Micro Monday - December 1, 2025
Infiltration
Happy Monday, folks!
It’s officially December, which means that the Read a Book, Feed a Neighbor program has concluded. There are a few holdouts who extended their contributions into December, so if you missed it, you can check the list below. Many thanks to those who contributed, spread the word, and especially to those who actually bought a few books!
For those who subscribed during November, you probably didn’t see much else from me. I wanted to keep that post at the top of the page, and I was also putting a lot of work into maintaining and sharing the list. Since December marks a return to my normal posting schedule, I should probably give a quick breakdown of what to expect.
Newsletter - A monthly post about book details, works in progress, and random life events. Expect these on a Wednesday somewhere in the middle of the month.
Fiction - Microfiction on the first and third Monday of each month, flash fiction on the last Friday of the month. If the month has five Mondays, I’ll devote the last Monday to resharing some of my favorite recent stories on Substack.
Essays - Infrequent essays whenever I feel like dusting off the old soapbox.
This week’s microfiction is a repost. It originally landed in the comments section of THE FICTION DEALER, but I never posted it here, so it’ll be new for some of you. Partly inspired by our first snow of the year, which came a lot later than usual for Colorado, but looks pretty just the same.
I hope you enjoy it.
Infiltration
“Gutierrez. we need you to infiltrate the Lopez Gang.”
“Right away, Chief.”
Later:
“You’ve earned my trust, hermano. I need you to infiltrate the Diamondbacks.”
“Of course, Jefe.”
Much later:
Gutierrez adjusted the straps on his penguin suit and waddled down the snowbank into the east side colony. He needed a mate by April or he’d freeze to death.
He raised his flippers and waited for the first female to approach.
