Tales from FAR Manor

Thanks to the wonderful collection of wisdom that is the Internet, I now know what a couple of our mystery plants are. Call it “Carolina...

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

This week, you could call this column “Writing and Avoiding Production Wibbles.” The Pickups and Pestilence launch is being delayed. I’...

Long November hung on as long as it possibly could, and then some. But the march of seasons persists, and the cold and cool days have become...

I went to the crossroads… As always, I got a round of polite applause after my first number. I try to focus on the positive. This bar be...

The last couple weeks, I’ve been doing just about everything but writing. Taxes, yard work, driving long distances, working… you name it....

Sideloading : the process of transferring data between two local devices, in particular between a computer and a mobile device [such as a...

And now we come to the part you’ve all been waiting for… the end… Part 1 • Part 2 • Part 3 Photo Credit: Keith Survell,  Flickr (C...

Welcome to the Indie Life edition of Writing Wibbles. Don’t forget to hit the linky at the end, and see what other indies have to say abou...

I’m a little under the weather right now—Mason had a stomach virus that had him barfing all night last week, then the wife got it. Now it’s ...

The wife said she liked this story! That’s a pretty big deal around here, I usually don’t write stories that she likes to read. Now, the h...

Feeding the Troll (or, the Winters of Our Discontent) In today’s column, I’m going to break a long-standing rule of mine and feed a troll....

My God… it's full of pines! As I’ve mentioned before, the landscaping around FAR Manor is largely invasive, and aggressively so. But...

Soon after posting part 1 last week, I got the result I hoped for: the impetus to finish the story. It’s going to be four parts, and here’s ...

In lieu of Writing Wibbles this week, I’m happy to show off some new covers by Angela Kulig. As part of the upcoming launch of Pickups and P...

This four-part story is an echo of Robert E. Howard's "Solomon Kane" stories. Enjoy! Photo credit: Keith Survell, Flickr ...

Coming this month, a collection of odd little tales, both flash fiction and short stories. I've sorted the stories into Fantasy and Scie...

Once more unto the breach, my friends, once more — Shakespeare, Henry V Shooting straight up… and it’s shot, all right! I always th...

I got requests for more Pulse, and the Muse was in an obliging mood… “Harr Electric.” “Do you repair computer room powering?” The vo...

Welcome to the Indie Life edition of Writing Wibbles. Don’t forget to hit the linky at the end and see what other indies have to say about t...