Fiction Tuesday – Buzzing About

Today’s blog continues my long-neglected satirical fantasy, In The Land of the Penny Gnomes Will grinned. “Oh yah, that’s right. Grandpa’s stories always said the Penny Gnomes love coffee. But where are you going to get it? I thought Penny Gnomes didn’t make anything except Pennies, pointy hats, and bright colored clothes.” Bug stopped suddenly,…

Fiction Tuesday – Seriously Fetched

Today’s blog continues my long-neglected satirical fantasy, In The Land of the Penny Gnomes The collection of gnomes staring at Will gasped in response to Bug’s declaration. One gnome, slightly shorter than the others, pushed through the stunned crowd and walked up to Bug. He looked up and squeaked in a slightly higher voice than…

Fiction Tuesday – Insert Coin

Today’s blog continues my long-neglected satirical fantasy, In The Land of the Penny Gnomes “Hey. Hey, get up.” Will MacGil felt himself being shaken in his bed. He cracked his eyes open enough to see how far the Sun had risen. After all, he had a History test in the morning and was looking to…

Writing Update

I wanted to give a short update on my fiction writing. This past week I released the first section of In the Land of the Penny Gnomes. I’ve been enjoying going through what I’d written several years ago and preparing it for the blog. Penny Gnomes was one of the first projects I attempted in…

Fiction Tuesday – The Legend of the Penny Gnomes

Today’s blog continues my long-neglected satirical fantasy, In The Land of the Penny Gnomes. “Grampa,” said Billy. “I can’t find my action figure. Can you help me look for it?” Grampa looked down at Billy and smiled gently, “Sure thing, now which action figure are we looking for?” Billy shuffled his feet and sighed, “The…

It’s Finished

Throughout my life I’ve written stories in my mind. My imagination turned ball point pens into space ships, and my toys into actors on a stage. I daydreamed my tales as I suffered through grade school, and endured the taunts of people who found my “gaze into nowhere” odd. In my mind life was always…