Living the Liminal

Love him or hate him, Harlan Ellison says what he means and means what he says:

If I had to pick out a hero, Ellison would be on my short list. As a writer, he inspires me, but as a human being he humbles me. His willingness to spit in the face of authority, oppression and [...]

We are just rockin’ out on the short plays this week. For your delectation: Other Memories is posted on the Stage Play Page. Comments and feedback are welcome, indeed, we’re hungry for your thoughts.

Technorati Tags: zombies, 10 minute play, playwriting, theatre

I’ve just posted a new play over on the Stage Plays Page. I’m going to be writing a series of 10 minute plays, primarily because there are way too many 10 minute play festivals and contests and most short plays suck. Specifically, there is a tendency on the part of those producing short plays to [...]

Recently, I came across Escape Pod & it’s sister site PseudoPod  and have been, for the most part, really impressed and delighted with all the stories I’ve listened to. I feel like I’m reconnecting to the joys of short fiction, the fun of coming across new and different ideas, and of being surrounded by stories.
They have [...]

So, to test out some recording equipment and start realizing just how difficult getting a good, clean recording sound can be, I recorded a short-short story that I’d done for Write Fight a good long while ago.
Not really ready for prime-time, so I won’t be sending this off to Podiobooks or iTunes any time soon, [...]

Do you like writing?
Do you like challenges?
Check out The Dueling Quill for a fun writing challenge/contest. It’s a project I’ve been helping out with and the more the merrier.

Technorati Tags: creative writing, dueling, writing, writing challenge, writing contest

Write Fight is back and I’ve entered into this weeks battle! The challenge was to write a story using the title: “Death Comes with ________” where each writer could fill in the blank or use the word “Bananas.”
I chose to write a story called “Death Comes with Jeff.” If you can take a few minutes [...]

If you want to read the story, just follow the link below. I had a bitch of a time cutting down my original first draft the the word limitation, so there are lots of bits that didn’t make it into this version, but I doubt that I will do anything more with this one, [...]

Alexandra was seven years old and refused to answer to anything but “Alex.” She was terrified of thunderstorms, ever since she could remember, even, she thought, before she could remember. Which was why she had very quietly, very deliberately, gotten out of bed, tip-toed down the hallway to check that her Grammy was asleep—and she [...]

The rain beat time on the car like a spastic jazz drummer. CJ pressed his head against the cool glass of the window and watched as streaks of land went by, dark upon black and made distant by the falling water. The car smelled of old hamburger grease and fake pine scent. For the first [...]