fiction

  • The Pale Man: Chapter V

    The Pale Man Comes After a long while, Ruth and narrator, Bill, see the Pale Man…

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  • The Pale Man: Chapter IV

    Back at the House The kids make it home, if a bit shaken.

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  • The Pale Man: Chapter III

    Something in the Forest The kids are out too late, and there’s…something in the forest.

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  • The Pale Man: Chapter II

    Mystic Ranch The narrator and his sister arrive at Uncle Phil’s ranch with their cousins and manage to talk Aunt Susan into letting them go out a little later than normal.

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  • The Pale Man: Chapter I

    The Summer Begins The narrator travels to Idaho for the summer with his sister and gets an odd warning from his uncle.

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  • Okay, time for an update… I haven’t been doing much work lately. I’d love to blame “unexpected time out of the house to prepare for foul weather,” but the weather honestly was nowhere near as bad as expected where I live, not that I didn’t spend a couple days stuck inside. It’s been a purely…

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  • Unfortunate News…

    First off, it’s not what the title may suggest. I’m fine, my family is fine, and I’m not even close to giving up on anything. No, the unfortunate news is that printing costs are increasing once again. Honestly, I’ve been sort of expecting this, given broader economic trends since…well, about 1913, but that’s beside the…

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  • Continuing Changes

    I don’t have long before I need to jump off to take care of some things. I’m continuing my effort to improve this website, especially navigation and professional appearance. To whit, I have added a second-level quasi-navigation bar to the Blog section of this website. This will allow you, dear viewer/user to navigate between sections…

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  • November Updates

    I realized that I haven’t updated this website since late August. Of course, this is nothing new as I frequently go long periods of time without updates. This site is certainly something which I should be updating and maintaining more frequently, but do not…largely because it is usually pretty far from my mind. (Yes, I…

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  • The Pale Man Continues

    This will be a (relatively) short update. The third installment of The Pale Man is now up and available on Substack. The Pale Man, Chapter III: Something in the Forest continues the story which began with the narrator’s arrival (somewhere) in Idaho in the first two chapters. Along with his sister, Ruth, the narrator (named…

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