Geez, two new stories published this week, both with not-happy endings? What’s up with that? Am I really that dour? Do I hate happiness? Do I find sweet endings to be distasteful? Am I just a sourpuss? Honestly, it’s just that those were two of the stories that happened to get bought. If you lookContinue reading “Happily Ever…?”
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Stories Lie
The stories promise: “If you take care of the land, the land will take care of you.” The stories lie. Read my new short story, “Stories Lie,” at Tell-Tale Press.
The Singularity Loves You
He fell in love with a woman who has the same name as his wife. She’s everything his wife is, but better. But there’s more to the story… Today my story, “The Singularity Loves You” is live at Daily Science Fiction. You can read it for free! Check it out!
A Writer Without Words
Between vertigo and breaking a molar in half, I’ve hit a few roadblocks in working on yon novel. It’s interesting, though, when pain helps and when it hinders. See, I suffer from depression. It paralyzes me when it hits. I can’t get out of bed. I can’t deal with people. Any kind of social interactionContinue reading “A Writer Without Words”
How long does this have to be?
“How long does this have to be?” Remember asking that in school? When you had to (ugh!) write out a full three sentences? Teachers were demanding too much! And then you get older, and you have to write papers. And they had to be two whole pages? Or five entire pages? You learned the tricks,Continue reading “How long does this have to be?”
Jonathon Mast: Author 