Tales from FAR Manor

I felt pretty decent in the morning, despite all the drama. Still, the house was dark and still (no electricity). Fortunately, by the time I...

Still no power this morning. We decided to hit the retail district to: Get breakfast Look for a generator Pick up some other odds and ends A...

The Boy continues to embrace the whole home ownership thing. He has a pretty decent garden spot (mostly hot peppers, with a few other things...

Some of us are trying to bring the fun of flash fiction back to Twitter. Here’s my contribution, inspired by Daughter Dearest’s text this mo...

Our weekend began well enough, until Mason… shall we say, displayed symptoms of a 24-hour stomach virus starting late Friday evening. The fu...

Image source: openclipart.org Wilson woke up. Spiders. Everywhere. In his bedroom. The bugs had invaded his house lately, perhaps lo...

Image source: openclipart.org Vincent “Van” Hendricks stopped at the curb in front of the old mansion. “This is crazy,” he said, for the...

This wasn’t one of Mason’s ideas, but it does continue the adventures of the exterminator and his enthusiastic sidekick. For more of these t...

I’ve wanted to write this for a long time… Image source: Wikimedia Commons Melvin Basgump opened his eyes to find himself staring a...

It was an offhand comment from Maria Lima that drove me to write this… Pastor Zachariah Jones finished his morning prayers and arose, ...

Mason’s like my personal prompt machine these days, especially for light horror. His original appears at the end. Image source: opencl...

I was going to use this last week, but didn’t get it written down until Saturday. So you get it this week instead. ;-) Image source: o...

Image source: openclipart.org “Sir,” the elf scout barked, “no sign of the enemy anywhere.” “They retreated?” the elf general cocked o...

Here’s another one of Mason’s stories that I embellished. The original follows… Image source: openclipart.org Lee hung up and poked ...

Image source: openclipart.org “How did you find me?” the elderly priest asked. The youths shrugged. “Google.” “And you modern youths...

I don’t know if Mason dreamed it, or just made up a story, but I thought I’d embellish it a little for this week’s #FridayFlash. Yup, I co-a...

Just a reminder, the Pickups and Pestilence release party goes on through the weekend. Links to free books, 99-cent books, and a chance to...

Thanks to Helen Howell for looking this over! Image source:  openclipart.org Up, always. The stairs are endless. I’ve forgotten ev...

I don’t need pity. So what if I’m deaf? Not only do I miss the banal noise of everyday life, it’s awesome PR. I could be lost in a sea of wo...

I thought we could all use a little non-partisan laugh after the long cat fight… It started in Chicago, of course, but not for the reason...