Umbrella Terms

Prologue: Take Your Seats

27 Dec 201930 Jan 2020

A brisk breeze floats off the Lake, sending chills through those assembled to hear my story. As I take my place at the center of the town square, I’m thrilled…

A Moonless Night (TSWL Ch.3 P.2)

13 Feb 202013 Feb 2020

Chapter 3 Part Two: A Moonless Night ←Prologue ←Previous Entry Jillian smirked over her wine at her husband. “I’d say that’s ‘some story,’ wouldn’t you?” Grant rubbed his chest…

Deliberation (TSWL Ch.3 P.1)

6 Feb 202013 Feb 2020

Chapter 3 Part One: Deliberation ←Prologue ←Previous Entry One warm, sunny winter day, a meeting was called in the center of town. Nobody could remember the last time this had…

Waking Up (TSWL Ch.2 P.2)

30 Jan 20206 Feb 2020

Chapter 2: Part 2: Waking Up ←Prologue ←Previous Entry Tomas didn’t know whether he slept, nightmarish as the world around him was. If he did sleep, the nightmares continued. If…

Gathering Darkness (TSWL Ch.2 P.1)

23 Jan 202030 Jan 2020

Chapter 2 Part 1: Gathering Darkness ←Prologue ←Previous Entry “So we treat him like a bees’ nest. He hasn’t done anything malicious, after all.” Grant nervously wiped down his…

First Contact (TSWL Ch.1 P.2)

16 Jan 202030 Jan 2020

Chapter 1 Part 2: First Contact ←Prologue ←Previous Entry They dropped the pack off on Tomas’ porch; he followed Kari home to help explain the new tears in her coat.…

Baltimore Honeymoon…

Here’s the Point

10 Jan 202010 Jan 2020

Anyone who’s been involved in a wedding will understand when I say that Morgan and I were after some time alone following our nuptial rituals. The trouble is, we aren’t…

Heading Home (TSWL Ch.1 P.1)

3 Jan 202030 Jan 2020

Chapter 1 Part 1: Heading Home ←Prologue Tomas sat back in his chair and savored the last few sips of his hot beachgrape tea, smiling as he savored both the…

It’s Time You Met my Fiction

27 Dec 201928 Dec 2019

Today, I'm posting the very beginning of the current iteration of my long-term fiction project, which I've given the working title To Save What's Lost. In the Fiction Workshop class I…

Misc

Branching Out

19 Dec 201919 Dec 2019

Friends, it’s time for things to change. My time away from blogging during my wedding and all the surrounding hullabaloo showed me that, in order to keep my enthusiasm up,…