A Haunting Reunion: Emily’s Return

An excerpt of my new Work in Progress, untitled as of now. My phone alerts me that someone is at the door. I don’t remember setting that up on my phone, although I know Emily’s house has a Ring system.I click on the notification.This can’t be.It looks like Emily, and she’s coming toward the frontContinue reading “A Haunting Reunion: Emily’s Return”

Unraveling Secrets: Mia’s Emotional Journey

From last time- “The Scene update” Had her father been the real killer? Could she have heard the real murderer arguing with her mom? Can anything she is thinking about the real killer’s identity be true? She doesn’t know at this time. It can still change. That is how discovery writing can go. And whatContinue reading “Unraveling Secrets: Mia’s Emotional Journey”

The Scene: A Journey Through Grief and Discovery

I am nearing completion of my ninth Work in Progress. I call it “The Scene.” I used my late wife Judy’s college creative writing paper, also titled “The Scene,” as a prompt. Her Scene is here. In my story, my character, Emily, takes Judy’s place as the writer of that Scene. The Scene, as aContinue reading “The Scene: A Journey Through Grief and Discovery”

The Scene

I found this short paper in a box of things Judy had saved that I had no idea still existed. She had told me she had taken a creative writing course in college. Here is an example of that writing. I used this short paper as a prompt for my ninth novel. The Sceneby JudyContinue reading “The Scene”