The Bookshelf

When I was a kid, I lived in the neighborhood behind our local hospital. It was a quiet neighborhood, and everyone kept extremely to...

Today is the day! The Fading of the Day is available in paperback and ebook format on Amazon. A contemplation of the future, the present,...

Whosoever wields the Sword of Power shall be the one true King. But what if the Sword has chosen a Queen? - The tagline for Cursed....

Some years ago, I can't remember exactly when, my mom took me out shopping for my birthday. We went out for lunch, then went to my...

A contemplation of the future, the present, the past, and the ghosts that haunt us all in the strangest of times, this collection of...

I have spent the majority of my quarantined experience holed up in my little rectangle of a bedroom, connecting to the world through my...

One of my favorite pieces of writing advice comes from Richard Price, who says to write big issues, you write small things. That was my...

One of the most common conversations in my house starts with the click of an electric kettle, and the soft bubble of the water inside as...

“This place was truly the highest and the lowest of all worlds - the most beautiful senses, the most exquisite emotions.. the most...

Quarantine. Self-isolation. Shelter At Home. Social Distancing. These are not phrases that were part of the popular lexicon last month,...

If you’ve ever followed my YouTube channel, you might remember that about a year ago, I released a video called Fanfiction As A Genre. It...

Ages ago, when we were still discovering the art of record keeping and the building of societies, people looked up into the sky at night...

The airport in Denver, Colorado is bustling. Bright, clear signs with neon orange letters proclaim the destinations and times of...

(Spoiler warning for the 2014 stage production of The Hunchback of Notre Dame) Paris is on fire. Flames lick at the crowds that gather,...

Last August, having written, re-written, edited, re-edited, re-re-edited, and generally fretted over my first official manuscript, I was...

The harshest mistress closes her hand Upon the waiting wrist The aching world so powerless stand To shake her fearsome grip She does not...

When I write, I feel the most at home writing descritions. I love dropping my audience headfirst into a scene, tumbling through...

Have some late-night inspiration a little earlier in the evening than usual: The universe is billions of years old. No matter how you...

There's a fairly new coffee shop that I've begun to frequent in my town. It's about a five minute drive from my house with no traffic, in...

“It frustrates and fascinates me that we'll never know for sure, that despite the best efforts of historians and scientists and poets,...