If you needed to start life over in a better place, Darby-on-the-Sea might not be your first choice. Minna has been on the road for days, though–alone, exhausted, and living intentionally blind. By now, she’ll take whatever help she can get, even if she doesn’t believe she deserves it. His footsteps across the boards gave […]
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Mops and Magic Just Go Together
It’s not easy being the new witch in town. Aisha wants to make the perfect first impression by finding a neighbor in need of magical help. Too bad her familiar just came home with a stolen robotic vacuum. The cat hopped down and spat a small black triangle onto the bed. “Ew, Jasper, what’s that?” […]
Just Discovered In Open Space…
When your daily grind involves traveling to new planets and being the first human to set foot on them, it can seem like nothing in the universe will ever surprise you again. Irina, with her partner Milo, freelances as a miner of exotic, exo-solar materials. She thinks she’s seen it all. She’s about to discover […]
Work Ethic
Let me say I’ll take no more rest days Let me break down Reacquaint myself with scabbed knees The busted knuckles and bloody teeth Of my sharp-edged youth Let me fall apart Indulge in turning circles A mind dizzy and heat-stroked Running alien mathematics Let me say I’m done with dozing Let me overthrow The […]
A Bedtime Box of Puppies
(Cross-posted on Tumblr) I wore myself out writing a depressing blog post (which may or may not see the light of day). So I needed something to cheer me up. Box of puppies! Over one thousand words about boxes of puppies, in fact. Mine are simple pleasures. — Juliet: Juliet spots them while malingering outside […]