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You could call this my "professional" blog - where I write about being a journalist, struggling to become a novelist, and at times the issues of being a gay author writing (sometimes) gay-themed fiction. I can't promise I'll always sta
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0077. Make-believe.
He holds up the flash cards again, inkblots black and formless, and asks me what I see. The same thing I see every time. He asks again, as if he expects the answers to change. They never do. He asks about my mother and father. I don’t want ...
0076. Hak Nam.
“When I was a girl,” Grandmother said, “I dreamed of the fall of the first Kowloon. A river of red water struck the walls and split the city in two; a great golden carp rose from the waters, its belly gleaming and round. ‘Th...
0075. All the insides left cold and grey.
Gabriel Quinn died in the year 2039. The meteor struck at 3:42 a.m. in the village of Adelphi, Ohio–one of the last places left untouched by the Palisthis invasion, if only because it had nothing to offer. A small population, remote location, ...
Diarrhea of the mouth.
Okay. So. Waking Magic. Chapter one. I just ask one thing of you: don’t go into this with high expectations. This is what happens when I write fluff for fun - when I don’t worry about good writing, don’t worry about in-depth cha...
0074. Rift.
Vice stood at the edge of the rift, fighting the pain that scoured through his body like wildfire. Blood slicked his fingers, making his grip unsteady on the hilt of his blade. Across the rift, Delian smiled at him, hateful and cruel. The light fr...
0073. Djinnsense.
You know what’s ridiculous? Ridiculous is when you go to get fitted for a tux, and your shoulders are so broad that 1. the tape measure won’t encircle your chest fully, and 2. you have to get a suit coat that’s three sizes too big j...
