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Serial: Down the River – Chapter Forty-Seven

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I’m finally revisiting the characters from The River City Chronicles nine years after their original timeline. I’ll be running the series weekly here on my blog, and then will release it in book form at the end of the run. Hope you enjoy catching up with all your faves and all their new secrets! Today, Gio and Dante go to visit Gio’s mother’s grave in Bologna, and get quite a surprise… < Read Chapter 46 Join my email list to get my weekly newsletter with notifications of new chapters. Chapter Forty-SevenMoonrise Gio got out of the bus, shouldering his heavy backpack. … Read more

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Point of View: The Little Things…

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Today’s a crazy day, so my column is – by necessity – a bit short. I just wanted to remind you (and myself) that sometimes it’s the little things that make life better. I was out watering some plants in our backyard yesterday, or I was about to. When I went to reach for the hose, I spotted this little guy. My heart leapt in my throat, and I quickly checked for rattles on its tail. There were none and my heartbeat slowed to something approaching normal. We stared at each other for a moment, both surprised to find this … Read more

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Author Spotlight: Warren Rochelle

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Welcome to my weekly Author Spotlight. I’ve asked a bunch of my author friends to answer a set of interview questions, and to share their latest work. Today: Warren Rochelle lives and writes in Crozet, Virginia, with his husband and their little dog, Gypsy. His short fiction and poetry have been published in such journals and anthologies as Icarus, North Carolina Literary Review, Forbidden Lines, Aboriginal Science Fiction, Collective Fallout, Queer Fish 2, Empty Oaks, Quantum Fairy Tales, Migration,  Clarity, Innovation, and other publications.  His short story, “The Golden Boy,” was a finalist for the 2004 Spectrum Award for Short Fiction.  Rochelle is the author … Read more

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Serial: Down the River – Chapter Forty-Six

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I’m finally revisiting the characters from The River City Chronicles nine years after their original timeline. I’ll be running the series weekly here on my blog, and then will release it in book form at the end of the run. Hope you enjoy catching up with all your faves and all their new secrets! Today, Marissa and Ainsley celebrate the good news, and pledge to chart a new course… < Read Chapter 45 Join my email list to get my weekly newsletter with notifications of new chapters. Chapter Forty-SixMuffins on a Sunday Morning “Are you fucking serious?” Marissa wasn’t proud … Read more

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Point of View: Adrift

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And the river flowsI am never gonna get it back againAnd the river flowsI am never gonna take it back again… “Take Me Back”, by Erasure Sometimes a song speaks to you in an unexpected way, and the music unlocks something you’ve been feeling for a long time, but couldn’t quite name. Our world is in a state of flux, where everything we thought we knew is being questioned, threatened, and overturned. Most of us just want to go back to the way things used to be, when we were standing on what we thought was solid ground. As I … Read more

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Author Spotlight: John A. McColley

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Welcome to my weekly Author Spotlight. I’ve asked a bunch of my author friends to answer a set of interview questions, and to share their latest work. Today: John A. McColley writes from his cave in the woods of New England. He’s a full member of the SFWA and NE Horror Writers. He’s published over sixty short stories with many publishers, from Black Hare Press to Mad Scientist Journal, Crossed Genres to Whortleberry Press in magazines, anthologies and on websites. He also serializes sci-fi and fantasy novels on Patreon. His urban fantasy slash supernatural horror novella, “Down The Drain,” came … Read more

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Serial: Down the River – Chapter Forty-Five

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I’m finally revisiting the characters from The River City Chronicles nine years after their original timeline. I’ll be running the series weekly here on my blog, and then will release it in book form at the end of the run. Hope you enjoy catching up with all your faves and all their new secrets! Today, Sam takes Oscar back to the place where he and Brad got married… < Read Chapter 44 | Read Chapter 46 > Join my email list to get my weekly newsletter with notifications of new chapters. Chapter Forty-FiveThe Monk’s Half Sleeves “So this is the … Read more

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Point of View: Something We Can Do!

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Something a little different today, For the last few months, I’ve felt as if I was trapped in a never-ending vortex of horrible news, and there was absolutely nothing I could do about it. I have felt depressed, dejected and powerless, as I’m sure many of you have too. Then ever so slowly, things have started to shift. More people standing together and fighting back. And there have been glimmering signs of hope. Then a few days ago, this landed in my email inbox, from my friend Luis at the Sacramento LGBT Center: “On March 24, the federal government abruptly … Read more

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Author Spotlight: Vonnie Winslow Crist

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Welcome to my weekly Author Spotlight. I’ve asked a bunch of my author friends to answer a set of interview questions, and to share their latest work. Today: Vonnie Winslow Crist is author of Beneath Raven’s Wing, Dragon Rain, The Enchanted Dagger, Owl Light, The Greener Forest, the “Shivers, Scares” series, and other award-winning books. Her writing appears in Asimov’s Magazine, Amazing Stories, Weirdbook: Witches, Chilling Ghost Short Stories, Cirsova, Black Infinity, Faerie Magazine, and elsewhere. Over 1,000 of her illustrations have been published in books and magazines. Believing the world is still filled with miracles, mystery, and magic, she … Read more

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Serial: Down the River – Chapter Forty-Four

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I’m finally revisiting the characters from The River City Chronicles nine years after their original timeline. I’ll be running the series weekly here on my blog, and then will release it in book form at the end of the run. Hope you enjoy catching up with all your faves and all their new secrets! Today, Diego takes a walk down memory lane and thinks about all he missed when Gio was growing up in Italy… < Read Chapter 43 | Read Chapter 45 > Join my email list to get my weekly newsletter with notifications of new chapters. Chapter Forty-FourImages … Read more