Want just the highlights of my best and favorite writing from this space? You’ve come to the right place.
Fiction
Mark Flyleaf and the Bureau of Fictional Character Placement
Sparked by the world of Jasper Fforde’s Thursday Next
novels, this series of short stories peeks in on the daily duties of Mark
Flyleaf, a job placement agent for fiction characters looking for work in other
stories. His client list includes Oliver Twist, Ishmael, Dick and Jane, Count
Dracula, Cthulhu, and Godot (if he ever shows up for his appointment).
Romeo and Juliet, an Alternate Ending
In this version, Friar Laurence actually makes it to Juliet’s
sepulcher before Romeo offs himself. That doesn’t necessarily mean a happy
ending; they are just teenagers, after all. I even wrote it in iambic
pentameter!
More Fiction
There are certainly more short stories, flash fiction, and
experiments with fiction writing to be found in here. Just follow the flash fiction and short story tags.
About Books
My Response to Infinite Jest in the style of David Foster
Wallace’s Infinite Jest
Feed: A Premature Evaluation — my (early and late) response to the book Feed by M.T. Anderson
On Writing and Editing
Ray Bradbury: Literary Artist and Hero
I Don’t Know Grammar: An Editorial Confession
Some Personal Bits
My answers (subject to change) to that annoying question,
“What’s your favorite word?”
A personal, culinary, and sexual coming-of-age story.