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The Mary Stories, my 10-chapter novella, is now available via TheoReads! "An older man moves back to his childhood home in the country and rediscovers the imaginary friend he had as a child, who is not so imaginary. Reconnecting after a lifetime apart, they begin to trust one another again. And, together, they confront a mystery that spans the past and the present, and that threatens them both." https://www.theoreads.com/story/54e5936b-8455-4db3-b5f7-06a98f051700/view

"Hey! Hey!" Brunhilde said, riding the bear. "Go that way!"
The bear obediently turned left, walking along the far edge of the picnic grounds.
Brunhilde giggled and then shouted, "Go faster!"
The bear broke into a trot and then began to gallop.
Brunhilde clung to his fur, screaming with delight.
"Aren't you afraid you'll #spoil her?" Forrest said.
"I will not governed by your fear," the bear said, slowing to a walk.
Brunhilde beamed as she bounced along to the rolling gait of the bear. #wss366

Everything in history appears twice: first as tragedy and then as AI slop.

"These don't just grow on trees, you know!" Brunhilde said, holding up an apple.
"Actually, they do," the bear said.
"What!?"
"Several kinds of #fruit do. Or so they say."
"We get ours from the replicator!"
"Stop pulling her leg!" Forrest screeched. "Next you'll tell her mice grow on trees!" #wss366