Category: writing

“Sean O’Reilly was the first human on Mars. He got to enjoy it for about three seconds…” Read “Martian Standard Time” at 512 Words or Fewer ~CKL

Not much to say about this one. The idea is not new, but then, most ideas aren’t. It’s all in the execution. Read “Getaway” at 512 Words or Fewer ~CKL

Time travel is always tricky, as everyone on Lost now knows. But if it’s possible, we’re going to figure it out by using science and technology like Daniel Faraday, not with mystical bullshit like, well, every other uncurious motherfucker on…

Fun fact: The title of this week’s story is the same length as 1.4% of the story itself. Also, the first draft was about three times longer and included a lot of rambling about politics and homelessness. So much for…

D read this week’s story and remarked that it has the same type of ending as “Antique”—i.e., one character making a flip remark. I’m also quite aware that it’s yet another alien-artifact mystery (like “The Forty” and “Finale”) and, though…

I’ve been sick today (in bed until 2pm, on the couch until 6pm, now back in bed), so today’s shameless self-promotion is a bit late. The good news is, my friend Jeff already blogged about today’s story. So you can…

Read “Sleepmonger” at 512 Words or Fewer You can also listen to me do funny voices, or get the backstory infodump. I’m still mulling the comedy pilot I wrote last summer, working title: “Apartment of Champions.” I would never call…

Read “Spoiler Warnings” at 512 Words or Fewer I was really into comic books in middle school and high school. Once a week, my mother would drive me out to Galaxy Comics on 190th Street, and I’d spend most of…