Asymmetry by M. K. Dreysen

This was the post where my story Asymmetry was originally published. Look for it now in M. K. Dreysen Collected: Volume 5, coming October 2020.

a little later and you'll find the story "Asymmetry" available for your reading pleasure...

...I couldn't quit if I wanted to...

Lonnie Mack and Stevie Ray Vaughan, Oreo Cookie Blues, songwriters Lonnie McIntosh and Mike Wilkerson

Neverland Disorder - A Kelli Hench Mystery by M. K. Dreysen

This was the post where my story, Neverland Disorder, was originally published. Look for it now in M. K. Dreysen Collected: Volume 5, coming October 2020.

Stay tuned for the first story in an occasional mystery series, introducing Detective Kelli Hench. This will be part one of the Neverland Disorder series.

World Saxophone Quartet: Night Train, Jimmy Forrest, Lewis Simpkins, Oscar Washington songwriters

A New Old Thing by M. K. Dreysen

This was the post where my story, A New Old Thing, was originally published. Look for it now in M. K. Dreysen Collected: Volume 5, coming October 2020.

Since it is Friday the 13th, if you wait a bit, you'll find "A New Old Thing" - a story of that which we know nought of.

...those foolish kids can't be ready... Los Lonely Boys, "Well Alright", Songwriters: Buddy Holly, Jerry Allison, Joe Mauldin, Norman Petty

Ok, Stephen King, I enjoyed the hell out of The Institute. But, I have questions.

Well, one question really. And no, this isn't a fanboy reaction, it's an honest question: how in the hell did you get through this book without making, so far as I can tell (and I'll be the first to admit I might have missed it), any allusions to Firestarter?

I saw Bev's Diner (which is a different story, yes)... and I waited... and waited... and never caught a hint. Not even a joke about George C Scott in a ponytail. Nothing.

It doesn't take anything away from the story, at all. The first chapter grabbed me, and I was hooked all the way through. But now I'm wondering, mostly about the discipline it took, or the editor's careful razor cuts, to make it through this kind of story without the kind of allusions to the rest of your works that we've come to expect. This isn't criticism, it's just that... it's kind of like coming to Grandpa's house for the holidays and finding out he's been listening to the latest Lizzo record.

A little different, that's all.

Deep Miners

This was the original post for my short story Deep Miners. Please look for it in M. K. Dreysen Collected: Volume 4, coming August 2020.

Coming later here at this fine establishment, "Deep Miners", a story about what happens when you land somewhere they're waiting for you.

Father, please hear my confession

Dire Straits, The Man's Too Strong, Mark Knopfler songwriter