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Bluebeard’s Third Wife first appeared in Ghost Parachute, always a favorite journal for flash fiction. A huge bonus to Ghost Parachute is the artwork that accompanies each story. I love the creepy illustration from Kay Stedman of the bride!

Most of this video is about a year old. Oops. The reading is from Cliffview Park in Alto Pass. I climbed stone stairs from the bottom of the bluff almost to the top—would have been easier to start at the top, I guess. When people visit me from out of the area, Cliffview is one of my favorite places to bring them. It’s easily accessible. You park, get out, walk 10 feet, you are at the top of a bluff. The trail below the bluff is cool too. It’s an area that attracts rock climbers. They use ropes and hand holds, not stairs like I did.

Other footage is from Mt. Lemon, near Tucson, Arizona. The wolf at the beginning is a Mexican gray wolf at the Sonoran Desert Museum near Tucson. Tim and I were visiting son Will and his girlfriend Jensen. I hiked at Mt. Lemon with them, but Tim had messed up his knee and couldn’t hike.
The wildlife footage is from Coyote Creek. A HUNTING BOBCAT! How’s that for an amazing capture on trail cam?? And a young coyote.

I hope you enjoy!

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Snow day! This is like a Michigan snow down here in Southern Illinois today. And a great change from the ice storm we had just a few days ago that knocked out our power for 75 hours. Just pure snow joy!

I’ve been waiting for a snowy day to make this reading video. The first take was good—but a snowflake on the lens made it blurry. It took me another half a dozen takes to get it right. As good as I can do, anyway.

The bit in this story about the vehicle crash is mostly true. It’s a story I heard in a town where I lived for a couple years. I wanted to write it into a bigger story but every attempt failed. And then one day I was enjoying a solo lunch at a café, half-heartedly eavesdropping as writers tend to do in such environments, and I heard a woman giving her friend several reasons she was reluctant to break up with her boyfriend even though she knew the relationship wasn’t working. Bingo.

This is filmed in a section of the Shawnee National Forest near my house.

Here’s a link to the story: https://sleetmagazine.com/selected/ferrell_v12n1.html