For this Flasher story, I wanted to write about an infestation – yes, again. But this one’s in a different format compared to my published infestation story “Silver” (in the collection Coping Mechanism). For this piece of flash fiction, I wanted to show one side of a phone call rather than exploring the larger story, Since “Silver” is about insects, I debated between featuring snakes or rats in this one. And then I decided it
By the time you read this, I will be long gone… Specifically, I’m in Scotland right now. I mean, I’m writing this from Ottawa, buy by the time you read this… Well, you get the idea. But why Scotland? Two years ago, when my Grandpa passed away, my Granny started
Not every story is a winner. While I was putting together Coping Mechanism, I decided the collection needed some more stories to round it out and get it to the length I wanted it to be. Out of the new stories I added, 2 did not make it into the
I knew this had to happen sooner or later, but that didn’t make things any easier. Last week, Mark and I had to say goodbye to our beloved oldest cat Maximus “Max” Tigerius. Max was Mark’s first cat, a Kijiji rescue adopted from a family who found him to be
It’s no secret that on top of being an avid reader I am a big fan of movies. So it’s no surprise that I’ll make it my mission to watch the film adaptations of the books I read. And if I find out a movie I enjoyed was based on
Did April even happen? I keep getting busier and busier, and time keeps running by faster. But I have a lot of personal and professional accomplishments to look back on. And starting most days with kitty snuggles most definitely helped me get through busy days and recover from sleepless nights.
I’ll be honest – there was not a lot of writing done this month. If you’ve seen some of my recent TikTok videos and Instagram posts, you may have noticed a black brace on my left hand. I have *fancy* tendonitis in my thumb. I call it fancy because when
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