I haven't written anything in a while. I've been working on my flower garden and my small pond and waterfall by the patio. I suppose I will do a page on the "before" and "after" of the grounds around the house when I'm done with it all. It's a major improvement over the run-down, neglected place it was when I bought it in 2006.

My favorites from what I've written are: The Littlest Snowman, You Can Bet Your Shirt on It, and The Sick Kitty, although I enjoyed some of my contest entries also. Actually, one of these three was a contest entry. (Duh!) Of all the things I ever lost, I miss my mind the most.

  Key:      Title (copyright year) Synopsis

• The Vacation Trip (2008). Inspired by my job.

• Hard Clay (2008). Pulbished April, 2009 in the Sierra Journal by Sierra College Press.
  You can read it online here

• The Pedestrian and the Worm (2008).

• Quoth the Raven (2008) My entry into the Fourth annual Bewildering Stories writing contest. Published January 31, 2008 by Bewildering Stories. The contest theme was to parody an existing poem or story.

• The Littlest Snowman (2007) "Light as a feather and just right for Xmas reading with the kids..."   - Bill Bowler, Coordinating Editor, Bewildering Stories.
  Published December 17, 2007 by Bewildering Stories.

• Wounded Me (2007) An introspective poem after a break up.

• The Gardener and the Worm (2007)

• Eis, Wo, and Nerg (2006) A flash fiction story written for the Third annual Bewildering Stories writing contest.  The contest theme was about finding one's self in a strange place like Rod did in Heinlein's Tunnel in the Sky.

• The Accordion (2006)

• You Can Bet Your Shirt on It (2006) A short story I entered in the Second annual Bewildering Stories writing contest. The contest theme was time travel. Wow, I tied for fourth in the Editor's Choices!
  Published January, 2006 by Bewildering Stories as part of the "Time Travel" writing contest.

• The Sick Kitty (2005) A short story about a lethargic cat and the little girl who loves her.
  First publication April 25, 2005 by Bewildering Stories.
  Second publication May 2, 2006 in the Sierra Journal: 2006 published by Sierra College Press.

• Return of the Ugly Duckling (2005)
  Wow, I made the Editor's Favorites list!
  Published in February, 2005 by Bewildering Stories as part of the " Twisted Fairy Tales" writing contest.

• The Cyst (1985) A human is mistaken to be an android. I plan to rewrite this some day, so it is currently not available to the public except for being registered at the library of congress.

• The Orkeldor, et. al. (1981) Epic poetry about a dangerous creature that no one has seen and lived to tell about. This poetry is available at BewilderingStories.com in six parts: part 1 part 2 part 3 part 4 part 5 part 6 
  Published in 2005 by Bewildering Stories.  This was actually my first work that was published.  Here is Bewildering Stories' welcome page heralding the publication of the first installment of The Orkeldor.
  

• The Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr. & E. B. White
• The Elements of Grammar by Margaret Shertzer
  
• Self-Editing for Fiction Writers by Renni Browne & Dave King
  
• The Complete, Idiot's Guide to Writing a Novel by Tom Monteleone
• How to Write Science Fiction and Fantasy by Orson Scott Card
  
• How to Write a Damn Good Novel by James N. Frey
• Zen in the Art of Writing by Ray Bradbury
• Three Genres by Stephen Minot
• Plain English Handbook by J. Martyn Walsh & Anna Kathleen Walsh
• Prentice-Hall Handbook for Writers by Glenn Leggett, C. David Mead, & William Charvat
  

• Rejections an editorial by Jerry Wright

I wish to thank Jerry Wright and Don Webb of BewilderingStories.com for their grace in publishing my poems and stories. I feel unworthy.

C. Meton playing the piano bear... This is what the editor was talking about on my Biographical page at Bewildering Stories.

I also wish to thank Bright Rope and Bill Hotchkiss for including my story, The Sick Kitty in the 2006 edition of The Sierra Journal.