Fears Like White Elephants (2015.12.21)
Xen likes kids, but doesn't want one.

Sufferer and Observer (2015.12.15)
Xen has a breakdown during yoga and talks to himself, but he uses Amber to do it.

Night of the Kukari (2015.12.07)
Xen becomes a Christmas beast.

Brushing the Fifth Estate (2015.10.25)
Xen is interviewed for a newspaper.

Life inside the Music Box (2015.10.23)
Xen visits a therapist.

Danielle the Amazonian (2015.09.10)
We meet Danielle, who is six feet one of awesome.

Non-Player Characters (2015.09.07)
So, you are a real person?

A Balloon Made of Skin (2015.09.01)
Xen is still a depressed person, just not full time.

Falling in Love (in Small Quantities) (2015.08.23)
Falling in love with strangers is fine so long as you keep them strangers. Otherwise, invest your soul in a couple of people.

Stuck in the Middle (of Lake George) with You (2015.08.17)
Could Xen just enjoy something without deciding it is Filled with Meaning?

House Mad (2015.07.27)
Amber wants a house so she can have a farm.

Of Beasts and Bars (2015.06.19)
Dan Jurow is back in prison and one of Xen's former charges brutally rapes a girl. But we can totally save them, right?

Lowercase T (2015.06.09)
Xen is diagnosed with a hormonal deficit.

Wandering through the Paranormal (2015.04.25)
If you can't believe in UFOs, maybe you can still believe in people who believe in UFOs.

The Busking Artist Farmer (2015.03.22)
Amber is overwhelmingly productive, just not lucrative. Maybe that's okay.

Bad Brain (2015.03.18)
Terry Pratchett dies and Xen worries about losing his mind.

The Alleged Dan Jurow (2015.03.14)
Dan Jurow is arrested for soliciting a presumed twelve-year-old.

Pros at Cons: No Such Convention 2015 (2015.02.23)
Xen finally starts to get the hang of being a non-player character for your enjoyment, though more so when asked to sign appendages.

The Story of How I Am about to Die (2015.02.14)
Xen fantasizes of his death to hold it off for being too obvious.

Mourning Martin (2015.02.13)
Kate's brother dies.

The Exo Makes the Politics (2015.02.07)
Do aliens run the government? Probably not.

The Neil Gaiman I Know (2015.02.01)
Neil Gaiman the Person cannot be owned. Neil Gaiman the Concept? Quite another story.

Apologia Pro Non Scripto (2015.01.21)
Xen is sorry he didn't write sooner, but you don't pay him directly. He's an addict, you know, just after the next hit.

Thomm Quackenbush is an author and teacher in the Hudson Valley. He has published four novels in his Night's Dream series (We Shadows, Danse Macabre, Artificial Gods, and Flies to Wanton Boys). He has sold jewelry in Victorian England, confused children as a mad scientist, filed away more books than anyone has ever read, and tried to inspire the learning disabled and gifted. He is capable of crossing one eye, raising one eyebrow, and once accidentally groped a ghost. When not writing, he can be found biking, hiking the Adirondacks, grazing on snacks at art openings, and keeping a straight face when listening to people tell him they are in touch with 164 species of interstellar beings. He likes when you comment.