Archives for Fiction

The novel has a name

And it is Halcyon. A few of you may remember that Famous M and I embarked on a literary journey half a year ago. The results of this journey can be found at His Words – Not Mine. Famous M and I will be checking the text for spelling, grammar, and punctuation deficiencies over the [...]

His Words – Not Mine

I just wanted to take the time to draw your attention to a little project the Famous M and I are involved in. We’re taking turns writing chapters of a novel. Chapter one from M and chapter two from me are already up. Your guess is as good as mine as to what M has [...]

Severance

The call finally came. Ned was casual about it. “Can you cruise by for a sec? We need to talk about this whole merger thing.” Morgan already knew that being part of the acquired company meant that his department would be decimated. Morgan’s department was the current poster child for redundancy. As an ace analyst [...]

Honk

I woke up. The sun had yet to return. I’m not a big fan of waking up. And I really hate to wake up before it is absolutely necessary. With no birds chirping in the dawn, I was afraid to look at the clock. The only sound was a distant car horn. It wasn’t the [...]