by R. Scott Boyer | Feb 4, 2025 | Creative Process, Inspiration, Meet the Characters, Short Stories
Related previous posts: Bees Part 1 / Part 2 / Part 3 / Part 4 Bees, Pt 5 For three days, Honey huddled in the hive, venturing out only when vital. Thankfully, her queen was merciful, sending her on only brief missions close to the colony, so she could collect and...
by R. Scott Boyer | Jan 7, 2025 | Creative Process, Inspiration, Meet the Characters, Short Stories
Here is another short story inspired by the same backyard that prompted Dandelions. Unlike the Dandelions story, however, this tale is based on a series of real life events. When a hive took up residence inside the wall of as house on a hillside, the question became...
by R. Scott Boyer | Nov 2, 2024 | Creative Process, Excerpts, Inspiration, Meet the Characters, Short Stories
Previous Posts: Part 1 – Sun / Part 2 – Moon / Part 3 – Mouse The following day played out much the same as the night. Sun spent the entire time staring across the garden at Moon, who basked in her planter box overlooking the garden. Right as...
by R. Scott Boyer | Oct 18, 2024 | Creative Process, Excerpts, Meet the Characters, Short Stories
Previous Posts: Part 1 – Sun The next night, Mouse returned to the garden just as the sky turned grey. “What do you want me to do?” Mouse asked Sun. Sun, who had been thinking about it all day while staring at Moon, told Mouse his plan. “I want you to drag me,”...
by R. Scott Boyer | Oct 30, 2021 | Bobby Ether Series News, Excerpts, Meet the Characters, YA World
Chapter 9 of Scions of the Sphinx gives us our first look at the inside of Mu’at’s organization. What’s with the industrial warehouse full of mining equipment? We also get a look at Mu’at’s private penthouse (pretty swanky) and a glimpse...
by R. Scott Boyer | Sep 23, 2021 | Bobby Ether Series News, Excerpts, Meet the Characters, YA World
Chapter 6 of Scions of the Sphinx is full of intrigue and action. While exploring the ruins near the Great Sphinx at Giza, Bobby and Jinx spot some unfriendly faces from the past, as well as a possible clue to unraveling the mystery of the postcard that drew them to...