Great book ideas that I’ll never actually write

a case of too much time on my hands

The two men stood in the apartment looking around. One held a small notepad and the other held his tongue. There was nothing in particular he wanted to say but you know how words get away from us. They were detectives. One a grizzled veteran and one a hot-headed rookie. I can imagine how hard […]

snakes on a higher plane

If you believe that truth is stranger than fiction then I’m afraid you’re going to be very disappointed in the following. Just putting that out there. I awoke this morning to the grim realization that I had dreamt of snakes for the third night in a row. While no expert in dream analysis I’m pretty […]

I haven’t cried like that since Titanic

I always hesitate to quote a number that changes as time passes because I sincerely feel that my writings will still be read a hundred years from now and I hate to date myself. On the other hand, it might allow future readers to sigh and think about how different things were when I was […]

lunatic

She got the dog a few days before he moved in. One of a series of curious decisions she made around that time. His moving in being one of them. He immediately hated the dog, finding it a distraction every time he sat down to write. He was a writer. So was she… in theory. […]

the game

It’s been a long time since I’ve run. Not jog. I try to jog every now and then at the park. I had a friend once tell me the healthiest way for a body to jog is barefoot through the grass. I tried it. I looked like the Bruce Willis character in Die Hard when […]