Realize

Realize was a drabble in which the challenge was to write the story using a set of random words.

Family Values

Family Values is a drabble about a father and son.

Graceful

Graceful is a drabble about a young woman going away to college and leaving her best friend behind.

Generous

Generous is a drabble about a little girl who is being taken against her will to visit her grandparents.

Vliet St.

We wait for him on the corner of Vliet St. She sits on a stump while I kick an old plastic bottle.

"He's late," I say.

She rolls her eyes.

The plastic crunches with another kick. I continue reading...

Steampunk Fairy Tales, Vol. II

It's here!

The second volume of Steampunk Fairy Tales is now out. It's been an honor and a privilege to work with all the talented and creative writers who have contributed to and made this anthology a reality.

You can get a copy on Amazon.

Hope you enjoy the collection!

Also we look forward to readers kindly writing reviews of the anthology and their favorite short stories, particularly if they liked "The Synth, the Stone, and the Airship."

Recharge

Beijing, Delhi, Tokyo. My body hums to vibrations of an airplane, while standing in a bright hotel room. Canberra, Singapore, Hanoi. My body knows it's night. The LED clock disagrees, continuing its advance.

The suitcase bounces on the bed.

(continue reading)

Eclipse

Light bends around darkness, weaving a cosmos on a loom beyond ken. Here and now, darkness slithers closer. It's tongue flickers toward the window of her inextinguishable soul.
Does she notice? Perception: a personal vantage. Sight and experience. Angles and patterns. On what do her gray eyes linger?
Perhaps she sees fear or awe. A child's excitement. A cherished dream from her youth reflected in your inadvertent actions, hidden in windows shuttered by shadow. continue...

Sidewalks

Sidewalks is a drabble about progress steamrolling over people.

Snowmen

Snowmen is a drabble on global warming and a old joke.

Paint

Paint is a comedic drabble about two sisters doing an art project.

Steampunk Fairy Tales

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Stubborn

Stubborn is a drabble inspired by neo-fascism.

Cappadocia

Cappadocia is a drabble about the conflict of nature and technology.

Companion

Companion was a drabble written from a dog's point of view.

Saga

Saga is a story about a little boy with a homework problem.

Steampunk Fairy Tales 2

Do you like steampunk? Fairy tales? Or free stuff? Got you covered. Steampunk Fairy Tales (Volume 1) is available on Amazon for free. Check it out.

And now for piling on more good news. Volume 2 of Steampunk Fairy Tales is undergoing the finishing touches and will be available sometime soon. Yay!

Here is a synopsis on my contribution to this collection of fairy tales gone steampunk.

The Synth, the Stone, and the Airship 

While abroad, a young architecture student prepares for a wedding to the beautiful woman of his dreams only to receive a letter of his father's grave illness from his homeland. Deciding to undertake the perilous voyage home, he is befuddled with his new bride's confounding behavior and must solve the puzzle before his one true love is lost forever.

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Heat Wave

Heat Wave was a drabble to a prompt and a picture of a young woman standing in a fountain.

Karaoke

Karaoke is a drabble about a business trip gone badly and a bit of revenge on the unwary.

Gone South

Gone South is a drabble response to the one word prompt: south.