WRITING – Joshua J Watson

Blog, WRITING 199

Musings on European Murder Mysteries

09Jun2025

I have been reading a lot of late. Mostly mysteries, mostly set in Europe. Throws into rather stark relief differences in style, and how those differences inform my personal reading preferences.

Microfiction, WEIRD FICTION 1069

Dreams, a commentary (No. 1)

21Mar2025

Dreams, eh? They’re just stories, right? Stories your own brain tries to tell you while you aren’t paying attention. They don’t really mean anything. That’s what you’ve got to tell yourself. Over and over, you’ve got to tell yourself that, that they don’t mean anything. You have to. Because if they did actually mean something. If those stories your own mind was trying to tell you while you weren’t paying attention, if *those* stories meant anything, anything at all….

WEIRD FICTION 403

The End of the City of Lights

26Nov2024

Augury of Miso en Place

They came first for Chef, who named his dishes by the wrong names.

They came for him in the night before the Feastday of Saint Martina of Rome, when they thought no one could be watching. They interrupted his preparations and ignored his protestations. Their passing left an orange stain in the air, a smear of light that did not dissipate.

FLASH FICTION 1139

Eavesdropping, or putting words in other people’s minds

11Oct2024

‘Dude, don’t talk to me about Bigfoot. Okay? Bigfoot wears yoga pants.’
He took a long pull at his straw, slurping deliberately, even viciously, at the dregs of a milkshake, before using both hands to reposition his specs.
‘Don’t test me on this, dude.’

POETRY 583

Haiku for a Snowy Day

27Feb2024

birds, landing in trees
drop snow atop their own heads
comedy panic

SCI-FI 560

The Last Man

30Jan2024

In the end, I just didn’t know what to do with myself.
The world had ended.
I was the only survivor.
And that was that.

POETRY 738

You call this a conversation?

14Nov2023

take a look around you.
what do you see?
too many damn people.
too many damned and desperate people.

Blog, WRITING 645

Chuckling Into the Void

25Jul2023

Writing is a bitch.
Trying to get your writing published is worse.
I stopped counting when I reached 200 rejection letters.
I stopped counting, but I didn’t stop trying. Until I did.

WRITING 615

The Day I Set the Lawnmower on Fire

05May2023

I set the lawnmower on fire.

Well, not really me.
And not actually on fire.
But that’s pretty much what happened.

Well, not really. There’s more to it than just that, obviously.

POETRY 799

The Folly of Envy

25Apr2023

it is folly to compare one’s self -
one’s accomplishments -
to those of others - especially to those 
who came before;

Musings on European Murder Mysteries

Dreams, a commentary (No. 1)

The End of the City of Lights

Eavesdropping, or putting words in other people’s minds

Haiku for a Snowy Day

The Last Man

You call this a conversation?

Chuckling Into the Void

The Day I Set the Lawnmower on Fire

The Folly of Envy

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