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National November Write Month cometh

In one month and 15 days from now, National Novel Writing Month, NaNoWriMo starts. My only concern, debate…do I want to join in or do I just want to just continue writing? As it is now I had finished outlining my Science fiction novel, MAROONED, and have written about 8,000 words so far.

Now, I want to start outlining the next Sci-fi novel, SURF’S UP, but I have to finish Marooned first, I figure…

Coffee, black and…cover your lady parts.

On my way to a café, the other day, in one of those towns where the uber hipsters hang out, I thought I’d park my car a little further away so I could get a little refreshing walk in. I crossed the street and made a quick left, heading to the café in the middle of the block.

Ahead of me were two young women. One of them had a head of bright blond hair with dark brown streaks in it, topped with a…

One hell of an answer.

I have a sign on my door, stating: “Please no soliciting”. It’s been there for over a year. In that past, year and a half, a handful of people have knocked on my door. Once, a bunch of old ladies, knocked. I mentioned the sign and one of them told me that soliciting was about prostitution. I told them to be on their way (not really but it was implied). On another occasion, a boy knocked, I…

A Study in Orange and Black

Chaos

Fire and steel, molten

red malevolence poured

from vessel to vessel,

Chaos.

  A river of steel flowing growing

smaller, pounded, beaten, flattened,

drenched, cooled,

Chaos.

  A whistle blaring, a train’s

coming laden with ore splattering

its contents down the side,

Chaos.

  Sparks fly like static electricity

dancing in the air, sizzling

aimlessly, alight near a flowerless plant

growing in…

Earth

“Ryko, we are home again.”

“Yes, its been over 20 million years.”

“Why did our people leave?”

“The planet was bombarded by asteroids. 40 million years later, we developed the technology to leave. Let’s leave the ship and greet our people.”

  “Joey, don’t stare at the dinosaur people from space.”