Friday Flash is a weekly ritual in which writers compose flash fiction of less than 1000 words, post to their blogs, & link to them.

Oise bit into the olive and peanut butter sandwich and then passed it back to Joey. Faerie taste buds are different from humans. Where Joey tasted creamy sweetness with a salty twist, Oise felt the most amazing thing he had ever tried. The feeling that ran through his green two-foot body was like the smell of a spring storm, the warm embrace of a loved one, or seeing a puppy trip and do a somersault. (Read on …)

Friday Flash is a weekly ritual in which writers compose flash fiction of less than 1000 words, post to their blogs, & link to them.

Her palms were sweaty. She considered wiping them on her jeans but was worried they’d leave a mark. Blind dates made her nervous. (Read on …)

Make sure you watch tonight’s episode of “Smallville” very carefully! “DAD!,” my graphic novel, as well as several other Th3rd World books have a brief cameo.

Note: This week’s Friday Flash was written as part of the “Silhouette Short Fiction Contest.”

If Janet Bloodwyrm had nails she would’ve just broken them. Luckily, worms don’t have nails. Of course worms also don’t fly, which is why Janet was punching the control panel. (Read on …)

Friday Flash is a weekly ritual in which writers compose flash fiction of less than 1000 words, post to their blogs, & link to them.

There was once a bear who was in love with a barista. It’s not shocking that the bear loved her because everyone loved her. She was blonde. She cared about the environment. She loved children. She was pretty much a walking cliché and since both men and bears are stupid, they couldn’t help but be in love with her. (Read on …)

So on this most festive of holidays, my gift from me to you… the above picture, a teaser of an upcoming project. Expect to here more sometime in early 2010!

Hope you all manage to get a few minutes away from the TV and spend some time with family and friends. Then, as Santa would say, Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night!

I’ve tried uploading 10 variations of the above animation to test what’s the best compression for You Tube, but I can’t figure it out. This clip in in HD looks decent in terms of frame-rate and quality, but I still can’t get You Tube to recognize the audio. GRRRR

I need your help. Go here and vote for me in the “Host Our Coast.” Only takes one click to vote! Update: There is massive cheating going on. So I no longer care about votes. But thanks for everyone who helped me get to non-embarrassing numbers.

Ended up comming back home last night… cause Dad is in the hospital. However I’ll definitely have my “Lost” write-up tomorrow. Man I’m soooo freaking excited for tonight.

Who voted for themselves when voting for the Eisners? If you are a “comic professional” you can vote here.

I’m participating in a contest called “Host Our Coast” and the above video is my audition for it. In a few weeks I’ll be asking all of you AWESOME readers to vote for me (plus giving out some nice Xbox prizes).

This week’s “Knowledge Helps” has a little continuity with last weeks.

For any new readers/viewers “Aubrie H. Baker” is my niece who has been co-hosting “Knowledge Helps” with me.