Good night

As I lay in bed last night, not quite ready to fall asleep but not willing to stay up any later, I listened to the sounds of nighttime silence.  I listened to my pulse surging in my ears. I listened to my heart beating in my chest – as separate from my pulse.

2019 – the Year, or how to keep a writer off the streets

Some might have noticed that I’ve not posted anything for quite a while.  They might also have noticed that what I have written has mostly been short.  Like, short-short.  Like, probably written in an hour or less and posted without any recourse to drafting, contemplation, or even editing.  Yeah.  They’d be correct in thinking that.

Welcome to the Existential Dread Happy Hour!

Welcome, friends, comrades, and lovers – to the Existential Dread Happy Hour!

As our current crop of legally – unethically and immorally – elected overlords say, “If you don’t dread your current and continued existence, we aren’t doing our job!”  So let our Dread Masters know how they’re doing, and officially register your horror today!

Island Dreams #2 & #3

I dream of other islands, on other nights.  One in particular is a regular haunt, and it could not be more different from the first – a desolate, frigid, barren outcropping of rock in the midst of surging, wind-whipped black seas.

I found the actual desire to write this morning.  Sort of stumbled across it, like a cat toy lost under the couch for a long time, coated in dust.  Picked it up, turned it over in my hands, batted it around a little.  And found that I had lost a couple hours.  With actual words.  On the page.  Then I hit a little bit of a wall.  And here I am.  Stumbling.  Struggling.  Going down.  Maybe I’ll do the dishes now.  Maybe go back to bed.  Dunno.  Sure felt good for a while, making actual, real progress on one of the novels.  Almost felt…like….  Stuff.  Or something.

Yeah.  Used up all my words for today.  ‘bye now.