Foolology

Short Story: “The Elephant”

Whenever some tragic even happens in my life, I find that writing about it helps me to deal with it. Catharsis  has played a great part in helping me to deal with death, depression, and various other forms of sadness. There’s been a fair share of alcohol involved, to be sure, but there’s also been the discovery of all sorts of great literature, music, films and plays on the subject of death,…

The One Word Story: “Noticed in the Lunchroom” by R. Scott Whitley

Happy Monday, all! Well, as happy a Monday as you can make it. Today’s story is from my good buddy R Scott Whitley. Since Pope’s “World’s End” project, Reggie has been there, with one great story after another. Today’s story is about the biggest gut punch you’ll ever receive.

Reggie’s story deals with a school shooting from the perspective of one of the shooters. It’s visceral, the kind of story…

The One Word Story: “Akasha” by Eve Jacob

Today marks the end of the first week of One Word Stories. So far, we’ve seen a lot of great ones, and today’s is no different.

I haven’t known Eve for that long, but anybody willing to come along on a journey with me is alright in my book. Her story is a sci-fi adventure, filled with magic, space ships, and an object called the akasha. Akasha itself, also the word Eve chose, is a supposed…

The One Word Story: “Syzygy, For the Third Celestial Body” by Cam Montgomery

Today’s One Word Story comes from my friend Cam Montgomery. Cam and I became fast friends over music and various R. Kelly memes and jokes. All good friendships deserve R. Kelly jokes. Don’t even lie about that. She’s been writing for quite some time and this story is one great treat. It includes end notes, cuz that’s what badass stories do. They contain end notes!

The word Cam chose was syzygy,…

The One Word Story Project: “And Touched the Sound of Silence” by J. Hewitt

Today’s One Word Story is from my good buddy J. Hewitt, known simply in our circle as Pope.

Though he’d probably never take credit for it, There would be no One Word Story Project or any project I’ve done without him. He paved the way for all of them with his World’s End project, the Godfather of all projects! Pope’s also one of my favorite writers among my peer group. He’s got great chops, so…

The One Word Story: “Home is Where the Haunting Is” by Rob Kristoffersen

A few weeks back, I announced that a story blog project would be coming to Team Hellions and the time has come!

Welcome to The One Word Story Project!

The first story up is mine, entitled “Home is Where the Haunting Is.” The word I chose was epicedium, which is a funeral dirge. Building upon that, I wrote a story about a man haunted by his divorce and the songs that his ex wife used to sing in…

The latest Music’s Box story is from my good buddy, Reggie. Of all the writers from the Twitter writing community I’m a part of, I’ve known him the longest. Reggie has a knack for dialogue and setting, and writing great plots, twisting and turning them as needed. He’s the writer I look up to most.

His choice of song was “Long Black…

It’s been a while since I’ve reviewed new music on Team Hellions. There was a time when I enjoyed it, looking forward to each new release, week to week, and the new soundscapes introduced to me. Then, I began to hate it, record by record. I hated being critical of music, of each tiny note, of every lyric uttered. It became the death of my enjoyment. So, why then am I writing a review? For the…

Today’s Music’s Box submission is from my good buddy Andrew Shaw. Andrew submitted a story for my last blog project about the Lizard Man from Scape Ore Swamp. He’s a published comics writer and a damn good one. This time, he’s back with a great re-imagining of one of my favorite Bruce Springsteen tracks.

Andrew chose “Atlantic…

The next installment in the Music’s Box project is a tear jerker. Then again, if there is one writer I know that can evoke emotion better than any, it’s Beau Barnett. I’ve known Beau for a few years, he’s contributed stories to many a blog project, including my previous one. His ability to capture a moment – what’s felt within it,…

The second story up on the blog today is from Megan Orsini. She’s another one of those writers that makes it look so damn easy, and whose prose is sharp, cutting like a knife. Her stories are inventive, smart and wonderful.

Her story from Music’s Box, “A Legend Unto Himself” is based on the song “15 Stories” by the band Jump, Little…