An ongoing microfiction series about a town, a lake, and a whole lot of weirdness. Updates MWF. The Sunken Gardens, once finished, refused to stop sinking. Canyons of potting soil and tanbark rose above their beds and knitted into a canopy. Gardeners learned to cultivate glowing mushrooms and rich veins of goldenrod ore within the […]
Category Archives: Columns
HoC Postscript
Warning: Spoilers ahead for the conclusion of House of Cats. Go read that first. Dear House of Cats readers, Los Angeles traffic is a bear today; the Lakers are having their parade. Everyone who isn’t on the road for work is skipping work and on the road to see that, it seems. But I’m down […]
HoC Ep. 20: The Master of This House, Pt. 2
One Week Later… Heather followed the doctor through the quiet hall of the clinic, closed to normal clients for the evening. The faintly antiseptic smell of the recently washed floors and tables mixed with the whiff of vitamin snacks hidden in the doctor’s pockets. He pushed open a swinging door and led Heather back into […]
HoC Ep. 19: The Master of This House, Pt. 1
Up on the ladder, Rune swept the brush left and right, spreading a thick daub of paint across the molding where the wall met the ceiling in the solarium. After the experience of falling out of that tree–not landing on his feet being yet another reason he disliked a human body–he would have preferred to […]
HoC Ep. 18: Alley Cat Blues
Dopple found a rock in the scraggly backyard. “We’re not going to have a lot of time,” she said. “Do you see her?” The tom cupped his hands around his eyes and peered in the dark window. “Something must be wrong. I told her we would come tonight.” Dopple stood by the back door. “Get […]