Our latest short story is in the NESFA Press anthology, Conspiracy! edited by Judith K. Dial and Thomas Easton. Buy one! Better still, buy a dozen! They make excellent gifts! Side-by side comparison, first draft vs. finished story. The first draft, page one: “Turtles and Frogs” The day was pleasant enough; the sort of blue-skyContinue reading “Conspiracy!”
Category Archives: Short stories
Yet Another Scene
The man ran for cover. As he approached the fence the author put out a hand to stop his flight. “Where do you think you’re going?” the author asked. “Up and over that fence, if it’s all the same to you,” the man replied, panting. “You’re planning to confuse your motion, horizontal and vertical, inContinue reading “Yet Another Scene”
Silly Pebble Story
A friend of mine is taking a class called “Critical Thinking” at a local community college. Good for him! He had an assignment, and asked me to look it over to make sure he’d formatted it correctly. (Not too used to word processors, y’know. I had to tell him that you don’t need to hitContinue reading “Silly Pebble Story”
Yes, We Write Short Fiction Too
La Belle Winery in Amherst, NH, is hosting a Short Story Slam this Sunday, 02 November 2014, from 4:00 – 6:30 pm (1600 to 1830; eight bells of the noon watch ’til five bells of the second dog). Doyle and I will be reading an all-new story, “Late Train,” (which you hope you’ll enjoy). IfContinue reading “Yes, We Write Short Fiction Too”
Shameless Self-promotion
“The Devil in the Details,” the latest installment in the Peter Crossman series about a modern-day Knight Templar, is up at Tor.com. Free! Completists will want to get our previous Crossman short stories in the form of a chapbook, The Confessions of Peter Crossman in various electronic and paper versions, and the Crossman novel, TheContinue reading “Shameless Self-promotion”
JAMES D. MACDONALD 