NEWS FROM ISAAC

Novel Sneak Peek

Here's a teaser for the novel I'm writing on right now: Heart of Ice. It’s a half-finished basement. Unpainted plywood walls divide the space into several rooms like the one I’m in. I sit on a metal folding chair. Two of my gang mates stand behind me with loaded pistols. A third, Crates, paces between...Continue reading

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Writing Away Worries

Last week… happened. A copyediting job fell through because of a mistake on the employer’s end. Other efforts didn’t pan out either. I was frustrated, very frustrated. So, I took a break from that side of things to just write. My main project was on the back burner for about a month, so it’s both...Continue reading

20-minute Flash Fiction

The Prompts Time limit: 20 minutes Genre: Mythology Location: Middle of a broken rollercoaster Problem: Your soul leaves your body The Story Tick, tick, tick… The cart, shaped like a massive pit viper, inches skyward. I crane my neck, fighting gravity to look at the other passengers. Most of us are dressed up—they gave us...Continue reading