Story Inspiration: Soft Serve

"Soft Serve", a short story inspired by the author's reflections on societal decline, has been published in State of Matter's August 2024 issue. The story, rooted in a troubling childhood memory at a doctor's office, explores darker what-ifs about the future, particularly within the context of Tulsa, OK in 2050.

Story Inspiration: The Heebie-Jeebie Beam

Like my previous inspiration posts for “Singot”, “The Hole in the System”, and Perceiver, I wanted to talk about why I wrote “The Heebie-Jeebie Beam”, what I learned about my writing process while writing it, revising it, and working with the editor of Metaphorosis to publish it.