Last year, my short story “Wren & Wood: Oak Moon” won the 2009 Andrew Britton Short Story Competition.

“Oak Moon” is a fantasy story set in a re-imagined Dark Age period, where a raggedy wizard and his shillelagh-wielding beloved cling to the edge between civilized and wild, religion and magic, starvation and survival, by accepting dangerous and often preternatural employment.

If you’re interested in joining their adventures, here’s the story link (pdf file):

WREN AND WOOD: OAK MOON

Mention in Raleigh Metro Magazine (scroll down the page, or hunt for “Hilton”)

I’ve had several Browncoats ask me where I get my planetary postmarks, which are stamped on the gift boxes I send out with FIREFLY-SERENITY items. I have to give credit to Heather at Wear With Style for giving me the idea — she ships her hand-knitted Jayne hats in boxes covered with planetary postmarks. I designed my own set of postmarks using GIMP, and then I had the stamps made at RubberStamps.net. If you’d like to make rubber stamps of your own, feel free to use my images. I only ask that you not use them for commercial purposes or sell them, and that you give me credit for the artwork. Thanks!

Also, I have an “Alliance Inspector” stamp that was made by using a template at RubberStamps.net for a small, round, self-inking stamp. And I chose the purple ink option… since they’re “purplebellies.” The Chinese characters on the Sihnon postmark supposedly say “Beautiful World” — but for all I know, they actually say “Monkey Underwear” or something. 

For kicks a few years ago, I thought I’d try writing episodes for a Firefly Season 2. I’ve posted four episodes on FireflyFans.net.

These are written in screenplay format, with appropriate teasers, commercial breaks, etc. I’m not anywhere near as obsessive as some fanfic writers, but I’ve tried to keep these as true to Firefly and Serenity as possible. They pick up pretty much right where the movie leaves off.

I’ve hesitated to fess up to this little indulgence — I don’t need to be reminded that I’m no Joss Whedon! But they seem to be enjoyable to those who are into this sort of thing. And since there’s no actual season two in sight…

EPISODE ONE: A Dream Come True

EPISODE TWO: Secrets

EPISODE THREE: Back to Hell

EPISODE FOUR: Persephone

Click on the thumbnail for a full-page bead-themed word search. I made this myself. Words might be horizontal, vertical, diagonal, backwards or over-lapping. The usual free-use web-etiquette applies: Please give me credit, don’t pass it off as your own work, this is for non-commercial use only, and make sure to save the file to your own computer or to your own website rather than linking back to it here. Enjoy! Click here for the answers.

I made these Valentines as a tribute to Joss Whedon’s cult TV show FIREFLY and the movie SERENITY. Click on the image above for the full-size file, right click and save to your computer, print it on cardstock, cut them apart, fold each in half and seal them with a heart-shaped (or strawberry-shaped) sticker, just like when we were in elementary school. Have a shiny Valentine’s Day!

My 4-year-old daughter loves mermaids, and she loves mazes, so I made this for her. It is entirely my own drawing, and you have my permission to print it out, put it on your website, or use it in your school. I just ask that you give me credit, and do not try to pass this off as your own work. Click on thumbnail for full image. Enjoy!