Gone Lumberjacking

gone lumberjacking

as in donning the heavy boots and abrasive flannel and stomping into the woods with a thick blade on a stick.

as in spitting in soon to be blistered hands and felling a tree, drying the wood and cutting it into planks, and designing and assembling a dining table around which to sit, on which to break bread, off of which to gently toss a butter licking cat.

as in the simple act of doing things, not because the outcome will be so much better, not because the project will be so much cheaper, definitely not because it will be a quicker way of getting whatever that thing is done.

as in unearthing.

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Let The Pain Be Your Guide

As defined by Merriam-Webster , noir is crime fiction featuring hard-boiled cynical characters and bleak sleazy settings. Or, when in France (from Wiktionary ): Noir (adjective, masculine) 1. black in color Ce chat est noir. (That cat is black.) 2. inebriated Il est noir.* (He is drunk.) 3. of black ethnicity Il est noir.* (He is black.) (*Not sure how to read the difference between examples two and three, but I'll leave that to the French to explain.) Earlier this year I wrote my first noir piece (see American definition). Black Heart Magazine was kind enough to publish it. Robert Howell was kind enough to create a cover. My thanks to you both. Here's the first sentence: --> I followed the man who’d punctured a hole in my arm into the ...

Grandparents Heart Babysitting

NANO's Volume 6 Number 1 features my latest piece of flash fiction, "Grandparents Heart Babysitting". Huge thanks to the editors - certainly for the inclusion, but also, and perhaps more importantly, for their attention to detail, their push to get every word just right. If you like things to read, short things, stories that move you and leave you wanting more, fictional flings, order your copy here .

Outside of Cars

Read my short story " Outside of Cars " in Corium Magazine's Issue 19. I mean, if you want. Just so you know what you're getting yourself into, here's a bit of my correspondence with the editor. "Your story made me very uncomfortable, which means it made me feel something, which is what we look for at Corium. As long as it's well-written, of course! And your story is, so I am happy to publish it." Results will more than likely vary. Artwork by Robert Howell

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