by joangrey | Feb 2, 2025 | Shorts and Snippets
Feb 1, 2025 Death to Chickens They slipped through the forest, glad there was no snow on the ground. It was impossible to be quiet in snow. The target was close – just past the tree line. On the map, the trees looked dangerously far from the building, but they could...
by joangrey | Jan 1, 2025 | Shorts and Snippets
Jan 1, 2025 Difficulties “I don’t understand why you haven’t just told him.” Monte shifted to peer down onto the alley. The assholes were late. Corthag glowered at the tablet screen showing the tracker the pixie Penny held. “There is...
by joangrey | Jun 2, 2024 | Writing Life
Okay, so. I write against tropes, a lot of the time. I’m finishing up a paranormal women’s fiction series in which there’s: no sex, no romance, lots of laundry and grocery shopping, a MC who’s An Actual Adult (she doesn’t jump to conclusions, she pays attention to...
by joangrey | Jan 23, 2024 | Writing Life
Well, the cats have the right idea. It’s cold out, so we should bundle up under as many blankets as we can. Peaches was wondering why I bothered to get out of bed at all, though her brother wanted me to go downstairs and give them the day’s serving of...
by joangrey | Aug 24, 2023 | Shorts and Snippets
Prompt: I woke up in pitch black after a risky but necessary operation. The bedside clock said 404. *** The first thing I heard was beeping. Repeated, regular, like it had been going on forever. My fucking alarm. I groped for my phone, but my arm wouldn’t move. That...
