Update grab bag! (Or... a grab bag of updates)

Lots of workin', not much time for updates lately...

Here's an inside look at all the stuff that is piled up (quite literally) on my desk these days.

First of all, many, many thanks to the wonderful folks at Aphelion for publishing the next "installment" in the Shirasawa series.

This one is called "Shirasawa's Rage" and follows our young protagonist from her home in the maple grove up through an ominous wooded area near the coast.  Click on the link below to read more:

http://www.aphelion-webzine.com/shorts/2013/09/ShirasawasRage.html

Second, the folks at Aphelion were so nice this month, that they also agreed to publish a recent poem of mine.  It is one that regular readers of this blog will recognize, as it was posted here first, but feel free to stop by the Aphelion site and refresh your memory:

http://www.aphelion-webzine.com/poetry/2013/09/LateSummerSunset.html

Next, the short novella, Puddle Jumper is finished and submitted to the monthly contest over at the Creator and the Catalyst forum.  I posted the installments here as well for easy access, but here's hoping that this one fares well in this month's voting!

Next, next...  I have some work to do on another story tentatively accepted by another online 'zine.  They asked for a pretty substantial re-write of the middle section; so that is filling my days of late.  We'll see how things go with that one (fingers crossed).

And finally, there's that little thing that we here at the old blog have been referring to as the "ghost train" novel.  Well the current draft is getting very, very close to being finished.  In fact, I can safely say that the title of the book, at least for now is ...  [drum roll] ...  [drum roll] ... [cymbal crash!] 

The Silver Arrow!