Category Archives: Fun Stuff

Alien Beer Podcast – Dark Reflection

Posted on 2020/11/19 by

Here’s another rather personal story involving a mirror. Okay, I’ll admit it, I’ve got an irrational fear of seeing myself in mirrors in the dark. To try to exorcise that a bit, I decided to make the fear more tangible … Continue reading →

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Alien Beer Podcast – The Man at the Top of the Stair

Posted on 2020/11/19 by

Note: I posted this last week on the podcast feed, but failed to post about it here. It is just as well; I feel this is more appropriate during Trans Awareness Week (and tomorrow is Trans Day of Remembrance). That … Continue reading →

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Alien Beer Podcast – Never Be

Posted on 2020/10/23 by

This one has an odd history. I wrote it in 2011, and it was picked up, with contract, for an issue of a well-respected horror magazine. The issue it was due to come out in never happened, and eventually the … Continue reading →

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Alien Beer Podcast – Fragile Allie

Posted on 2020/10/08 by

For the the Iron Writer Challenge 77, I threw down in another Grudge Match. I wrote along with Jordan Bell, against Mathew W. Weaver and Maureen Larter. Once again, my team was defeated, but we all made some great stories … Continue reading →

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Ch 16. – The Multiverse Blues – Traveling Riverside Blues

Posted on 2020/10/01 by

After an attack on Hope interrupted the show on Delta Earth, the crew of Hope’s Tour were forced to flee the Harmony Theater in their tour bus. Will Jules and the crew be able to outrun the agents of the … Continue reading →

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Alien Beer Podcast – Ep. 17 – Hunted

Posted on 2020/09/24 by

“Hunted” came to me in September 2010, and though I’ve never managed to publish it before now, it became the seed for the first of my Tipsy Fairy Tales, Blue Spirit. Having written the Road Ghosts Trilogy, I decided I needed a new … Continue reading →

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A new playlist for fans of The Multiverse Blues!

Posted on 2020/09/21 by

My science fiction serial, The Multiverse Blues, is a story full of music. The chapter titles are each a title of a Robert Johnson song. The main character is a roadie as a part of an inter-dimensional touring band, and … Continue reading →

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Ch 15. – The Multiverse Blues – Me and the Devil Blues

Posted on 2020/09/17 by

Last time on The Multiverse Blues, Jules caught up with their crew, concert already underway at the Harmony Theater. A spy is caught trying to steal Jules’ life. To prove they’re the real Jules, both were asked to divulge secrets. … Continue reading →

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Alien Beer Podcast – Fell Down

Posted on 2020/09/10 by

I wrote “Fell Down” for The Iron Writer Challenge in September 2013. The terms of the challenge were to write a 500 word flash story using these four elements: A murderous unicorn; The Apollo Lunar Roving Vehicle; A fantasy football … Continue reading →

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Ch 14. – The Multiverse Blues – Little Queen of Spades

Posted on 2020/09/03 by

Last time on The Multiverse Blues. Jules helped Coral escape the Arch Authority facility, only to have the strange Tristellian slip away into the Arch gate without them. Now, Jules has caught up with Hope’s Tour, mid-concert, to be reunited … Continue reading →

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