When a fella shares the head of a single-minded obsessive writer like aroslav, getting the opportunity to do something creative is rare. Just look at his list of stories compared to mine! But I've managed to resurrect a couple of short essays from the early seventies to post as part of To Make a Long Story Short.
The two stories are "On Understanding Things" and "The Everett Method of Dog Training." The first does set some greater context for the second, but they are really independent. Just a couple of humorous incidents from our dark past.
Part of the reason for digging into the sixties and seventies has been because aroslav is still digging into that era for his "Photo Finish" series, and I got to go along to the 50-year class reunion at UIndy. I sat gentlemanly at the same table as my first ex-wife and her husband and we had a very cordial conversation. I married the first girl I met at UIndy. It was mostly good and I'm still quite fond of the memories.
That, simply to preface this next bit of news. I expect to get the long-awaited sequel (by those two who read the initial) of Steven George and The Dragon ready to release by the end of December. I'll be posting chapters of Steven George and the Terror to my Patreon patrons in parallel to the development of F/Stop in November. It gives my editors something to do while aroslav is writing and rewriting a sex scene.
So, for today, read the fresh shorts in To Make a Long Story Short, and then refresh your memory of the famous dragonslayer, Steven George. And watch out for the Terror!