Lego Typewriter
The other day, we were shopping for a birthday present for a friend and decided on a particular Lego set. We join the scene in progress: Arlen: Are you going to order it on-line? Anna: Or I could just run …
Author: Arlen
Swapping Up
My story Swapping Up just came out today in Particular Passages 4. (For some reason the link for the ebook is different. It will hopefully fix itself). This is a quirky story of which I am very fond. (Am I …
A Safe Garage Door Opener for your Car
The case has been broken on the keypad outside our garage-door for a while, and I finally got around to replacing it. I was going to deprogram the old one and throw it out, but Anna had a better idea. …
In Defense of Lending Books
I went to a writing conference this weekend and really enjoyed it. I met some fun and interesting people, learned a bunch of stuff, and also got several ideas for several of my ongoing projects. But there were a couple …
Bit Parts in Print
We are currently on vacation, so I haven’t been staying quite on-top of things as usual (so, below an already low bar). Anyway, I just found out that my story Bit Parts has come out in print in a best-of …
Jacked-In the Beanstalk
Way back in 2020, there was a weird thing happening–people all over America were receiving unsolicited packages of seeds. No one was sure exactly what was going on with this, but the consensus was that the seeds were being shipped …
Second-Hand Eyes
My story Second-Hand Eyes was just published by Flash In A Flash. FiaF is not a traditional publication–they send out stories to all of their subscribers a couple of times a week. They’ve used a couple of my other stories …
Titanic
For my birthday, Anna gave me a Lego set of the Titanic. As you can see, I finally finished it! It probably took me about a month, doing a bit here or there. This thing is enormous. It is 4′ …
Graveyard Again
One of my very first story sales, way back in 2018, was the story Graveyard–in Metaphorosis magazine. Recently, the editor of Metaphorosis wanted to try an interesting experiment–to publish an anthology of stories both as they appeared in print and …
Skin Deep
Okay, I admit that I am pretty excited by this. My story Skin Deep just came out in the Gilded Glass anthology edited by Kevin Anderson!! Not only that, but I am sharing space with Jonathan Maberry, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Kristine …