Showing posts with label fiction. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fiction. Show all posts
Wednesday, October 14, 2026

Droughts

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     According to the National Day Calendar, it was on October 14 of the Year of Our Lord 1908 that the Chicago Cubs won the World Series o...
Wednesday, October 7, 2026

The Death Of A Fictional Character

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     I’m in a fictional slump just now, so I’ve retreated from writing fiction to thinking about its necessities. My own tales always origin...
Thursday, September 24, 2026

A New Look

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     [I’m worn out this morning, so have a short story. It’s one of my earliest, from when I first started writing fiction as an adult. – FW...
Monday, September 21, 2026

Steak, Sizzle, Or Self?

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     Happy Autumnal Equinox, Gentle Reader! Today we enter the fall season, which is a favorite here at the Fortress. Soon the colors will b...
Saturday, September 12, 2026

Today’s Thorn In My Flesh

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     Get a load of this: I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm over escapism as fiction's driving force. It's been so...
Thursday, September 10, 2026

Light, Sweet, Crude

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     [A short story for you today. This one is for all the men in overalls and hardhats. The ones with dirt under their fingernails. The guy...
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Thursday, August 27, 2026

A Concise Diagnosis

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     I’m in a bad way just now, so rather than blather on my own account, I’d like to introduce my Gentle Readers to the works of a writer I...
Monday, August 24, 2026

Irreconcilable Differences

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     [A short story for you. This one is a little stranger than most of my oeuvre. Be warned. – FWP. ]      Alan Donaldson was utterly b...
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