Word of the Day: Nudnik
The Word of the Day today is nudnik. I discovered this word while reading Phillip K. Dick’s The Man in the High Castle. I quote: But above and beyond ever...
Author: Brad Severance
During the day, I develop websites using the latest technologies. At night, I write fiction. I bake gingerbread cookies, too.
Baron Samedi
Baron Samedi figures in the Haitian Voodoo religion. He is often depicted as having a skull-like face (or an actual skull for a head). He usually wears a top ha...
Quote From Of Mice and Men
I recently read Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. I rather enjoyed this short novel about two farm hands—Lennie, a huge overgrown bear of a man with the brain ...
Jane Eyre Vocab & Quotes: Installment Five
This is the fifth installment of my longstanding series Jane Eyre Vocabulary & Quotes. So without further ado, let us begin! halcyon: Of or relating to the ...
Jane Eyre Vocab & Quotes: Installment Four
This is the fourth installment of my longstanding series Jane Eyre Vocabulary & Quotes. So without further ado, let us begin! lugubrious: Full of sadness or...
Jane Eyre Vocab & Quotes (3rd Post)
This is the third installment of my longstanding series Jane Eyre Vocabulary & Quotes. So without further ado, let us begin! merino: any of a breed of fine-...
Jane Eyre Vocab & Quotes (2nd Post)
This is the second installment of my longstanding series Jane Eyre Vocabulary & Quotes. So without further ado, let us begin! moiety: one of two equal parts...
Jane Eyre Vocabulary (First Installment)
I’m reading Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte. It was first published in 1847 under the pseudonym Currer Bell. The novel recounts the life of Jane Eyre, an or...
Balloon, Orange Juice, Tape Recorder
Dominique Manfredi sat outside at a corner table at The White Peacock Café. He had just ordered two eggs (sunny side up), toast with raspberry marmalade, espres...
There Were Trees
I remember there were trees, And shadows And the smell of wet grass And tiny ripe berries That my Mom said were poisonous, So that I wouldn’t eat them. An...