"Furlough"

I have a new story up at the Center for Mennonite Writing website. It's called "Furlough," and is not my usual fantasyish stuff. This one draws on my childhood growing up in Kenya.

The Book on Fire in process

For some reason, I kept every scrap of paper I used while writing The Book on Fire. Before we left Egypt, I took a picture of the stack, then dumped it in the trash.

Here's the first page. As you can imagine, much of my time is spent trying to decipher my handwriting.