Welcome to the Adventures of Halycon Sage
…first chronicled in The Life and Times of Halycon Sage or The Last Book Ever Published…
More Adventures Coming Soon: Squid! (not the real title, but you’ll see….)
Your comments and contributions are most welcome!
It’s COMING! . . . . SQUID, that is.
The sequel to The Life and Times of Halycon Sage, temporarily called SQUID!!!, is nearing publication. All edits have been done. Now to the proofreader for a final check, then formatting. The front cover is immanent, and I love it! Old friends from Book One are back,...
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“Imaginary Author Goes to the Airport”
In mid-June of this year, literary lion Halycon Sage wrote the following story about one of his characters, an imaginary author. While this is a work of fiction, in Sage's Alternate Universe it happened exactly as described*. If you do not know about the Alternate...
read moreShe was just a name in a song . . .
But now she's a real live imaginary heroine in a post-modernist minimalist pseudo-realist neo-symbolist novel! Even within the novel, she may be imaginary. But Preisczech (pronounced "Price check") really hopes not! Listen here.
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Halycon Sage Gets a Shock
When Preisczech stuck his head into Halycon Sage's little writer's lair, he was grinning all over his face, which was not like him. He held out a ragged collection of pages, smudged and dirty, as if from long travel. But the paper was violet, and it reeked of some...
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Dear Tabby: Advice for Inquirers of the Feline Persuasion – First Question
Dear Tabby, I live in a three-cat household, and I'd like to speak of us objectively, not revealing which one is ME (OW). My question: Are cat beds a DRUG? If so, can they break up cat families, even though, in the moment, they are so soft and warm? So comfortable...
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Mother’s Day
Happy Mother's Day to All! Halycon Sage doesn't know who his mother is for reasons you'll find in the book. But here's my mother (side, not top). The writing on the back says, "Little Miss Goodie Two Shoes," and you can see how adorable she was. She grew up to be a...
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More than Meets the Eye
“So tightly wrapped and profoundly structured that I’m sure I missed at least 14 significant clues as to the REAL meaning of the narrative!” – a Reader In approaching the publication of the sequel SQUID!!, it has come to our attention that posting mostly...
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A Trip for You through Time and Space: How No-Name Stupid Got His Name
There's no horse anywhere smarter or cooler than No-Name Stupid! In Part One of The Chronicles* (The Life and Times of Halycon Sage), we read: "Halycon Sage’s loyal mount was a horse with no name, because he loved the song of the same title. The only problem was that...
read moreAm Chuffed to Realize I’ve Written Eighteen Novels!
Well, strictly speaking, one is a collection of poetry. But first things first: What in the name of pants is "chuffed"? As is explained in This Book Is Not Called SQUID!!! (forthcoming)*, my imaginary author Halycon Sage was, "mistakenly raised as an East Coast...
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Halycon Sage Takes a Poll of the Town (Again)
You may remember he tried this once before, with very limited success. At least he has learned not to call a western town a "village," which gave everybody a big yuk at his expense. Surveys on several questions might be useful after the end of the world, but Sage...
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