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Found 4 works tagged 'fatherhood'.
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Housekeeping
Published Jul 14, 2021 · 3,400 words (13 minutes) · 187 views
Science Fiction fatherhood survivalist climate change apocalypse
"The Far Side" cartoonist, Gary Larson, drew an image of a family fleeing a city while a mushroom cloud rises in the distance. Their panic is evident, except their dog has his head out the window, looking at a dog on the sidewalk. Larson says he drew it to illustrate different points of view will not see a situation the same way. I like stories like that. In "Housekeeping," the apocalyptic background isn't the prime concern in the main character's life. Sometimes you just have to be a good dad.
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Where Gods Dance
Published Oct 11, 2019 · 1,244 words (5 minutes) · 1 like · 705 views
Fantasy Horror Grief magic fatherhood Family loss parenting tragedy memory obsession death Sorrow Monsters father and son
Originally published in the March 2019 issue of Apex Magazine (issue 118), it's a flash piece about a father's obsessive and insatiable grief over the loss of his son, and where his grief takes him as he's unable to move beyond it.
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Fatherhood
Published Aug 4, 2019 · 6,002 words (22 minutes) · 861 views
Fantasy Romance children fatherhood Parents elemental magic
I'm back from a month in Germany! Now I can get back to posting more stories. "Fatherhood" was published in MARION ZIMMER BRADLEY'S FANTASY MAGAZINE. It started during a night walk in the woods when I found myself at the edge of a cliff staring down at the trees, an oddly compelling sensation. The story, however, stalled out about halfway through, and I set it aside for almost a year. I finally figured out how to finish it.
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Lullabies for a Clockwork Child
Published Jan 23, 2019 · 952 words (4 minutes) · 2 likes · 644 views
This story is about how love can make you blind, how you always want the best for your children, and why you should never, never wind that mainspring.
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