I’m still technically on hiaitus, but every time it snows so much in DC, I’m reminded of this story I wrote after snowmageddon happened, around 2009… A really lopsided snowball fight brings two taciturn DC neighbors together. Totally a shameless re-post! Dear Mr. Tannenbaum, Please… Read More
Hi everyone, Those lucky folks who are subscribed to my Randitty Newsletter know that I planned to post several new exciting stories, a webcomic about fashionista cats and dazzle you all with more Xena: Warrior Princess-style writing tips in 2014…
Father Dukensis unsheathed hands from up his green sleeves, snarled, and began just shooing people into their proper places. The other clans weren’t moving fast enough, were they? And they weren’t all wearing their robes properly, were they? No. And nobody was making their signs… Read More
Do you know about the 50th Anniversary of Doctor Who coming up? So, at around 8:00 pm on a Saturday night, I was with my sister and a friend in a bookstore when, suddenly, a slightly disheveled, charming teenager speed-walked up to me, Dr. Who… Read More
Washington, D.C. A veritable paradise of government-funded natural spectacles. From the beautiful heights of pulpit rock, down the majestic hiking trails of her Rock Creek Park… those shallow, brown waters that eddy beneath the courageous rushing waterfall at Pierce Mill. And then, taking a swift… Read More
Freddy Gonzales had never before seen so many tangas in his life. That is what Keeper Josh accused Freddy of, looking at the tangas, once they were seated for a while and the young man hadn’t said anything. Freddy had been staring all around at… Read More
Beyond the paperclip safaris, talking archbishop unicorns, bisexual dragons and, sea priestesses proselytizing Maury Povich-style, I have a lot of other projects in the wings. If you’re curious about my steam punk stories, the soap opera I created for my pet fish and exactly when… Read More
“Promise me… promise me you won’t tease me, Freddy.” Katie Lynn swept blue fingers in latex gloves through large waves of short, blonde hair. Like a black and white actress Freddy saw once in an old TV movie… That’s how Katie always did it, like… Read More
Behind the Waterfall There was also a fishkeeper, named Kyle. Ron was the keeper of the gargantuan reverse osmosis water filter, and what pumped fresh water through all the aquaria, and all the crazy building engineering. The man for the mammals was old Harry. He’d… Read More
“No, I’m seventeen.” Freddy shook his head at the woman sitting at the desk. The Visitor’s Center at the National Zoo had two or three anterooms that were used for summer camps during the week and children’s birthday parties on weekends. Freddy could hear kids… Read More
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