Oct 31, 2021Reassessing My Experience with “Women” FanFiction WritersIn the title of this post, I put the word “women” in quotation marks because many younger female persons no longer identify as women anymore. Woman no longer exists as a designation for someone with an adult female body. For many young gender activists, woman is no longer a biological…Supernatural27 min read
Oct 1, 2021Women Writing Gay Supernatural FanfictionI’ve been reading Supernatural fanfiction for a while now. When I first started, I didn’t know anything about fanfiction and the people who write it. I started by looking at m/m (male/male) romance and eventually found my way to Destiel slash (Dean/Castiel). I love Dean and Cas as a gay/bi…Supernatural30 min read
Published in New North·Jan 31, 2021To Those Who HaveA Short Story Nick spent too much time on the Internet when he should have been packing to move. On the floor lay moving boxes that needed to be filled with books. Why was he even keeping them? No one would read them after he was gone. He didn’t want…Gay14 min read
Published in The Likeness of Man·Jan 17, 2020The Likeness of MenA Supernatural Fanfiction Episode One: “The Break-Up” This story started off as a reimagining of the final season of Supernatural (season 15) beginning at episode 15X03, but it soon took on a life of its own. …Dean Winchester7 min read
Published in Think Queerly·Jun 14, 2019What Kind of Gay Books Do You Like to Read?A review of my favourite gay authors and stories — Recently, I have been thinking about gay book as I struggle with writing my own gay book. I wrote a long blog post on my personal website on the subject. I have excerpted from that post my thoughts on why we read gay book and offered some of my favorite…LGBTQ11 min read
Mar 30, 2019The Necessity of Cherry Picking the BibleLet’s just be honest here, you have to cherry-pick the Bible in order to make some kind of coherent sense out of it. The Bible is made up of material written across many centuries and contains numerous religious ideas. Cherry-picking allows us to gain some control over the material. We…Christianity12 min read
Mar 24, 2019The Unforgivable Sin: Pre-fabricating SpiritualityJesus makes this horrifying pronouncement that blaspheming the Holy Spirit is an unforgivable sin. This declaration is found in three variant forms in the gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke. For a long time, I wondered just what is this assertion supposed to mean. …Christianity13 min read
Mar 17, 2019Become Like Children: The Last Shall be FirstAs I have gotten older, I have started to embrace becoming like a child. Jesus did say that only those who can become like children can enter the Kingdom of God. Here is the relevant passage from Mark: People were bringing little children to him in order that he might…Christianity7 min read
Mar 11, 2019The Essential Principles: IntroductionWhen I was a graduate student studying Religious Studies, I made a list of what seemed to me at the time basic spiritual principles. Before I started the program, I had kept a journal, written in red ink-which I informally refer to as “the Red Journal,” where I wrote my…Christianity9 min read
Jun 9, 2018C. E. Hammock — My Stories on MediumAn Everlasting Name A short novel by C. E. Hammock - Brother Francis experiences names being projected into his thoughts. He developed an…medium.com Sheepy and Bunny are Friends A collection of children’s stories about the special friendship between Sheepy and Bunny and their friends, including…medium.com The Guardian Angel A Religious Satiremedium.com The Archangel in charge of retooling dead children to become Guardian Angels makes a deal with God that leads to unintended consequences for the new angel and his charge.Fiction2 min read