Our Own Worst Enemy

As technology gets better, and industry gets bigger, I often wonder if we should be happy about the whole affair. For example, computers make our life easier, supposedly, yet how often do you see someone lose their temper, yelling at the inanimate screen, expecting a favorable response? We can be our own worst enemies, at [...]

Enough talk, time to write

Normally I would post flash fiction on a Friday, but this week I will be deep in the throes of research for a future article to be pressed on Exploding Potatoes. So enjoy this little slice of life. Men, take note – a bad decision will almost always result in…well, just read and find out. [...]

Halloween Spooktacular Short Story Blogfest

Hey, put down the tequila and take a break from your marathon NaNoWriMo planning session. Here’s something fun to do, and not to worry – you will be done by the time the clock strikes twelve on November 1st. A fellow blogger, Melissa, who writes The Undeveloped Story, has announced her annual Halloween, pre-Nano, short [...]

The Mystery from the Slush Pile

(I’m knee-deep into the second story arc for “Blood & Dagger,” my collaborative Internet cartoon. In the meantime, retrieved from the slush pile at a popular mystery magazine, I present you with a short detective story…) McKenzie Powell – Prom Queen Detective By D.J. Lutz      The young woman’s smile turned into a grimace, not [...]

Vanity – an equal opportunity evil

The Sale “Geez, are you okay? I mean, really, do I need to call someone?” Walt Turner was embarrassed enough, no need to call any more attention to himself. He wanted to kick himself for even walking in the door to a place like this, but the girl was cute and the prices seemed reasonable. [...]

Ice Cream Can Solve Many Problems…

“So we shall let the reader answer this question for himself: who is the happier man, he who has braved the storm of life and lived or he who has stayed securely on shore and merely existed?” – Hunter S. Thompson For those following, you may recall that I received my very first rejection letter [...]

Be Nice to Your Mother…

A New Home for Mother Mimi Drummond had it all. A nice mansion in the exclusive Preston Hollow neighborhood, a driver from a car service employed to take her wherever she wanted to go, and a quarter billion dollars left by her late husband to help pay for everything. Unfortunately, she also had two spoiled [...]

A who-done-it for your reading pleasure!

“In Black and White” © D.J. Lutz, February 2011 Disclaimer: this is fiction. Any resemblance to anyone living or dead is purely coincidental.  If you object to something, don’t sue me. It’s the old blood out of a turnip thing. Ka-Peesh? Okay. Here we go… Joshua Green had not planned on dying this morning, otherwise [...]

Bonus Story of the Week – “Apples”

If I had been lost at sea, my wife, Bubbles, could have already had me declared dead, but as a guest of the gov’ner for seven years in the big house, the best she could do was divorce me and shack up with my lawyer. That’s okay, birds of a feather deserve each other, or [...]

Bonus Saturday – something a little different…

Henry and Kate A short story of love and hate by D.J. Lutz, copyright February 2011 You ever wake up, laying on the floor, totally not sure if you wore that broken lampshade  on your head last night? No? Well, that’s me this morning. The whole apartment looks to be in shambles, although for some [...]