Fiction

“poignant and funny and a little loopy”

Bill Tope from Topiary Stories on Jerks in Kibble

“This story has fashion, drugs, crime, and humor! What more could anyone want? Looking forward to the next episode.”

The Mad Puppeteer aka Robert Birkhofer on A Foxy Tale

A Foxy Tale

The melodramatic fashion misadventures of Jambeau Renard and co.
Written with Jessica Perini, edited and read aloud by Catherin J Pascal Dunk

Also published in Collaborature

• Episode 1 introducing our protagonists
• Episode 2 with some character development
• Episode 3 in which a date is arranged
• Episode 4 where dinner is eaten
• Episode 5 in which Javier takes a run
• Episode 6 in which Jambeau is confused
• Episode 7 with a run and a fight
• Episode 8 where a daisy is trampled
• Episode 9 in which Brandon is breathless
• Episode 10 where the mogul makes progress
• Episode 11 in which we learn about men
• Episode 12 on the afterlife
• Episode 13 an unlawful entry
• Episode 14 a revelation
• Episode 15 explication, and zombies
• Episode 16 in which sisters reunite
• Episode 17 figuring things out
• Episode 18 with an escape path, and falling
• Episode 19 blinded by the light
• Episode 20 in which a magnate seeks a daisy, on foot
• Episode 21
• Episode 22
• Episode 23
• Episode 24
• Episode 25
• Episode 26

Short stories

• The Joy of Purpose
  loosely based on the life of Narara Ecovillage founder Lyndall Parris
• Keel-hauled
  a non-binary tale of loyalty—with a little misdirection
• Faith, ROH and the Great Now
  sci-fi inspired by an image
• Jerks in Kibble
  the sudden need to move on
  

Microfiction

• Wilted
  58 words to evoke a life
• Apple
  300 words of sense
• Ergo
  a six sentence, three bird story
• “As she fell, her mind wandered”
  a brevity challenge, inspired by Rebecca Miller’s six word story
• Why we don’t visit Uncle Ed’s anymore
  274 words with levels of meaning, by Nolcha Fox
  
• SUBMISSIONS WELCOME (300 words or under, please)!