Shorts
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Such a Little Thing
Jeff was gone. He left, and the clouds came in, darkening the sky, the house, and my mood. It was midnight-dark. Black. All of it, and everything. It was the little things, I think—why he left. All those little things that go unspoken, but you can see them building in his eyes; feel them growing… Continue reading
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Love Lost
This is the beginning of my next novel. It’s a little different than what I normally write. No fantasy this time. I kind of wanted to try to bridge the gap between literary fiction and genre fiction — focusing mostly on the characters, and what’s going on inside of them, but also giving enough of… Continue reading
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Sardonic Parallel
This is a short story I had originally written for a horror writing competition a long time ago. I actually didn’t like the finished product and just kept it locked away deep within my computer. I found it again today and reread it only to find out that some parts of it are actually pretty decent.… Continue reading
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The Traveler. (Short Fiction)
This is a really short piece of fiction. I had a dream about this scene and wrote about it that night at work. I didn’t really intend on doing much with it, so I figured I’d just post it. But, if you guys like it, I might do some more work on it. Let me… Continue reading
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Chop Suey
This is a very short piece of fiction I wrote while being bored at work. I work with the mentally ill, so this sort of writing kind of creeps up on me from time to time. It’s supposed to bring awareness to the millions of people struggling with depression or some other form of mental… Continue reading
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Judgment: An Exercise.
I like to do writing exercises. I especially like those which force you to use a style you aren’t completely comfortable with. This is just a little message I free-wrote about my feelings towards judgmental people. There seems to be a lot of them in my life lately. Although I can’t exactly describe the style… Continue reading
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Crux
This is a horror story I wrote a while ago–and like many–one I gave up on and am currently thinking of deleting. I’m looking for advice and criticism. It’s the first horror story I’ve ever written, and I just feel like it didn’t deliver. Feel free to be harsh… I cannot, at once, tell you… Continue reading
The Depths
The Blank Page 