Category: Blog

Flash Fiction: Character Error

By Chris McGinty He wrote a lot of short fiction. Some of it was really short, a style known as…

Hodgepodge Blog #1: Fight Jaw

by Chris McGinty Let me say by way of introduction that if these two words don’t produce interesting results, I…

Link Hub and Introduction: Hodgepodge Blog Posts

by Chris McGinty The Oxford Languages and Google dictionary defines hodgepodge as “a confused mixture.” This could probably describe most…

Flash Fiction: The Desolate Winter Land

by Chris McGinty The lake was iced over. The ice likely went deep. This area was in perpetual winter for…

Valentine’s Day 2024

by Chris McGinty Happy Valentine’s day, everyone. Let’s not talk about Valentine’s Day. Not that I don’t love Valentine’s Day….

Flash Fiction: Automation Crash

by Chris McGinty The hover car was going to crash. It was self driving and he found himself in a…

Flash Fiction: It’s a Long Way to the Top and a Long Way Down

by Chris McGintyStanding at the top of the dam, looking at the reservoir below, making a jump for it didn’t…

The Whole Country for Old Men

by Chris McGinty There’s a talking point on both sides of the aisle right now that the while each likely…

Durandatory Duran: Movie Theater Dream

by Chris McGinty On December 31, 2023, I had a pretty involved dream involving Metallica. If you’re at all into…

Flash Fiction: Backwards from One-Hundred

by Chris McGinty The full moon was up over the horizon. The transformation had begun. Where once there was the…

Flash Fiction: Writing a Story that is Somehow Shorter than the Title

by Chris McGinty He wished to write his shortest story. He failed.

Today in Sports Ball and Conspiracy

by Chris McGinty I wrote a blog post a long while back about how boring the Stupor Bole was one…

Flash Fiction: Update Learn Apply

He plugged in for the weekly knowledge update. It was all the normal information at first. Updates about the Supreme…

Laaaaaaame

You know it’s funny because most of the time I don’t want to be out delivering, but I think that…

February 9, 2024. Another Lame Post

You know here’s the thing about today. I actually did quite a bit of blog writing, but all for something…

Flash Fiction: Immortal Species

by Chris McGinty When it seemed the horizon was expanding. When it seemed the vertical was contracting. When it felt…

A Lame Uber Delivery and a New Hope (title is basically clickbait)

I’m out doing Uber Eats. I took one of those deliveries that I regret taking afterwards. It’s one of those…

Flash Fiction: The Good Times Dose

by Chris McGinty Then there was the time that the good times were rolling. They were rolling down the road…

Flash Fiction: Let Me Tell You a Story

by Chris McGinty Let me tell you about the time I was traveling down river on the old steamboat. Actually,…

Talking to Nathan Tonight

by Chris McGinty I spoke with Nathan earlier tonight. It was a big sprawling conversation that had something to with…