Peace. Tranquility. Insanity.
A generational gasp… Note: This is a snippet from a much-longer tale that may or may not be (I change my mind every day) the last entry in my short-story book-in-progress. Setting the Scene: Two employees at the Smithsonian, one older (Monty) and one younger (Garamonda), have managed [ ]
Swear… Note: Just for grins, here’s an excerpt from one of my previous books. To set the scene: A large chunk of my family has traveled from Tulsa down south to Dallas, wherein I live because I didn’t want to be in Tulsa anymore. Secondary scene-setting: I always [ ]
The dark secret of harvesting home… Editor’s Note: Many years ago, when I first stumbled out of the cave and learned to make fire, a friend presented me with a writing challenge: Concoct a story based solely on three random words that she would select. The following is [ ]
Something slinky this way comes… Billy Peckerwood knew that he shouldn’t have been walking along the dark road at that time of night, as nothing good ever happens on dark roads that you shouldn’t be on when the sun has gone somewhere else. But it had been [ ]
Yes, I just defiled Shakespeare and I own it… Brian, left: “What the hell are you doing? I’m standing here looking incredibly sexy even though there seems to be something not-right going on with my pants.” Mary, right: “I’m just so fed up with people I want to [ ]
And the joy of memory… Herewith, our final episode in Celia and Bucky Lee’s vague but intrepid journey toward wherever we’re going. To catch you up: Vladimir Putin has just escorted Our Duo, along with a cavalcade of co-stars, into an odd room at the back of The [ ]
So many words, so little explanation… Note: This is the next-to-last installment in our journey with Celia and Bucky Lee as they do questionable things on a questionable thoroughfare in a small questionable town in questionable Utah. (If you haven’t been following our story since the launch point, [ ]
And this is that episode… First, let’s give you, potential new reader of this story, an opportunity to peruse the preceding by clicking on the first episode, found here. After that, just keep clicking forward until you catch up with the rest of us. Take your time, enjoy [ ]
And celebrate the remembrance… Note: This is yet another entry in our ongoing tragicomedy involving Celia and Bucky Lee, although I should forewarn you that neither of them features prominently in the episode. And to be honest, this installment is a bit tricky to navigate if you haven’t [ ]
The downwind of helicopter-parenting… Yet another installment in our wildly-meandering tale of two inquisitive Mormons looking for knowledge in all the wrong places. To catch you up a bit with our two main characters: Celia is atop Bucky Lee’s shoulders as she tries to peer in the window [ ]