Category Archives: Story Ideas

The Complete Wisdom of Weirdos on the Bus

It’s official: I have to write a collection of short stories, entitled The Complete Wisdom of Weirdos on the Bus. There should probably be something catchier in there, placed before a colon, like maybe “Tell me about your conspiracy theories!” or “Look out!” or even “Wine, Women and Weed.” It’s all in there, I swear.

Biblical Proportions

Here’s my contribution to Dan O’Shea’s flash fiction throwdown, on the subject of churchly violence. His piece, Let Us Prey, can be found here, and the originally challenge is stated on his website, Going Ballistic, over here. For the record, the following piece is a work of fiction, though it is based on certain real-life

Joe Stack’s no hero

Y’know, I hate to give any credence to the work of an obvious terrorist and possibly delusional psychopath, but I just read through Joe Stack’s “manifesto” (posted in full by The Huffington Post, despite its being removed from his website by government officials), and I really have to wonder what was going through this guy’s

Self-publishing is the only way

Despite the terrible things people say about self-publishing, I’ve come to the conclusion that it’s the only way to make any money as a writer. Please note that I hate money as much as the next artiste, and I don’t want to have to sell myself short in favor of a paycheck. However, I will