by Rob Diaz | Jan 10, 2012 | Real Life, Unedited
I want to take my muse out back and shoot the freaking beast. Wait, wait… Let me take a step back and explain my frustration. I have paper and pens with me nearly all the time. Why is it that the best ideas I get come at the few times where I either don’t have the...
by Rob Diaz | Apr 1, 2011 | Sci-fi/Fantasy, Short Stories, Unedited
(A note about ‘Hidden’) I initially posted a draft of this story several years ago. I wasn’t a big fan of it, so I reworked it significantly and re-published it today. I hope you enjoy it. “This is the perfect hiding spot, isn’t it?” The...
by Rob Diaz | Feb 17, 2011 | Short Stories, Unedited
by Nick Diaz and Rob Diaz (A note about ‘Mercury Marshmallow Men’) My son has been struggling in school with writing. He has been putting together extremely brief answers to essay questions and largely not enough details about anything. The...
by Rob Diaz | Dec 28, 2010 | General Fiction, Humorous, Short Stories, Unedited
Some people say that I’m pretty special. I just laugh. Me? I’m nothing! I’m just like any other guy of superior intelligence, better than average looks and awe‑inspiring charm, imagination and athletic ability. Really. Yet, there are still some...
by Rob Diaz | Jul 10, 2010 | Prompted, Sci-fi/Fantasy, Short Stories, Unedited
(written for the [Fiction] Friday prompt on July 9, 2010: “In her right hand a woman holds a loaded gun, in her left, a coin that just came up ‘tails’”.) There wasn’t much more to say, so I stayed quiet. The officer looked at me icily, contempt and...
by Rob Diaz | Aug 29, 2009 | Prompted, Sci-fi/Fantasy, Short Stories, Unedited
(written for the [Fiction] Friday >prompt on August 28, 2009: “A new Government research and development facility is built on a decomissioned prison site”.) “Hey! Watch where you’re putting that picket sign, buddy. Some of us like our faces...
