The StickHare Chapter 3 Last chance for last chances. Drizzle-darkened evening sky beyond bus window. Brother and sister sat silent behind the driver. On the edge of that gloaming season when a cook could open and close a restaurant in afterlight, the forgotten sun replaced by dirty dishwater glow of ethereal day-moon. Henry didn’t mind … Continue reading The StickHare novel chapter 3

The StickHare Chapter II Verdict in black and white came with a thump of the paperboy at the backdoor about ten after six. Henry Coney slid six half-hotel pans of bacon into two ovens and sucked in a fortifying breath before hopping with a groan onto his overturned milkcrate. Hip joints burned in their sockets … Continue reading The StickHare novel chapter 2

Preparing to work on a new novel for the first time in five or six years, I was cleaning out some old writings folders and stumbled upon some books I wrote a while back but never ended up doing anything with. I was happy with how it turned out but, back then, I was so … Continue reading Chapter one of The StickHare novel

I'm not only a fan of the Short Prologue Club, I'm also a member! Dunging out some old writings folders on my laptop and I stumbled—digitally—across a snarky little intro I penned nearly a decade ago. Forgetting the quality, or lack thereof, I was struck primarily by how long this epilogue was. Granted, it's short … Continue reading Prologues: the shorter the better

Just a quick end-of-February update since I've not checked in in a while. Boy, I tell ya: Hollywood is nothing if not a bottleneck. I now have three feature films in post-production with three different filmmakers. The previews and snippets I've seen has me stoked and I can't wait to see the finished products. Currently, … Continue reading Pre-production, post-production, and plain old production-production