“May the saints preserve us!” the pilot cried.
“Chilling Fate”
Froze to the bone.
Month: February 2020
“The Dunker”
‘The Dunker’ was no intellectual, but he was a big splash with a particular crowd.
Standing at the pearly gates, Darren ‘The Dunker’ O’Shea looked nervous.
A Homemade Map for “The Snowman of Bishops Fell”
A map of the Norse “Eastern Settlement” in Greenland.
I drew this map of the Eastern Settlement (one of two communities in Norse Greenland, existing from roughly 985-1450) back in 2013 for an unrelated project. While not whatsoever perfect (or accurate!), someone reading “The Snowman of Bishops Fell” may at least get an idea as to the location of the action.
You’ll notice a cross labeled “Gardar” just above the separation between the images. This was the location of St. Nikolaus Cathedral (and the residence of the bishop). You may also imagine that one of the three mountainous triangles immediately to the right of that location is Bishops Fell.
“Peter, Paul, and Scary”
Because you can’t look down.
Reunited in the afterlife, Peter and Paul suffered an awkward reunion.
Coming Soon: “The Snowman of Bishops Fell”
Set in Norse Greenland during the 15th century, “The Snowman of Bishops Fell” concerns a band of Norse Greenlanders sent into the mountainous wastelands east of the settlement to destroy an outlaw who seems to have harnessed supernatural powers.
I wrote the first draft of “The Snowman of Bishops Fell” in either late 2016 or early 2017. Continue reading “Coming Soon: “The Snowman of Bishops Fell””
“Saintly Haunting”
There is a new bishop in town. And a new ghost.
Eager for sainthood, the bishop faked his death. He hoped to watch his own canonization from afar.
“Our House of Worship”
The future of church architecture is now.
The earliest church was constructed from timber and turf.
“Last Night in Maracaibo (Either Way)”
His eyes drifted from the street to her.
Maracaibo was as dark as the grave, and the irony was not lost on him.
“Our Story”
The wonderful truth about our existence.
Dear Children — this is how we came to be:
Adam begot Elvis.
Elvis begot Tandy 2000.
“Under the Stairs”
I’m dead, yet I am. I continue. My mind drifts forward.
A Visit to the Idea Factory 