I categorize my short stories, poems, prose etc., as fantasy/horror or generally Weird Fiction. They sometimes have a hint of Social Commentary standing with a drink in its hand and lurking like a creeper in the background of the party, listening to your conversations. My word for this form is “microfiction” that delves quickly and deeply into a character or situation to hopefully provide a thrill–or, at least raise a few questions or eyebrows. If you get the feeling that this Strangeness is not your style, or you are afraid of sex, cute woodland creatures or blood, then PLEASE! Don’t bother to read further. You are considered warned.
One foot in fantasy. One foot in reality.
A Writer’s Pathway
After over a year of planning the plots and ladders of The History of Ruth (H.o.R.) as an anthology, it has come to my attention that it needs expansion into a novel to do it justice. The idea for this particular story has been floating around my mind since 1999 when I was walking through…
Snow Drift
It was the third day of the search when they stopped looking for us. Gail and I are wedged together chest to chest, underneath a wall of stone and caved-in ice. The force of our fall was stopped by jagged pieces of ice catching on our clothes and gear, pinning us tight to each other,…
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Always so much to say until you are asked to say something.
World According to K.J. 