Leaving Giselle, Arthur, and Mara to complete their preparations for their journey, Darvin went home to refine the schedule. After pouring through the military’s established schedule, he completed the launches and sends that information to his handpicked pilots. Once they confirmed their departures, the living mountain scheduled a meeting with Rylan to formalize the flights. When Darvin reached the building, he joined his friend and ordered the same meal...

The first story for my patrons is an Action/Adventure. When I sat down to start pen this tale, my mind kept spinning, like the tires of a car on blocks. However, I didn’t want to run to NYC Midnight for the seed for this story. Thankfully, my stalling brain latched onto a nugget buried deep in my mind. I stumbled onto WritingExercises and while I’ve gotten some milage out of it; I need to use it more. This time I leveraged the site’s Plot Generator...

As I’ve navigated through my life, I have racked up countless memories, both pleasant and horrible ones. While some have faded, others have sharpened. The best memories in my life all feature my friends and family. Throughout the early days of my professional career, some of the strongest memories focused on the heading out for a meal with my friend and co-worker. It didn’t matter where we went, we would order our meal and talk about everything from the upcoming projects to the next game night and everything in between while we ate...

Despite being driven to perfect his abilities, Darren’s teachers at the Academy have followed Arlen’s lead and refused to provide the student with private lessons. His only hope is to accept Arlen’s challenge and create a healing talisman. After a string of failures, he reached out to Arlen for some guidance in creating his trinket. She lends him several tomes, and he renews his efforts. Unfortunately, he continues to fall short. As the days continue to stretch out, his classmates worry about his mental state...

Forests contain some of the most beautiful sights I’ve ever seen. Even the mundane woodlands that cover the world. When I was younger, I remember bolting into the woods behind my parent’s home and exploring its secrets. Eventually, I crafted an extensive mental map of the woods, and I could travel through them and pop out anywhere in the neighborhood I wanted. Those constant trips helped solidify my love of forests...

With the dawning of a new year comes the burden of selecting a New Year’s resolution. For me, this choice was simple. My number one resolution is to enhance my creative skills, both the written word and drawing. However, this isn’t a new goal and there are months when I’m unable to match the productivity that I’m hoping to achieve. As a result, this year I’m going to use a highly regimented schedule to focus my time...

With The Gift and Stroll finished, I’m turned my attention to the last story for the year, a piece of Science Fiction. When I pulled December’s genre, I didn’t know what storyline I would explore. But as the end of the year approached, my mind jumped to the crew of the Scythe. I’ve given a few stories of their adventures to my patrons, and I wanted to explore them a little more. However, after some thought, I realized that Laurie’s character needed a little more clarification...

Despite publishing The Gift late, I instantly pivoted to this month’s fantasy tale. While I had an inkling of what the yarn I wanted to spin, when I sat down to work on it, my mind shifted, and I remembered about Tiatha. So far, I have written a pair of tales around this spell slinger, Siphoning the Stone and Arrogance. The former introduced the character while the latter showed more of her power (with this publication, Tiatha will bookend this year)...

Since the first year I heard about NaNoWriMo, I’ve always enjoyed pushing myself to win that challenge. Unfortunately, each year it takes a lot out of me, and I need a few weeks to recover. Despite the yearly promise to do better next year, I’ve always fallen short. After recovering from the mad dash, I pulled the prompts from my patrons and started thinking about the stories I might write. While I had some initial thoughts for the Fantasy and Science fiction tale, a narrative for the drama eluded me...

With Encampment and Standing Up written, I shifted my attention to the last piece of flash fiction for the month, a spy story. The last time I crafted a narrative in this genre, I went to one of my worlds and explored a fresh character. After finishing that tale, my mind couldn’t leave those threads alone. Despite being pushed to the back burner, my mind raced to connect those loose fibers to a larger tapestry...

Fresh after finishing Encampment, my mind jumped tracks and stormed into crafting a ghost story. Recently I’d fallen into a groove for these tales, and I was eager to return to that comforting formula. So my mind started tinkering with scenarios to drop my latest shade into. It didn’t take me long to isolate the perfect situation for my ghost and his attached and ever-shifting note...

May everyone have a fantastic Thanksgiving, filled with wonderful family and decadent food. While NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) has kept me busy with completing my latest draft of Harrison & Sylvia: Conspiracies, I would never forget about my wonderful patrons. Though much like every November, I will publish these pieces of flash fiction rapidly and in short order, starting with the Action/Adventure tale...

As the days in November come and go, I’m closer to finishing my latest draft of Conspiracies. But despite the dedication to my writing, I haven’t completely forgotten my passion for my artwork. This week, I have another collection of liquified textures, but I also have a sketch and a couple of doodles derived from liquified lines...

While I’ve been churning through Harrison & Sylvia: Conspiracies, the results from NYC Midnight’s Flash Fiction challenge hit my inbox. While I didn’t place as well as I would have liked, Icy Wastland came in 14th place in my heat. And with a grand total of five points for the round, I was bounced from this year’s competition. Please follow the previous link before scrolling through the artwork below...

Happy Halloween! I hope everyone can enjoy the day and their jaunt as someone else. Whenever I think about Halloween, the first thing that comes to mind is a Jack-o’-lantern. As a kid, I have fuzzy memories of sitting around the dining room table and carving simple ones with my mother. While we never created anything fancy, it was always a fun time. I hope I’ve captured a perfect image of the holidays...