Delays

So, yeah – sorry about the near-month between parts one and two of San Bonifacio's Curse. It's been a strange February, one filled with (not to be too dramatic) death and looming death. My nearest and dearest are well, but I have friends who have been...

THE SHOEMAKER’S SON – A Short Story

THE SHOEMAKER'S SONa Tale of Illyriawherein the HANDSOME KNIGHT discovers true LONGING Lyons, France1 October, 1316 The banners were so red they might have been made of actual flame. They snaked out, unfurling with a hearty crack before whipping back...

VARNISHED FACES – Afterword

For those keeping score, VARNISHED FACES falls between chapters 27 and 28 in THE MASTER OF VERONA, at the very beginning of the Fourth Act, entitled The Exiles. There are several reasons why this story pleases me. It fills in a few deficiencies in MV. We...

Verona Short Stories

A year ago I published two short stories through the now-defunct Amazon Shorts program. I had more in the pipe, but finding that pipe stoppered, I've decided to post them here, serially. The original intent behind these stories was to build up to the opening...

Favorite Search Ever

I occasionally check to see how people are finding the site. Mostly it’s my name, or "tomorrow and tomorrow," or else "Montague-Capulet," but every now and then a fun search pops up to amuse me. At least once a month someone finds this site...