Stephen Mark Rainey

It was barely over a week ago that Ms. B. and I met friends Tom (a.k.a. Skyhawk63) and his wife Linda (a.k.a. Punkins19) some 700 miles northward in Michigan to go geocaching at Power Island on Lake Michigan (see "Michigan Misadventure, Madness, & Merriment, Part 2," July 31, 2026). Today, back in our old home turf (Greensboro, […]

"This is one of the best collections I have read this year. If you love dark fiction in short story form as much as I do you need to add this to your shelf." "In 'Fugue Devil,' the new kid in town is told the local legend about a musician who summoned a demon that […]

Tuesday, July 21, 2026Well, Kimberly and I were supposed to to leave for a ten-day trip to Michigan early this morning — Greensboro to Midland/Bay City/Saginaw Airport by way of Detroit — but during the night, we received an alert that our outbound flight was delayed long enough that we'd miss our connection to MBS. […]

Continued from "Michigan Misadventures, Madness, & Merriment, Part 1" Monday, July 27, 2026 Today was the day: meeting very good friends and fellow geocachers, Skyhawk63 (a.k.a. Tom) & Punkins19 (a.k.a. Linda) for a boat trip out to Power Island, a few miles north of Traverse City in Lake Michigan, to hunt the oldest cache in Michigan ("Power Island" GC35, […]