Author Archives: Douglas

The Strategy of the Final Days

A fortnight ago I'd talked about making the final one hundred days special in some way. I think I only mentioned writing the same plot for that hundred, but at the time I was mulling other possibilities too: write for an actual full hour, set a page/word count threshhold, learn to touch type.
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I Coulda Bought a Falcon

He taped the ear pieces of his Buddy Holley glasses a month back before a show in Toledo when the left side lost a screw. The right was fine, but the symmetry appealed to him.
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Yesterday and Way Before That

The Bringer of Mist is Johnthan's older brother, and he has inherited the mantle of Bringer of Mist from his father. His first act of bringing, a ceremony with aged volunteers and their sponsors, he selects a number of tinkers and unexpectedly brings Jennetta's husband, Warren Harrfield, who was there in the capacity of a sponsor.
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