This is the first story I submitted in last year's NYC Midnight Flash Fiction Contest. The Contest is fun and challenging. You're given a setting, item and a genre for a 1000-word story. Then a panel reads your story and you get points and if you get enough you go onto the next round. I... Continue Reading →
Welcome Summer — Let’s Read
Today, June 20, 2024 marks the summer solstice in which we embrace the light. We will get 15 hours and five minutes of illumination from the Sun, today. That's compared to about seven hours and 40 minutes of light on the winter solstice, the shortest day of the year. So let's do something good with... Continue Reading →
Final Art
Here it is, the final unedited art that’s planned for the Dragons of Orion. The Dragon Four and Tom Brace escape from a burning and sinking ship. Dragons of Orion. Acrylic on Canvas Please feel free to comment! Love hearing people’s thoughts. The story itself centers on the dragon Four and their rider Tom Brace... Continue Reading →
Still Learning Letters and Words
I've told this story before -- but then what stories are not retold. One of my first memories is sitting next to my mom while she read to my brother and me. I think I was about three at the time and this wasn't a picture book. It was a real book, I believe it... Continue Reading →
It’s a mystery…
Ok back in 1998, I saw the movie Saving Private Ryan and I thought, wow, that's one of the best movies I've ever seen. Then they announced during the Academy Awards that a movie called Shakespeare in Love won and I couldn't believe it. Don't get me wrong, I love Shakespeare. When I'm particularly down... Continue Reading →
If the Stones Were Wrong It’s My Own Dang Fault
So Mick used to sing it, "Ti-i-i-i-ime, is on your side..." Well it isn't, at least it doesn't feel that way as I look at 50 with a running clock. So, here's the deal, I've got projects, lots and lots of projects and I'd say each one is like a child, but I have a... Continue Reading →
Robert Varnon -- R.D. Varnon 