Monthly Archives: April 2011

The Space: A Short Story (Updated)

Apr 12

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This idea popped into my head between last night and this morning.  I talked it over with Lady Aravan to nail down the idea, and wrote it today.  Hope you like it.

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Ralph Ebbets gripped the phone tightly in his damp fist, hating the whining edge that crept into his voice.  “Honey, I packed my lunch today, and – “

His wife’s voice cut him off sharply.  “Oh, heaven’s sake, Ralph,” and he hated the way she used his name as a contemptuous weapon, against which he could raise no protest for it was but his name, “your son is going back to school today and he wants to have lunch with his father before he leaves.  Can’t you change your precious routine for one day?” Read the rest of this entry →

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Excerpt: Prologue to The Storm of Northreach

Apr 11

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Before I finished the end, I looped back to the beginning.

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The tree branch digging into his buttocks was uncomfortable, but Ajen was barely conscious of that now.  He had planned to give Alys a little scare when she arrived for their tryst on Dane’s Knoll by climbing up the massive silver-barked tree that rose from it.  When she arrived, he was going to let her mill about the trunk for a time, let her build up a good bit of worry, then leap down and surprise her.  He’d anticipated getting a good slap out of it, but she’d be grateful for arms to wrap around her and make her feelings of fright go away. Read the rest of this entry →

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A Good Weekend

Apr 11

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It was a good weekend, but one that didn’t last quite long enough (not that they ever do).  I hadn’t mentioned it here before (I don’t think, anyway – continuity is hard), but Lady Aravan and I have put our house up for sale.  That means that every weekend and some weeknights, we have to scrub the house down, gather our beloved pack of pooches, and get out of sight so people can look at the house.  We got an offer that we’ve been countering and going back and forth over the last few days, so we’re hopeful that it sells soon.  We are looking for a rural farmette in PA, or failing that, just a private location with some acreage.  Yes, I hate people that much, and yes, it will be key during a zombie invasion.

Priorities.

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Blamers – A Short Zombie Story

Apr 7

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That short story idea I mentioned?  I carved some time today to bang it out.

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There’s a lot to hate about the world today.  I mean, between the lack of electricity, horrendous snarls of traffic from abandoned cars, the total absence of a friendly face, and hordes of disgusting rotting cannibalistic walking corpses  – let’s face it, there isn’t much to be happy about.  Unless you count being alive in the face of all this, which is sort of a mixed curse and a blessing when all is said and done. Read the rest of this entry →

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Some Random Things

Apr 7

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Busy at work (my main blogging time, when waiting for printouts and email responses and whatnot), so still not keeping up here as much as I want.  So, I will throw out some things that have been on my mind the last few days.

I got a rejection letter from Permuted Press for The Curse of Troius.  They’d requested the manuscript in September of 2010, and they said that it made it to the “final round”, whatever that means.  I like the way it sounds, anyway, that it was good enough to get that far at least.  It means that I am just shy of being marked for respectability!  That’s good enough for me.  I mostly appreciate getting the email since it provides me with closure over the whole thing.  I don’t have to worry about trying with Legacy Publishing anymore. Read the rest of this entry →

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