Posts Categorized: Creative Writing

It’s Hard Out There For A Hench

I had an idea for a novel simmering in the back of my mind for a while. An image or a plot point would occasionally emerge from the fog, and for a few months I would occasionally pick away at it. Then, one weekend this past fall, something shifted into place in my head and… Read more »

Heavy Metals

Holy crap, actual new poetry! Published originally on Joyland Poetry. * Metallica – Master of Puppets   Some cultures used thorns. Others, needles or silver or bone. The suture could be made of silk, strips of an animal’s muscle, tendons, hemp thread. Ants might be coaxed to bite the edges of the wound, and once… Read more »