Fiction, and other made-up stories
I lean the bike against the window, with a view of the cash register. It’s Sunday morning. I don’t need to lock it. Inside, I look at the bike through the glass, as people walk by. It’s like a painting, like the bike’s no longer mine. It’s just a picture. “Fruit explosion […]
Look really closely in this image. You will see a planet. A bit out there what you find yourself writing about at times, because you have no time to write anything but what’s really harping on your head. I wrote a story called “The Reach” a while ago, on the premise that time and velocity […]
It’s like biking, this thing. I’m not really good at it. I don’t have the stamina or the technique or the body-strength to do it well. But I put the bike on the road the other day, and I went. It’s agony after a while. The hills in my part of the country are an […]
Well, I had to try. What’s the ChatGPT version of Trent Lewin? Would it tell me something about myself, especially if it’s lifting content from my online presence? What style would an AI ascribe to a writer of very little renown, and what would I learn from this experience? I tried three times. And I’m […]
How quickly and succinctly can I write a review? Andor is a twelve-episode series on Disney+. I held off watching this one, because I have high expectations for anything Star Wars-related. And I was worried. Cultural milestones hit harder when you’re a kid. You stare at a screen and see a massive spaceship chasing a […]
I placed third in Grain’s Short Grain contest last year. Grain is titled “The Journal of Eclectic Writing”, and I started to wonder if my writing is, indeed, eclectic. I think it’s a compliment. I subscribe to this literary magazine, and read it more than any other. Eclectic eh… I love it. The story I […]
Five more forgotten songs of the 80’s. Maybe you heard these on the radio, but they probably faded in the background, and were not oft-repeated. But that doesn’t mean they’re not deserving of a second look, because they absolutely are. In a decade that produced so much great music, I would suggest that the best […]
Know what a factorial is? It’s a mathematical function often used in statistical representations, denoted by a ‘!’. That’s right, an exclamation mark. You writers out there, next time you end a statement or sentence with an exclamation mark, well, think on its other meaning. The way it works is that you take a number […]
The 80s were a strange decade. I think back on them as innocent and free, but that’s only because I wasn’t there. The 80s are the 50s of the second half of that century. One thing it had was a plethora of interesting music, set between the odd mix of progressive rock and disco from […]
Listen to me, butterfly. There’s only so much wine. —Phoebe Bridgers Sometimes, on a journey, you have no idea where you’re going. Those are the best types. I’ve promised myself that I won’t publish fiction on the blog anymore. Why? Because I got addicted to the instant feedback on my writing. I experimented, tried new […]
