It’s been so dang HOT lately, we’ve been eating cold. Many people would say the heat makes them lose their appetites, but I’ve never had that affliction. When I go off my feed, call the doctor, ’cause something serious is wrong. ANYWAY, I’m supposed to…

My Deal Me In short story reading challenge deck gave me clubs again this week, so I got to read another Chekhov story. This was also about a child, and was only marginally ghastly. Runaway by Anton Chekhov A child is taken a long way…

I don’t write many knock-down, drag-out fight scenes, but I’m not above bits of violence where it’s warranted. In this scene, Muriel is disguised as a man, and Clare, known to the warden she’s questioning, is in league with her to rescue captive mermayds. Not…