Hell’s About the Details

Below, dear reader, please find bonus content for Suzanne’s book: ELEMENTS: A Collection of Speculative Fiction. This series of posts provides stories-behind-the-stories for each tale in ELEMENTS. Sitting in the 16th slot in the Table of Contents is: Hell’s Deadline Albert Einstein said: Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. I definitely agree with Einstein on this one. I’ve been caught in the spiral of obsessing over something over and over and not…

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Giving “The Tear Closet” a Second Chance

Below, dear reader, please find bonus content for Suzanne’s book: ELEMENTS: A Collection of Speculative Fiction. This series of posts provides stories-behind-the-stories for each tale in ELEMENTS. Sitting in the 15th slot in the Table of Contents is: The Tear Closet Of all of the stories in ELEMENTS, I would have to say that The Tear Closet speaks closest to my heart’s truth. It is also one of the stories that helped me to truly break out as a writer.…

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Meeting the Gray Lady

Below, dear reader, please find bonus content for Suzanne’s book: ELEMENTS: A Collection of Speculative Fiction. This series of posts provides stories-behind-the-stories for each tale in ELEMENTS. Sitting in the 14th slot in the Table of Contents is: Gray Love From 2000 to 2006, I was part-owner of a cottage on Lake Muskoka, about two hours north of Toronto. Our cottage (which was actually more of a house) was situated on the same bay–Muskoka Bay–as the empty former residential facility…

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