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Wisconsin Hells: Local Tee-Vee

The longest of the three seasonal Wisconsin Hells flash-fics, and in my opinion the funniest. Borne from a conversation I had with Lily while recovering from a concussion and written entirely while concussed. The fact this one turned out better than the others implies something unfavorable about the quality of my work, I'm sure.           I am still working hard on an actual long-form Wisconsin Hells story and want this to be the final vignette for now. Expect full scenes and a plot with an actual resolution next time. Also more characters. I feel a need to limit the cast to the main four in these short-form bits because they all collectively total less than 3,000 words. If I were to add even one of the side characters to the mix it would dilute the still very new characters of Satan, Charlie, Abby and Todd. Speaking of whom, I really love how the interaction between Todd and Charlie went in this one. I gotta pair them together more often in the future. ...

Aimless Thoughts: Fear and Loathing in Menasha

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 (AKA "Requiem for a 2003 Dodge Durango") Such a long-winded, self-indulgent and definitive statement on life in my early twenties that I might retire Aimless Thoughts for a while. I truly feel like I've said most of what I can say at this age. This piece alone covers most of what I intended to get off my chest when I started blogging - it’s got angry political screeds, small-town Rust Belt melodrama, grief, religion, gambling, a kinda pathetic long-distance relationship, lengthy delineations about books, music, video games, movies and YouTube videos… this is me. This is who I am. Who I was in 2022 through the lens of who I am in 2026. If I died tomorrow you could still know me through these thirty thousand words. I am an addict, or at least I've got an addictive personality. It runs in the family. Both sides. I never got into drugs and I haven't had a beer since I was four. The only traditional vices I've ever struggled with are sex and, briefly, gambling. Bu...