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Short Stories

  • Sometimes Rejection is a Good Thing

    It certainly doesn’t happen very often, and usually your mind will be off in another world when you find out about it, but sometimes rejection letters make you smile. I don’t mean that they make you laugh, if that happens I think you’re probably not reading it right, but occasionally they’re very rewarding. When you…

  • Hanging from the Rafters

    Just posted a new steampunk story over at Wattpad, “Remember to Breathe”. It’s a new take on Spring-Heeled Jack, complete with piston boots and an unerring nose for trouble.  Here’s a short bit to give you a taste of what’s ahead. The first step would be to test out his little toys. He lifted a…

  • Six Sentence Sunday – Judge & Executioner

    I haven’t done a Six Sentence Sunday post in quite a while it seems! I looked over my previous entries and realized I hadn’t done one yet this year. So I thought I ought to remedy that. This bit is from Night Feeders, a western horror novelette now available on most eBook platforms. Setup: Motley…

  • Brushing up on writing short stories

    It’s been said that writing short stories is one of the most difficult forms of writing. You have to pack quite a bit of information into a very small amount of space, and this doesn’t just include story and characters. Some of the best short stories also have underlying themes that readers can connect with.…

  • First Draft of a Steampunk Piece

    Thanks to my friends over at the Of the Pistol LJ community, I finally got the gumption to finish up a steampunk short story that has been gathering dust on my hard drive for a little while. Nothing special, but the dialogue makes me laugh, and the world is pretty interesting. It’s a steampunk imagining…