Halloween

Sounds of the Season:

What else? OK, TV variety show, but with Mr. Pickett himself.

And a bit of a treat from me. "Ghouls" from my collection, Riding the Nightmare
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Creepy pics, a double dozen for Halloween, hosted by a hedgehog from the Nashville Zoo



We resume our Hollywood horror after the cut
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Nano Prep

November is lurking on the other side of sleep, daring me to face it in mortal combat once more.
For fourteen years, we have waged this contest, this dominance struggle of time vs. words.
I have triumphed five times in fourteen years. But I win every year, because I come out with more words at the end of the month than the beginning.

So, this year...

I'm blank on anything new. I'm thinking of finishing up David, one of the side books in the Eight Thrones cycle. He's been pestering me.

Background: Spotter's Field Guide to the Common David Muse

I'm already 10532 words into it and would just need to take it back up.



Opening Segment:

David Inman had always thought of his body as one more tool, useful but only a carrying case for his mind. He had first used it to reward a loyal minion when he was twelve–the same year he’d first killed—only to discover that sex for its own sake meant little. He was well aware, however, that there were many men who coveted his slim fairness.

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