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Library Book Sale
The Richardson Library had their annual big-ass book sale this weekend down in the crowded basement multi-purpose room. This used to be a massive deal to me. I would get a huge donated shopping bag at...
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All the Information in the World
In my surfing a few days ago I came across, as I’m sure you did, the news that after 244 years Encyclopedia Britannica was giving up on its print edition. We never had Britannica in our house – it was...
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The Quest for the “Blank Claveringi”
Illustration by Jean L. Huens for the Saturday Evening Post. Done for the short story “The Snails,” by Patricia Highsmith. A while back, viewing a hyper-realistic sculpture of hundreds of snails...
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A change in the weather is sufficient to recreate the world and ourselves.
“Just for the record, the weather today is calm and sunny, but the air is full of bullshit.” ― Chuck Palahniuk, Diary I have a bit of a bike ride planned for later on this afternoon, but as I drove to...
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A Month of Short Stories 2015, Day Twenty One – The Library of Babel
The last two years, for the month of June, I wrote about a short story that was available online each day of the month… you can see the list for 2014 and 2015 in the comments for this page. It seemed...
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Ghosts In the Library
“I woke up as the sun was reddening; and that was the one distinct time in my life, the strangest moment of all, when I didn’t know who I was – I was far away from home, haunted and tired with travel,...
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Fading Away and Vanishing
“It’s funny, but certain faces seem to go in and out of style. You look at old photographs and everybody has a certain look to them, almost as if they’re related. Look at pictures from ten years later...
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A Month of Short Stories 2017, Day 23 – The Call of Cthulhu By H. P. Lovecraft
Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos Over several years, for the month of June, I wrote about a short story that was available online each day of the month…. It seemed like a good idea at the time. My blog...
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Sublime Is Something You Choke On
“Now tequila may be the favored beverage of outlaws but that doesn’t mean it gives them preferential treatment. In fact, tequila probably has betrayed as many outlaws as has the central nervous system...
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Sixty Six Short Novels
“So many books, so little time.” ― Frank Zappa Call Me Ishmael Oblique Strategy: Distorting time I am working on my goals for next year. One thing that I wanted to do is to up my reading game. I was...
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The Smell of an Earlier Time Leaking Out Between the Pages
“When I open them, most of the books have the smell of an earlier time leaking out between the pages – a special odor of the knowledge and emotions that for ages have been calmly resting between the...
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A Kind Of Library
“I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.” ― Jorge Luis Borges Recycled BooksDenton, Texas Everyone has their own addictions. One key to a happy and successful life is to choose...
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Never Cursed
Welsh rarebit with a poached egg on top. Bacon. Scones, butter, cream, jam. A pot of Lapsang souchong tea…. And some sausages. —- Reynolds Woodcock, Phantom Thread One of the ideas that I had when...
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Short Story of the Day (redux) – The Quest for “Blank Claveringi” by Patricia...
“I feel I stand in a desert with my hands outstretched, and you are raining down upon me.” ― Patricia Highsmith, The Price of Salt Illustration by Jean L. Huens for the Saturday Evening Post. Done for...
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The Strange Bird
For he had no typewriter ribbon left and only fifty sheets of paper and he counted on the stabbing imprint of the keys to make an impression like a branding, and when he had used the fifty sheets,...
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Short Story Of the Day – At the Library (flash fiction) by Bill Chance
“I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.” ― Jorge Luis Borges Recycled BooksDenton, Texas I have been feeling in a deep hopeless rut lately, and I’m sure a lot of you have too....
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Little Free Libraries Everywhere
“Are you happy wearing clothes that don’t give you pleasure? Do you feel joy when surrounded by piles of unread books that don’t touch your heart? Do you think that owning accessories you know you’ll...
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