Hey, Your Nose is on Fire!

The Daily Grind Table of Contents      Well, regular people use elevators, so I'd say you're well on your way, Jolene.

The Daily Grind Table of Contents      Apparently, "ominous" means something different when you're Jolene.

The Daily Grind Table of Contents      I'm glad we finally got rid of all that present tense stuff. Except, of course, for the parts that're still in present tense...

The Terebinth Story Archive      Because if Robin Hood wasn't a giant flying cockroach, than I don't know who was!

The Daily Grind Table of Contents      Y'know? A chocolate-chip cookie sounds pretty good about now.      More next week, I'm guessing, when Jo gets back from whatever Howlett's big surprise is!

The Daily Grind Table of Contents      Thoughtfulness, is it? I suppose that qualifies as Hallowe'enish...

The one poem that's free to read:      Is actually seasonal, too!      Though technically, you can't read it. You can only listen to me read it.      It's called "Hallowe'en Weather," and it's up now as part of the 2024 SFPA Halloween Poetry Reading . It's a little more than halfway down the page and has the picture you see here beside it. I put the image together from a couple public domain drawings I found on the internet.      The poem that you have to pay to read is in issue #128 of the magazine Dreams & Nightmares . The ordering instructions , as near as I can tell, don't say how much it is for a single print copy of an issue, but it's $1 for a PDF. I haven't actually seen the issue yet, but a look at the table of contents makes me think the editor may have left my middle initial out of my byline. The poem's called "A Ballade of Intestinal Flora," and it's also kinda appropriate for the season, n