Category Archives: Fiction

The Misadventures of Moxie Sharpe Episode Three

When we last joined Moxie, she thought she had witnessed a jewel heist, but when the dust settled nothing appeared to be missing . . . During the rest of the parade Moxie felt accosted by stench. Every few feet brought a wave of yet another foreign smell. A hint of honey or beeswax loftedContinue reading “The Misadventures of Moxie Sharpe Episode Three”

The Misadventures of Moxie Sharpe Episode Two

When we last joined Moxie Sharpe she was wondering aloud if she had blood on her hand . . . “How doth it smell? It holds the appearance of the sauce of the Turkey Leg.” “I am not going to smell it,” said Moxie wrinkling her nose. “Prithy, how doth it taste?” “I am notContinue reading “The Misadventures of Moxie Sharpe Episode Two”

The Misadventures of Moxie Sharpe Episode One

Episode One She Only Hears What She Wants to Hear   Moxie Sharpe felt increasingly uncomfortable as a young costumer pushed and prodded her breasts into the highest possible cleavage while tightening laces through each layer of metal holes. Pearl had messed up before, but this time was the worst. “Take a deep breath.” TheContinue reading “The Misadventures of Moxie Sharpe Episode One”

Published! Oh, the joy of the first acceptance letter.

As the gross jelly-blob predicted, October continues to be fun, gross and creepy. Why you ask? Because fun, gross and creepy can describe my flash fiction story, “My Collection”, that the editors of Five on the Fifth kindly chose for their October Issue!! I was delighted by the variety of stories and styles they chose.Continue reading “Published! Oh, the joy of the first acceptance letter.”

Novel Recommit Challenge Final Count

As Robert Evenhouse mentioned in a post during the challenge, life will get in the way of your word count goals and that happened to me yesterday, so as you may have noticed, I didn’t get a blog post up (or get my words written) after critique group. So, Thursday’s total word count was 1,194Continue reading “Novel Recommit Challenge Final Count”