Episode 2 of Snowden Tales Is Now Up.
This month's story is "Two Ways To Say Goodbye To Milford". You can read more about what went into this story in this post. In the meantime, like, share, subscribe,…
Notes On “Emmitt’s Homecoming Runs Into Second Act Problems”
"Emmitt's Homecoming Runs Into Second Act Problems" is the second Emmitt story from the Zezverse. (He's first mentioned in "The Day Molly Got Into The Room", but he doesn't appear…
Fiction Discussion Wednesday—The Lottery
I decided to pick this story because of a discussion with my host here on Whidbey Island on the appeal of horror fiction. I talked about how horror, at its…
Notes On 27 Takes
I wrote this story quite a while ago, and it took its sweet time finding a home, so remembering exactly what possessed me to write it is a bit tricky,…
Notes On “The Curious Legend of the Grade Z Ghost”
The idea for this story began with an image taken from an item from the 1980s era TV show "That's Incredible". Unusually for shows of this kind, this segment actually…
Where “Meeting the Creature” Came From
So, here's a little background on "Meeting The Creature", which was published in Across the Margins about two months ago.
Notes on “Your Time On Earth Is Finished”
This is the first published story in this group that depicts the actual making of Howard Zez's Dope Dealers From Outer Space. I should say that although I've been involved in productions…
Notes On “The Ungriftable Howard Zez”
First off, sorry for having been away for so long. The usual excuses apply. Anyway, I'm afraid I don't have a ton of notes to give for this story. It…
Sticky Images: Notes on “Two Ways To Say Goodbye To Milford”
How my new short story, "Two Ways To Say Goodbye To Milford" was written.
A Few Behind the Scenes Notes on the Making of Stanny Couldn’t Make It
"Stanny Couldn't Make It" came out today in Across the Margins, and, as my practice will be with stories in this series--I'm currently calling it the Zezverse--come out, I have…