Writing Exercises
I do a bunch of writing exercises. Even if I am in the deadline mines, I try to do at least one a week. So I thought I should write a bunch of them out in case anyone else wanted to try them on for size. These work...
Before The Visits
The ghosts sat around a table, sipping whiskey. Each whiskey a different vintage: one well aged and full bodied, one freshly bottled and harsh, and one somehow not yet even made but still filling a glass tasting of...
Mr. Binkles and the Curious Case of Changed Perspective
(Way back in 2003, when I was still writing horror, I wrote a short story about a teddy bear. It eventually inspired a sequel and almost a trilogy (long story). But it has been ages and been reprinted a few times...
A Tale of Two Astronauts
Two astronauts sit on a swing set. The swing set is floating in space. They do not move, except for the general motion of the universe. The astronauts have no purpose, no reason for being. They know they were only...