On December 4^th, Amber Benson and I gave a talking on the Craft of Writing at the Mysterious Galaxy bookstore in Redondo Beach.

Before and after, we each spent 30 minutes writing in “the window.” I got to go second and, as I told Amber, I’d been thinking about the challenge for a while and had two things already to hand: the title, “Stone the Crows” and the name “Nerius Stimpton Poddlemore.”

As a Christmas gift from me to you, here it is.