by R. Scott Boyer | Jan 28, 2025 | Short Stories
Related previous posts: Bees Part 1 / Part 2 / Part 3 Bees, Pt 4 All that night, Honey cried in her cubicle, crushed by the disorientation she’d encountered and the danger she’d felt. I can’t go out there again, she told herself. It’s too scary. Well, you can’t stay...
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 | Apr 19, 2022 | Creative Process, Excerpts, Inspiration
Over the weekend, I decided to write a short story based on a prompt for a job as a freelance writer. Turns out the job wasn’t worth pursuing, but I wrote the story anyway. The requirements were 500 words on the topic “What would you do if you woke up and...
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 | Oct 8, 2021 | Bobby Ether Series News, Excerpts, YA World
Scions of the Sphinx, Chapter 8, holds one of my favorite scenes of all time. Here, finally, we get some of the history and mythology behind the Great Sphinx at Giza. It is the research behind this scene that prompted me to first start writing this book. Virtually all...