I’ve been working on my new story, “The Mirror in the Basement of Waverly Manor,” for almost a year now because my life lately has been fundamentally unstable in the best possible way. Emily and I ended our lease last August and left Atlanta to travel across 9 European countries in 13 weeks, seeking gloryContinue reading “Blog: “The Mirror in the Basement of Waverly Manor””
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Announcement Re: “CAPTCHA”
420 words, ~1.5 minute read time. The accompanying short story is hyperlinked here. I have been reading an essay collection by E.B. White, and one quote has stuck with me: “I do feel a responsibility to society because of going into print: a writer has the duty to be good, not lousy; true, not false;Continue reading “Announcement Re: “CAPTCHA””
The Beast of Banalore
Everything felt alien to me as I gripped the railing on the swaying deck of the USS Dashiell. I fought waves of nausea and tried to concentrate on the chatter of the crewmembers filling the salty ocean air. Several weeks ago, I departed from Charleston, South Carolina, my home, which now only existed in the pristine confines of my memory. I was entering a new world, the unfamiliar island nation of Banalore, with a single objective: to find and document The Beast.
