Read Time: 4 minutes My pants malfunctioned in the bathroom. I blame Kenneth Cole, not user error. Because minutes before a business meeting, I flushed the toilet, started shutting my fly, but the zipper’s slider body derailed from one side of the tracks. Cue panic...
Read Time: 4 minutes I stole the money. Five bucks here. Ten there. Twenty was rare. But she never seemed to notice, so I kept making withdrawals. Until one day… she panicked. She swore she had more cash in her wallet and she needed it. So she asked if one of us took...
Read Time: 1 minute To whom it should concern: I’m the devil you need but don’t want to exist. Don’t dare challenge that. Why else would you write an entire story trying to stop me? Hell, I’m lucky if I survive your story. Yet my purpose here is not to beg for...
Read Time: 3 minutes Want to write stories that make readers lose sleep? The kind of stories that earn you five-star reviews, book awards, and best-seller status? Well, I’ve got news for you. Because if you haven’t yet figured it out… writing fiction can be a...
Read Time: 4 minutes People preach that “you shouldn’t write for the money.” They proclaim you should strictly do it for the love of the craft. Or your audience. Or other honorable reasons. But those people have forsaken you. Because you should write...
Read Time: 3 minutes In 2018, I moved to a cabin in the woods. I was tired of busy weekends, heavy traffic, and waving neighbors. Plus I wanted more privacy and the chance to explore the unknown. So I convinced my wife and two kids to move from our California suburb...
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