Meandering Monday about Risks and Rewards (and Reading)

You can tell a lot about people by observing what they’re willing to take chances on. In the middle of the coronavirus crisis, it’s obvious that the number one thing we can’t handle is the possibility that we might run out of toilet paper. Toilet paper? Sheesh… There are gas-price apps that help you locate … Continue reading →

Meandering Monday about Personal Narratives

Do you ever find yourself sighing in annoyance as a friend recounts something that happened to them years ago – something that you’ve heard them recite countless times before? This sort of thing tends to happen even more frequently with spouses (although you would be best advised to only sigh inwardly…) We all have stories … Continue reading →

Fractured Fragment Friday: “Sleep with the Snowmen” (and a coupon!)

Not all of us are angels, and there are reasons that Santa has a NAUGHTY list and a NICE one. Would Santa really just drop a couple of lumps of coal in a misbehaving boy’s stocking, or would he do something a little more meaningful – perhaps send him to “Sleep with the Snowmen”? Here’s … Continue reading →

Meandering Monday about Giving Thanks Over Upcoming Holidays

There are three holidays that we’re pretty high on, and they all fall in the final quarter of the year. Halloween we usually decorate the house with lots of lights, banners, ghosts, spiders, scarecrows and what have we. The house repairs pretty much kept that from happening this year. We do up the house big … Continue reading →

Fractured Fragment Friday: Cats of War II Preorders Promo! (plus Cats of War I coupon)

My next release will be a collection of stories 4-7 of my Herc Tom, Champion of the Empire series. Here’s the blurb for the collection: Baastians, Rotters, Empress Isabella, Lord Phylo and his Canine Armada – they all want a piece of Herc Tom. See how our champion saves the Empire at least three more … Continue reading →

Fractured Fragment Friday: “Stalking Rebecca” (and a Coupon!)

“Stalking Rebecca” grew from another voice in my head that declared “Stalking is hard work” (this story actually got me some odd responses when I was shopping it around to various markets, including an admonition that I was advocating a behavior that didn’t comport with their mission statement. Come on folks – vampires are not … Continue reading →

Fractured Fragment Friday: “Victimless” (and a Coupon!)

“Victimless” came from annoyance with the number of television programs I’d seen recently that try to paint convicted criminals who happen to have children as pitiful victims themselves. The push seems to be to stop punishing parents who are criminals because their innocent children will suffer (almost feels like an opportunity for these parents to … Continue reading →