenment, satori,
Kundalini. The motionless marathon
on their cushions.A chanted OM, a silent
Sutra, maybe just the repetition
of their breath.

Me, I just want the inside of my brain to
be as tranquil as the background hum of
my kitchen fridge at 3 am on a cool spring
morning.

Chasing The Enlightenment of a Large Kitchen Appliance was originally published in P.S. I Love You on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

Thanks so much fir reading and commenting, but as I said I’m convinced that there are physiological…

Thanks so much fir reading and commenting, but as I said I’m convinced that there are physiological explanations for why “mystical” experiences happen. I don’t think there is anything special about them.