The Bee, The Moth, The Boxing Squirrels

Hello, friends. Today, the inestimable Michael J. Solender allows me to guest write at the NOT. I'm incredibly thankful for the opportunity. You can find my piece, "The Bee and the Moth," here.

I've just read it again, and it still makes me oddly melancholy, so I share with you the wonders of boxing squirrels via the spectacular FuckYeah! Dioramas! Here. Highly suggested that you peruse the rest, as the dioramas aren't normally so hilarious, but really beautiful and most wondrous.

Thank you, writer friends!

You say it's hot in here?

Early this summer, Michael Solender lamented the great heat and humidity in his home state. The only possible way to get through it was, of course, to have a flash fic contest.

The NOT's Dog Days of Summer contest was simple: 101 words exactly, include "heat" and "summer."

I celebrated by writing dark fic. My piece, "Bottle Rocket," is a Special Jury Award Winner. Yep. You can call me Miss FancyPants now. Or, you could just find me at the totally free, totally downloadable PDF chapbook with 80 others, including Grand Prize Winner, Sam Adamson.

The NOT's Dog Days of Summer contest PDF chapbook.

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Later this week: I'm up at Cast Macabre. I'm so freakin' excited about this, I can't stand it.

Neither can  Gryff, apparently. He had to hide in the water bottle thingy just to contain himself.