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No “Weird Fiction Monday” this week!
Once again, life & work have conspired to keep me from writing (or editing) fiction! I’ll try and post some new weird tales next Monday.
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Weird Fiction Monday: Away From It All
It’s time for Weird Fiction Monday, when I post stories that I’ve written — both new and old — for the entertainment (hopefully) of my readers! As always, I note that I haven’t done extensive editing of the tales here, … Continue reading
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No “Weird Fiction Monday” this week!
I knew I wouldn’t be able to keep up a story a week indefinitely, and this week real life finally caught up with me! I ended up having to prepare a talk and a lecture all day Sunday, and today … Continue reading
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Weird Fiction Monday: The Invitation
It’s time for Weird Fiction Monday, when I post stories that I’ve written — both new and old — for the entertainment (hopefully) of my readers! As always, I note that I haven’t done extensive editing of the tales here, … Continue reading
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Weird Fiction Monday: The Voice of the City
It’s time for Weird Fiction Monday, when I post stories that I’ve written — both new and old — for the entertainment (hopefully) of my readers! As always, I note that I haven’t done extensive editing of the tales here, … Continue reading
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Weird Fiction Monday: The Toybox
It’s time for Weird Fiction Monday, when I post stories that I’ve written — both new and old — for the entertainment (hopefully) of my readers! As always, I note that I haven’t done extensive editing of the tales here, … Continue reading
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Weird Fiction Monday: They Always Preregister, and They Never Miss a Class
This Halloween, I thought I would start a new semi-regular feature: Weird Fiction Monday! I’ve been a long-time author of weird fiction, and thought I would start posting some of my old and new writing as a motivation to write … Continue reading
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I pwned NaNoWriMo… again!
I’m a winner in National Novel Writing Month! For those who haven’t been following, I surrendered most of my free time in the month of November to write a 50,000 word novel. I finished my word count ahead of schedule, … Continue reading
In the throes of National Novel Writing Month!
My regular readers* may have notice that I’ve been quite quiet over the past couple of weeks. As it turns out, I’m currently fighting my way through National Novel Writing Month! For those unfamiliar, NaNoWriMo is an annual novel-writing event, … Continue reading
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My NaNoWriMo novel: Finished at last!
I just had to write a brief post to celebrate: I finally, finally finished writing my NaNoWriMo project! For those who have been reading me for a while, you know that I officially completed NaNoWriMo’s 50k words by the 28th … Continue reading
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