Coming soon to a theatre near you: Why a certain D.H. Lawrence poem does not suck. I'm sure you can't wait!

But you'll have to. In the mean time, if you have a few moments I have a small story for you. It might give you a chill. If you desire a bit of a shiver down your spine, I suspect that reading this with the lights low and a nice cold wind rattling branches outside your windows will help with that effect. If you meditate on the accompanying photograph, that will likely aid as well.



This is only available as a free (hooray!) download so I kind of wish Lulu had a "Get it now" button instead of a "Buy it now" button I could use. Oh well!

Get it now!

Once again, you can go to my Lulu storefront. Remind me some other time to talk about how I feel about the term "Lulu storefront." And the photograph is courtesy of Frank Slack.

I meant to post this some time ago, but I have been distracted by, appropriately enough, money matters. Which I won't go into, because you don't care.

So I have this short story that's been languishing on my hard drive. I finished it after some time, and even had a friend who is smarter than I am edit it. I could, of course, send it off to some magazines or a literary journal. I could even send it to the journal I'm technically working for. But being keenly interested in What Technology Can Do For You, I thought I'd do something else. Plus, this is more immediate and interactive. And fun!

I've thrown the story into a pdf, added a cover, and put it on Lulu. What's Lulu? It's where you can self-publish. I've always been skeptical for various reasons, but there's no reason not to have a little fun.



"Sing heav'nly muse" is not nearly as pretentious as it sounds. This is a story about Jake, who thinks he knows more than he does; Eve, who thinks the world is slightly worse than it is; and Jane, who is pretty normal despite all her protestations.

You can get this story as a hard copy for $6. It gives me $0.94 and gives you something pretty and entertaining. I thought about setting it slightly higher, but I then discovered that Lulu adds shipping costs.

Or you can get it as a free download. And if you like it, you can still get the hard copy for $6 after that.

In any case:


EDIT: Now in Kindle format!

Your turn. Tell me, what do you think? (Of the story, of the idea of Lulu, of the weather...)

Note: Feel free to spread this around if you so desire.