"Toy Everlasting"

Through the bars I see his face.

Innocence. Beauty. Though it changes every day, it seems. His jaw a little stronger than before, his hair darkening and his eyes sharper. All the while his lips move in every direction as they ceaselessly explore new and unusual sounds.

Nudging words into the light

This week a writer I greatly admire gave me a pretty magnificent shout-out in an interview with theshake.

It was completely unexpected, and in the context of her talking about other really talented (and published) authors, absolutely batshit insane given that I have nothing fictional out there in the universe for people to see.