Author: craedarc

  • Inconvenient Habits

    Is there a name for a disease which causes its victims to stop a few pages before the ending of a book?  I’d like to think so, just to have something to blame.  I hadn’t noticed the symptom until recently, when two pages away from finishing Shadows Beneath:  The Writing Excuses Anthology, I finally succumbed to my stomach’s

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  • Planetarum: Mars

    Planetarum: Mars

    First half of a short story based on Gustav Holst’s symphony, “The Planets.”

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  • Breathe

    It’s a little troubling when you come to the part in stories where everything seems fine…  Almost every book and movie has it:  that moment when Bilbo stays in Rivendell, or Harry wins the big quidditch game, Tris and Four have their first kiss, or Hiccup convinces Astrid that dragons are awesome.  That moment when you

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  • Riddles

    Riddles

    A short story about riddles

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  • Definitions

    Smorgasbord: smoer-gaws-boord, Swedish (noun): an extensive array or variety Paradox: par-uh-doks, Latin (noun): any person, thing, or situation exhibiting an apparently contradictory nature Life is crazy.  And it’s great.  I like it that way, but it does make it a little hard to summarize it in a blog, not to mention a title.  To introduce myself (and thereby

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