New short story - "Three Odd Travelers"

Slipstream/fantasy short work of fiction: Queen Elizabeth I and playwrights William Shakespeare and Christopher Marlowe take a journey to Paris by horse-drawn carriage, and are accosted by a thief.

2 new essays published

Just had a short article, on the subject of the craft of writing for theatre, published in June by Unleash's Substack -- here it is:  https://www.unleashlit.com/p/writing-for-the-stage

Also, my long essay on the joys of cigarette smoking ("On Quitting the Habit") was published by The Courtship of Winds this month...  Here's the essay: https://www.thecourtshipofwinds.org/martha-patterson