Bees in My Brain

I’ve mentioned my novel won’t be out until next spring. I also have a new story set to appear in an anthology that has been pushed back to next year (a common occurance 2020/2021 for traditional and independent publishers alike) – which meant 2021 was destined to pass without a single new release from yours truly.

Sometime in between writing “Plus One”, the story originally intended for the anthology, and “The Patriarch”, the story I ultimately contributed, I experienced a big burst of inspi...