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This Week’s Movie Picks: Starry Eyes, The Mimic, and Other Movies with Meaning

I’ve been on a movie kick this week. I finished my latest novel last week (Medusa Reborn, stay tuned), and my new one isn’t quite ready to be born yet. I’ve put in a few words here and there, but the vibe just isn’t there yet. So I’m watching movies. A Facebook friend once commentedContinue reading “This Week’s Movie Picks: Starry Eyes, The Mimic, and Other Movies with Meaning”

Wall of Wasps

The wall of wasps stretched as high as the sky, and as far as the ends of the earth. It was a buzzing, humming, moving world of wasps, a writhing surface of wasps, their black and yellow bodies dancing their strange insect dances, their stingers alive to the possibility of human intrusion. Taryn hid inContinue reading “Wall of Wasps”

His Wife’s Garden

Arthur dug up another weed with his trowel and shook the dirt loose. “Gotcha, little bastard,” he said with a toothy grin. His voice was raspy from years of smoking. No cancer, though. Audrey had told him over and over that smoking would give him cancer, and give it to her too. Wrong on bothContinue reading “His Wife’s Garden”

Storyland Chronicles: Henry and Gina

Pickle and Mister Man circled Jessica’s feet and yowled. Pickle’s voice was as old and creaky as the rest of her, but the young and vigorous Mister Man was able to pick up the slack. Pickle was a raggedy grey tabby with half a tail—Jessica was uncertain if she’d been born that way or ifContinue reading “Storyland Chronicles: Henry and Gina”

Movie Review: Velvet Buzzsaw Is the Smartest Horror Movie of 2019.

I put this movie on my to-see list after seeing a Facebook friend mention it as one of his favorites of the year. I was a LITTLE leery of taking the recommendation of someone whose favorite movie is A Serbian Film, but we do have quite a few movies in common like Get Out andContinue reading “Movie Review: Velvet Buzzsaw Is the Smartest Horror Movie of 2019.”

Search in the Rain

Jeff sat on the couch in Bill’s scrubby little living room. The TV was on and set to the right channel, and Bill was in the kitchen, procuring the first of many beers. There was a bowl of nachos on the coffee table and nary a bored girlfriend in sight. It was pouring down rainContinue reading “Search in the Rain”

The Battle of the Bed

Black Bells: Chapter One

Megan went to bed without brushing her teeth. Her mouth felt furry and sick as if she’d been licking a dog, but she didn’t care. She wanted to wake up with a dozen cavities. Maybe even need a root canal. She felt the need to punish herself, though she didn’t know why. None of thisContinue reading “Black Bells: Chapter One”

Poseidon

Rebecca trailed her feet in the water, feeling like a school girl on her last day of summer vacation. Cerberus floated along beside the raft, her enormous flippers occasionally touching Rebecca’s legs. Rebecca looked up at the sky, so like Earth but so different too. The sky was a darker blue, almost indigo. TheContinue reading “Poseidon”

The Night Beast

The night draws down Like a black velvet curtain. Like a blanket of stars and dark The night draws down. The winged beast awakens Like an earthquake in the night. Like the heavy shift of mountains The winged beast awakens. The beast takes flight Like the cold north wind. Like a whirl ofContinue reading “The Night Beast”