Short stories
Inside ‘Quantum Physics,’ Part 6
We continue today with the story behind the story on the sixth piece of short fiction from my upcoming collection, Quantum Physics and the Art of Departure. To read previous installments, go here. THE PAPER WEIGHT Backstory: Like Alyssa Alights, this was salvaged from a novel that didn’t make it to the finish line. For … Continue reading »
Inside ‘Quantum Physics,’ Part 5
We continue today with the story behind the story on the fifth piece of short fiction from my upcoming collection, Quantum Physics and the Art of Departure. To read previous installments, go here. QUANTUM PHYSICS AND THE ART OF DEPARTURE Backstory: The title story of the collection (obviously). A reader could be excused if, upon digesting … Continue reading »
Inside ‘Quantum Physics,’ Part 4
We continue today with the story behind the story on the fourth piece of short fiction from my upcoming collection, Quantum Physics and the Art of Departure. To read previous installments, go here. CRUELTY TO ANIMALS Backstory: Hoooooo boy. Where to start? The latter part of 2010 was a chaotic time in my life. I was … Continue reading »
Inside ‘Quantum Physics,’ Part 3
We continue today with the story behind the story on the third piece of short fiction from my upcoming collection, Quantum Physics and the Art of Departure. To read previous installments, go here. ALYSSA ALIGHTS Backstory: This is the salvaging of another failed novel project. I’d had this idea for a story involving an ensemble of … Continue reading »
Inside ‘Quantum Physics,’ Part 2
We continue today with the story behind the story on the second piece of short fiction from my upcoming collection, Quantum Physics and the Art of Departure. To read previous installments, go here. THIS IS BUTTE. YOU HAVE TEN MINUTES. Backstory: This story, which is just a hair under 5,000 words, was inspired directly by … Continue reading »
Inside ‘Quantum Physics,’ Part 1
Starting today and running Monday through Thursday for the next couple of weeks, I’ll be sharing details from each of the 10 stories that make up my forthcoming collection of short fiction, Quantum Physics and the Art of Departure. I’ll include backstory, excerpts, and other stories behind the stories. We’ll start, appropriately, at the beginning. … Continue reading »
Blowing stuff up around here
Remember all those daily coded posts — Once More, With Feeling; Progress Report; Another Page; Grab Bag; The Word? Yeah, all that stuff is history. Not that I won’t post about music, or my progress on a given project, or a book I like, or anything at all, or the weekly short story. Maybe I … Continue reading »
