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Update on My Novel #37

It’s been a while since I have posted, just over three months to be exact, and as one might imagine,…

Revising The Storm #48

Two weeks ago, I gave an update on my novel, after which I shifted to doing some work on my…

Update on My Novel #36

Two-and-a-half weeks ago I stated that I was scaling down this blog and giving my attention to my novel and…

Cursed

6 Dec 201812 Nov 2021

Talce had gray, reflective eyes, devoid of any perceivable irises. Indeed they appeared less like eyes than polished, metal balls that had been inserted into his sockets. Those eyes had…

Something Old, Something New

3 Dec 201812 Nov 2021

Sadly, it seems to be in our nature that wherever we find a distinction between two entities, we almost invariably set them in opposition to one another. We hear of…

The Last Grasshopper

29 Nov 201812 Nov 2021

Once the fields had been green and lush, covered by tall blades of grass rolling in the wind. Now they were scattered over only by the occasional dry stalks: brown,…

Live a Life

26 Nov 201812 Nov 2021

Professionally I work as a software developer. The industry has come a long ways since it exploded among the workforce a half century ago. A lot of those changes, particularly…

The Noble: Part Two

22 Nov 201812 Nov 2021

A grave somberness lay heavy on the air, and time itself seemed to freeze until the slaves were drawn out of their reverie by the sound of Lenny riding back…

A Proper Cadence

19 Nov 201812 Nov 2021

On Thursday I shared the first half of a story that I had originally intended to publish in a single post. As I explained at the time, the reason for…

The Noble: Part One

15 Nov 201812 Nov 2021

Robert distinctly remembered the moment he first met Lord William Gray. Lenny had just finished shoving the man into the mud and then stomped away, ordering Robert to lift him…

Who Are You Really?

12 Nov 201812 Nov 2021

Are people inherently good or evil? It is a question that has puzzled our species for millennia, and likely will continue to do so for a very, very long while.…

Revenger of Blood

8 Nov 201812 Nov 2021

In ancient Jewish society there existed a unique law to deal with the accidental killing of another. The man that was guilty of the manslaughter was permitted to flee to…