Tag Archives: RieTales
Write What You Know
So, here we are at the final story in RieTales. As you might be able to guess from the title, it was written at a time when I was getting a little frustrated by that perennial advice. In this little … Continue reading
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Whine
Photo by Jimmy Chan on Pexels.com I love “Whine.” It was fun to write…and almost impossible to find a home for. I must have shopped it around for two or three years originally. My mother liked it, but no … Continue reading
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Tagged audio version, blogging, Mocha Memoirs Press, mosquitoes, RieTales, short story, Steve Cook, Whine
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Stormy Weather — This Story Might Make Some People Uncomfortable…
This RieTales story probably should have a trigger warning, but when I first wrote it, there were no trigger warnings. I’m letting you know now though because the world is different than it once was. Despite a rather idyllic beginning, … Continue reading
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Today is a Twofer…
…because these stories inexorably go together. They can’t be separated. At least since the second one has been written. You may or may not have noticed that the stories in RieTales are in alphabetical order. Except when it comes to … Continue reading
Home By Sunset
“Home By Sunset” is the next RieTales story. It is a science fantasy story about a young girl with a mechanical horse living in a colony with a strict curfew. The title refers to trying to rush home to meet … Continue reading
Gremlins in the Workplace
Gremlins in the Workplace, our next entry in RieTales, from Mocha Memoirs Press, is a story of misconceptions, hasty conclusions, and workplace romance. It was one of several stories I originally started while I was working on the test floor … Continue reading
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Tagged gremlins, Gremlins in the Workplace, misconceptions, Mocha Memoirs Press, RieTales, short story
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Today’s Story is an Homage to Mark Twain
I wrote “The Duke, The Dauphin, and the Dirigible” originally for an anthology that was doing Steampunk riffs off of literary masterpieces. I didn’t get into the book, but this story was too good to just throw in the trunk–at … Continue reading
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