Thanks to one of my readers – Tobiko is not a flying fish in Japanese. It is the roe of the fish which is great for sushi. Tobiuo is the fish. I’ll change my books to reflect this next edit.…
A snippet of the next April book – title still undetermained.
Chapter 1
The sun baked all the way through, to the warm deck beneath her. April felt she might melt, and slide off the arch of the bow into the sea at any moment, like a pat of butter …
#5 coming up
I’ve got 23k words of a new April book started. A floating chapter I’ll have to plug in somewhere. And no solid ideas for a title yet. I have not intended to start another April book, but I keep getting …
Another snippet of “Conspiracy Theory” for you.
Chapter 6
Jack dropped all his gear off at his apartment. There were no marks around the lock or anything disturbed inside. Mrs. Hanson sometimes napped in the day, so he didn’t bother her for his mail. The rental …
A new snippet – Chapter 5 of “Conspiracy Theory”
Jack had a few days to kill now, somehow. He didn’t think running straight home was a very good idea. Certainly not back down the same route he’d come. He didn’t have a tent anymore, but the truck wasn’t so …
A new snippet of “Conspiracy Theory” Chapter 4
I have some formatting issues here from Word. It’s readable though. Sorry.
The town of Potola was the last decent sized place to buy supplies before his camp ground. There was a little place called Beckwourth that wasn’t an official
…A Short Story for you.
I’ll eventually publish another collection of shorts when I have enough, like “Common Ground and other Stories”. But for now…
Ball and Chain
Mackey Chandler
“It’s this damn Slump,” Tim Kirkland grumped. “There’s no market for even Earth …
New Banner
Mr. Lutz posted this art to FaceBook and invited anyone to use it. Note I left his attribution and copyright in the corner. His space station seemed much more science-fictiony than my flower photography. I did stretch it a bit …
Another Big Snippet of “Conspiracy Theory”
Chapter 2
The rental car clerk acted like he was a criminal for wanting a small pickup truck. He kept a two seat electric run-about for commuting to work and shopping. If the young woman was such a strict environmentalist, …
First chapter of a possible book
See if you can tell where this is going. Tell me what you think.
HooDoo
Chapter 1
The cab was in a queue of much nicer cars. There was a canopy from the door of his destination clear to the …