Originally posted under Kate Boddie. According to one editor, this is Mad Magazine-y. Not sure if that’s a compliment or not but I’ll take what I can get.

Twas the night before dinner of the holiday kind;
My wife’s on amphetamines and I’m losing my mind.
My testicles were grabbed by her fist without care
For I [...]

As I’ve said in a previous post, I’m pretty new to the whole fantasy genre so I’m groping around with some concepts; one of them is world building. Having never previously written it [fantasy] before, it’s a foreign concept to me. I’ve always worked with pre-established places so all I had to do [...]

Originally posted under Kate Boddie.
“Officer, please. Is it necessary to put your foot on his head?” My cousin, Pam. The man with the badge-wearing appendage on his face is Cal, her husband. “Really, he didn’t mean to throw the turkey at you.”
“Ma’am, I am fully aware of when someone uses a piece of poultry as [...]

Originally posted under Kate Boddie and part of an Absolute Write Flash Fiction Carnival.

“He’s going to die of carbon monoxide poisoning,” Gillian said as she puffed on her cigarette.
“That’s . . . just . . . great, Gillian. Why don’t you hand William a fire poker and tell him to just finish the man off? [...]

Written under Kate Boddie and part of an Absolute Write Flash Fiction Carnival. To see the original post, click here.

“You’ve changed, man. You’ve changed. I don’t even know who you are anymore.”
“What–what are you talking about? I’m that guy that you know. You know . . . me”
“C’mon, man. You’re slurring your words. You’re [...]

Just because the word count ain’t moving doesn’t mean I’m not working on the book. The research isn’t going to do itself, you know. I’m a touch masochistic so I like to bombard myself with as much stuff as humanly possible and see just how far I can stretch my brain before I say fuck [...]

Originally posted on November 25th, 2007 at Finding Boddie.
I have officially started writing the Coney Island novel. I have no idea what it’s going to be called, how long it’s going to be or, really, any other particular relating to the novel itself. I have ideas for chapters and while I’m aiming for linear writing, [...]

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