Living with a single mother and moving a lot leads to an interesting story. Here is a short essay about moving to and growing up in a small town, and then coming to realize an appreciation for it.

Haiku. Poetry in haiku form all about life, death, and fame in California. Killer haikus about the hazards, pitfalls, and cursed lives looking for fame around every corner in California. The dangers and method used in Hollywood.

The repo man incident occurred during one of my single periods, when we were living in a semi-derelict house in a bad part of town, fourteen miles from the base, or two hours each way on my old, cranky cycle. The bottom apartment was filled with gypsies; the attic had no electricity and was filled with ghosts, and we lived, mostly, in the one heated room on the middle floor.

A tale set in the 18th century about the further education by his uncle of a young man left fatherless by the Napoleonic wars – his adventures in London and, in particular, in the countryside where he manages to foil a plot to rob his uncle.
Based on a caricature by James Gillray.

A writer’s ever-changing odyssey.

I did this for a project, and I think it is quite good.

The Vardo’s travel to a new village to trade.

An infant is smuggled out of a castle at midnight. What will the baby’s future hold?