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Priscilla Bettis – Author Interview and Review

The story in the Among the Headstones anthology is Lucretia’s Hum by Priscilla Bettis, someone we all know and follow, right? Well, I do. The interview is by Rayne Hall, and I’ll do a review at the end. What are cemeteries like in the country where you live? I live in Virginia in the United … Continue reading Priscilla Bettis – Author Interview and Review

Cameron Trost – Author Interview and Story Review

The story in the Among the Headstones anthology is Short Cut by Cameron Trost, an Australian-born author. The interview is from Rayne Hall, and I’ll do a short review at the end. Enjoy! Do you ever wander around cemeteries, read the inscriptions on strangers’ headstones, and wonder what their lives were like, how they died, … Continue reading Cameron Trost – Author Interview and Story Review

Want some reads for the holidays?

5th Annual Smashwords End of Year Sale! December 17, 2021 – January 1, 2022 My books on Smashwords, discounted (all prices USD): Call to Magic, now $1.49 until 1 Jan 2022Awaken, spirit of Maiden, soul of purity, heart of empath. Come, seek your true purpose. If you dare. Seeking, now free until 1 Jan 2022What is … Continue reading Want some reads for the holidays?

NDE

Fiction, short. The Fall Two days ago, I went into the bloody hospital. Hate those places. People go there to die. Doctors who don’t look you in the eye, nurses who talk so fast the words don’t make sense until they’ve been gone ten minutes. All those machines, all those things to fill out, all … Continue reading NDE

December, 2021

And what awaits us in the next year? As an ever-hopeful soul (put that scowl away!), I’m hoping 2022 is calmer, shorter, less fretful than the last two years. I want people to care about others, to take care in how they interact with the world, to enjoy something in each moment of every day. … Continue reading December, 2021

R&R Month

Or Season? Anyway, I’m on sabbatical, sort of. Doing a course, resting the hands, collaborating on a short story (will give details when it gets accepted into the anthology), and daydreaming in a sunny spot in the garden. So, that’s all folks, at least until December, then it depends on the state of play with … Continue reading R&R Month

To Suffer, or Not to Suffer

That’s not really the question in #FPQ141 but it hangs close enough to title it as such. At least from my perspective. His question, as a direct quote, is: Do you agree that human suffering can be beneficial and that suffering is a necessary part of the human condition? Why or why not? Fandango 2021 … Continue reading To Suffer, or Not to Suffer

Diverting from Fibre

Diverticulitis and diverticulosis — not the best subject for a Sunday morning, but let me tell you a story that begins with my first diagnosis of this problem. First, though, you need to know I have no medical training. Apart from First Aid, Level Two, now several years out of date. The problem above is … Continue reading Diverting from Fibre

A Truth

#blogginginsights from SaltedCaramel. I’m with Franz Kafka. I’m a monster, grumpy, suffering severe bouts of COF Syndrome (that’s cranky old fart syndrome in case you want to use it), and my writing is currently being done with one middle finger of each hand (the casts on each hand stop the others being useful — and … Continue reading A Truth

In the Throes of Creating a New Short Story

And didn’t pre-plan a post. Whoops! However, the story I’m editing ready for publication is an Australian short story (about 6k words) about gold country. Do you remember Itchy (originally published here)? Stay tuned. He’s going to make it into his own book.