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New Witches Story: “Esteemed Relations”

"Esteemed Relations" is the fifth piece of the Witches of Ming Ung tale: "Did you really need to wear that?" Hardi whispered to Robert. "You look like a clown." Robert straightened his lavender shirt. "I, my dear, am a peacock in a field of pigeons." One of the soldiers ...

New Witches story: “Blackout”

After entirely too long a hiatus, I have a new Witches story/chapter ready. There's no good excuse for the lapse aside from the heartbreak of leaving my job of two years and the stress of starting in a new position. An amicable departure and happy beginning, but stressful nonetheless. Hardi and ...

“Breached defenses” posted

Back to Witches this week for "Breached defenses": Hardi blinked. "I think I'm done here," she muttered as she stood with her tray. "Have a good day, Dr. Yuk." "Robert," he said around another mouthful of food, "and it really helps if you soften the 'u'. Make it just a bit more ...

Three fun things on dance-day

In reverse order of occurrence: Assmar makes me do funny things Like ride down the highway in 40-degree weather with the windows down and the heat blasting at the floorboards. The cool air lowers my body temperature (bad cooldown after hip-hop) and the hot air keeps my lungs from seizing up ...

“The welcome goodbye” posted

Well, it's not quite still Saturday, but as promised, here's a new Witches story, called "The welcome goodbye": "Harding." Hardi stopped pacing. "Why are you so hot under the collar for this project?" Jim asked quietly. Hardi opened and closed her mouth. "I just... I want to do something about this." Now I'm going to ...

Search-building: custom or Google

Until earlier this week, I had a lousy site search in place. It was one of Google's Custom Search Engines, barely configured and only on its own page, due to it's hefty (and blocking!) JavaScript. I'd long since disabled Wordpress's search since my stories aren't being run in ...

Weekend linkage

Just a few, since I'm so far behind on my reading (down to 425 unread items!) and I just posted a set on Friday. Enjoy. How to Help Your Kids Build $25,000 Stock Portfolios - This is a tempting idea even with regards to something like weddings. "Help us ...

Chapter 10 of Witches posted!

Chapter 10, "Opening Salvo" is posted: "What brings you to my world, little bug?" the colorful woman asked Hardi and Robert. Her glance flitted between both of them before settling on Hardi. "Well?" she cooed, head tilting. Her accent was much lighter than Lucia's. Hardi straightened in her seat. "We're looking for ...