Sin Eater (2018.12.18)
I try not to absorb vicarious trauma.

(30)8th (2018.12.15)
I might be middle-aged? Does that sound right to you?
Me either.

Why Are You So Weird? (2018.12.08)
Just because I know about the Roswell crash, it doesn't mean I am that strange, particularly when there was a whole network program about it.

Alice Isn't Joseph Fink (2018.11.29)
Joseph Fink of Welcome to Night Vale fame pretends not to know me, just because he doesn't and has no reason to. Cunning ruse.

Be My Neighbor (2018.11.21)
I choose to be kind to the world so I can believe it is a place I want to be.

Pico the Mortal (2018.11.14)
Pico dies.

11/9 (2018.10.08)
I watch propaganda with Amber, Chris, and Sarah T.

Daniel the Ageless (2018.10.01)
Daniel visits, older.

Soaked Lions (2018.09.26)
Amber and I go to the Bronx Zoo, in the rain, with her job.

The First Week in Two Acts (2018.09.18)
Returning to work brings tumult and frustration.

Boys Won't Be Held Accountable (2018.09.17)
We need to stop teaching our children by our words and actions that victims will never be believed and victimizers will rarely suffer consequences.

Kristina, the River, and the Fire (2018.09.16)
Kristina turns thirty with water and fire.

Jareth, Move the Stars (2018.08.30)
Our kitten is diagnosed with feline leukemia.

Paths at the Dutchess County Fair (2018.08.24)
Amber, Kristina, Veronica, and I hang out at the Dutchess County Fair. Ken and Holly are engaged, possibly?

Plural Possessive (2018.08.20)
I interrogate Ken and harass him with arcane knowledge.

Lake George 2018 (2018.08.18)
We return to Lake George, where I try to be my own part of a whole.

Fools Rush In (2018.08.11)
Maybe one doesn't have to rush into relationships, but just enjoy the party.

Tumbleweed (2018.08.02)
I find a frame to free myself while wandering nearby.

Newness in Her Life (2018.07.29)
Amber turns 30, Holly finds a lover, I find momentary contentment.

Pale Blue Dot: Benevolent Indifference (2018.07.20)
The universe will die. You might as well be happy.

Sorting the Sharp Edges (2018.07.09)
Maybe my mental issues were not of my own devising...

Of a Quiet Visit (2018.06.24)
Daniel and Kest visit, but tell no one who doesn't give them delicious food.

My Little Notebook: Writing is Magick (2018.06.03)
The only time I feel the gods around is when I create them in a small notebook.

Vehicular Dealings (2018.06.02)
I am getting a new car, so obviously I am anxious.

Code Switch (2018.06.01)
Does speaking like my students change my brain?

Unsatifyingly Fallible Observation (2018.05.25)
A grade schooler saw a concrete UFO no one else did. Should you believe him?

Sexual Mores and Less (2018.05.23)
First, I judged you for sleeping around too much, now too little.

Once Upon a Crime (2018.05.21)
My juvenile delinquents need a story in which they survive.

Amber Graduates (2018.05.20)
Amber is now a college graduate, for the second time. First associate degree, though.

These Commonplace Disasters (2018.05.18)
I am not suicidal, but it has followed me at a distance.

Unequivalent Exchange (2018.05.16)
I decline an interview because Amber is graduating. Then a disaster changes that.

My Third Murderer (2018.04.21)
One more of my former charges kills, leading me to discover a gruesome double murder in the past.

Fight, Flight, or Friend (2018.04.19)
Don't insist strangers immediately meet you. It is a creeper move that scares kitties away.

Dress for the Job You Already Have (2018.04.18)
Amber is interviewed for a job she basically already has, but it has been a long time since a job understood her worth.

Socrates Defeated (2018.04.13)
You are not the smartest person in the room. There is no smartest person in the room. Don't be a jerk because you have a thesaurus.

Stories about Sex I Didn't Have (2018.04.08)
Bragging about sex is crass. Talking about sex one did not have is amusing.

To Fully Charge (2018.03.28)
I worry my anxiety will put a wedge between my friends and me, even though they do not notice it.

I Was Not a School Shooter (2018.03.01)
Something needs to be done about mass shootings, but "something" doesn't mean "nothing, but we give the image we care."

Leap from a Tall Building (2018.02.28)
Mental illness is not a superpower.

Support the Con You Want to See (2018.02.24)
If you want there to be more of an art or artist, let them know. Sometimes with your money.

On the Anniversary of Your Death (2018.02.10)
Melissa has been dead one year.

Of Chocolate Marmosets (2018.01.27)
A pleasant day of hot chocolate, chilly animals, and kung fu with Chris and Sarah T.

Of Befriending a Comedian (2018.01.19)
Good comedy is an art. Bad comedy is a hate crime.

Thirty-Eight Minutes (2018.01.14)
The world doesn't end for Hawaiians, but it is best to put a few things together in case it does.

Twenty-Seventh Kiss Is the Charm (2018.01.10)
The portion of kisses I've liked to those I didn't is not kind, but I can't change them now.

Three Interesting Topics (2018.01.08)
There is a faint possibility that I have something to say after I've covered if Indred Cold would pull the level that would sacrifice one Sexy Sarah to save five Frigid Farrahs.

The Disappearing Act (2018.01.06)
How I disappear, wish to, and why you may.

A Cup o’ Kindness Yet (2018.01.01)
Moose is obnoxious. Don't be like Moose this year. Be like Susan and David.

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.