Is still alive, and home from the hospital late Sunday. There is blood in the toilet this morning so I have no idea how long I’ll stay home. I’d really really like to finish the next April book before I …

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.…

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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

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 …

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 …

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, …

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 …

It should be propagated in the system and searchable in 12 hours. It may take a bit to show up in my links at the right or on my author’s page.…

I finally have my proofed document and am too sick to go through it. I have a nasty intestinal infection that is likely from a bad salad, and am taking really strong antibiotics.…

Get a copy or tell a friend.…

I don’t post heavily, so some of you might like to subscribe rather than checking in periodically.  New book should be up this week.…

Was trapped in our parking lot most of the morning. Sure makes you appreciate your stuff.

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It has been re-edited recently. If you have a copy tell a friend please. Link on right.…

Editing still in progress, but here is the cover.

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