The children were the first to spot The Memory Man. Gillian was playing catch with her older brother when the discordant chimes echoed across the valley. Immediately, she dropped the ball and ran back toward their home. She was old enough now, almost seven, and her father had promised. He’d promised!
Sunday Snippet – 28th April 2024
The dead man lunged across the road toward me, too-white teeth clacking as they chewed at imaginary flesh. Its eyes were sharklike black orbs, and they tracked me as I moved. Its right foot had been crushed and was dragging behind the zombie, slowing it down. Rancid breath laced with the smell of carrion and blood washed over my face and caught in my throat.
Sunday Snippet – 21st April 2024
Jackson stared up at the women hanging on the wall, trying to decide which one he should add to his collection. He licked his lips. His mouth was dry, sticky. None of these particular items were available back in the U.S. At least not unless you were prepared to pay exorbitant import duties. Neither Jackson nor his dad were going to do that, and Jackson had brought a second suitcase with him just for this sort of opportunity.
Sunday Snippet – 14th April 2024
I’m supposed to be writing so it’s the perfect time to post a new snippet.
I’m going way back into the archives to an abandoned story today. It looks like this one was written in November 2014. I never finished the story, and I really have no idea what it’s about, but like I said, I’m procrastinating, so here it is anyway. As always, this is unedited.
Sunday Snippet – 31st March 2024
This week’s Sunday Snippet is from a short story that I finished a couple of hours ago. It’s for the March flash fiction contest on the Crystal Lake Publishing Patreon page. This month’s theme is “workplace horror”.
Sunday Snippet – 10th March 2024
This week’s Sunday Snippet is from my upcoming series about a female exorcist. This particular bit has actually been cut from the current version of the manuscript. I’ve reworked the core storyline so Davis and his memories are no longer part of the book. I always keep my early drafts, though, so this may get resurrected at some point in the future.
March 2024 Writing Update
As I’ve previously rambled on about, last year was not a productive one for my personal writing, and I set out to have a much better 2024. And so far I’m being successful.
Sunday Snippet – 25th February 2024
Otto was partying when the zombies arrived. He was in the garden of his Hollywood Hills mansion surrounded by some of the biggest names in entertainment. The ones that mattered to him, anyway. A DJ pounded out the tunes while half a dozen wannabe models circulated with tiny pieces of food with names that Otto couldn’t pronounce. The guests fawned over each other, piling on the hyperbolic praise and the false modesty. It was Hollywood at its most fake, and Otto loved it all.
A Year of Not Writing
Last year was pretty much a complete bust when it came to personal writing. I did a lot of very cool writing in my day job, but I managed a mere 10,485 words on my own projects. That’s the lowest since I started tracking wordcounts in 2012.