Sorry, Fred's Busy

Remember Fred? I introduced him in this post (in which I recommend the best book on writing short fiction, Creating Short Fiction by Damon Knight). By the way, "Admiral Atlantic's Guerrilla Marketing" is now in the Land of Dead Stories. I guess it didn't find a home. (RIP, Admiral)

But Fred can't come to the blog right now. He's busy.

I'm working on two short stories (both about half done) and a flash piece that I want to finish before Fred comes running up from the basement and takes over m