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Jan 2025 Drabbles
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 nothing to tell." Monte stared at...
Red Rabbits
Red Rabbits Joan Grey *** Leo paused as he came back to his desk. A hint of red peeked out from under the bland manila folders piled in front of his computer. Another note. He glanced around the office, but everyone was focused on their own work. Who is leaving these?...
New Boss
New Boss In Town Joan Grey *** New Boss In Town Rowan crawled from under the bed, dragging out the last of Marc’s dirty clothes. Behind him, Marc sniffled, but kept shoving things into the three new duffle bags Rowan had bought. “That’s the last of it.” Rowan...
Death Has No Hold On Us
Death Has No Hold On Us Joan Grey *** The wine tastes odd. Bitter. Johann glances at the glass, but the wine looks normal. Pale gold, reflections of the multicolored lights flashing in the liquid. Narrowing his eyes, he sets the glass down on a nearby table and moves...
Why I Self-Publish
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...
Winter Is Here
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 squishy food....
404
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...
Nearly There!
Exciting news! I finished writing the third Kay novel! Now it’s at the beta readers, getting marked up and ready. Soon (very soon), I plan on publishing it for everyone to read. Eeek! I just have to write the blurb for it, which I’m not looking forward to. I don’t...
No Furnace?
It’s been a stressful week. There’s a blizzard coming on Saturday, and our furnace broke on Thursday night. We spent all day Friday dealing with the repair – and also with the fact that our internet was down. All day. The repairman was nice and, even more importantly,...
