My short story, “No Star to Guide Us” appears in Itty Bitty Writing Space, an anthology of 100 pieces of flash fiction! It’s got 100 authors, a bunch of genres, from a bunch of nations around the world. If you like bite-size fiction, check this out! It’s being funded as a Kickstarter that has just goneContinue reading “Itty Bitty Writing Space”
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Quitter
I can’t do this forever. It’s something I’ve recently realized: Because of the trajectory of my depression, I won’t likely be able to make it to retirement as a pastor. I could be very wrong about that, of course, and it’s not something that I need to act on now at all. It’s more justContinue reading “Quitter”
Introducing Kids to New Worlds
This week I took a bunch of kids to another world. As I entered the classroom, the teacher introduced me. She said I was going to read to the class. Little did she know. Step one: Get the kids on your side. Easy to do if you’re willing to be silly with them. And soContinue reading “Introducing Kids to New Worlds”
Held Captive by a Story
There are certain stories I can’t get out of my head. They’re rather insidious, laying eggs in my brain like some sort of Lovecraftian monster redesigned by the unholy lovechild of H. R. Giger and Steve Carell. The eggs hatch and latch onto my various creativity glands and refuse to let go. And thus thereContinue reading “Held Captive by a Story”
Stories of Christmas Past
Why do we love A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens so much? First published in 1843, this slim volume has been adapted and readapted and transformed so many times. It’s a world that has become so pliable that Mickey Mouse, Twilight Sparkle, Patrick Stewart, and George C. Scott have all taken cracks at it. (Incidentally,Continue reading “Stories of Christmas Past”
Jonathon Mast: Author 