Part: 4/4 read part one Wordcount: 1,051 Synopsis: Late one night, the breakthrough finally comes. For the next few days, the house was very quiet. They rarely saw the mute during that time. Occasionally, Falke would glance out the window and see him for a moment in the back garden. But the moment he… Continue reading The Webspinner: finale
Author: A. L. Buehrer
The Webspinner: part three
Part: 3/4 read part one Wordcount: 1,332 Synopsis: Dr. Metzdorff reaches a breaking point and tries to bring an end to the webspinning experiment. Falke didn’t see Camille until late that night. He must have either gone outside or retreated into some far corner of the house and hidden. After an entire day quite alone… Continue reading The Webspinner: part three
The Webspinner: part 2
Part: 2/4 read part one Wordcount: 1,203 Synopsis: The two doctors clash over the patient’s strange behavior. Camille glanced back at the doctors, and Falke tried to catch his eyes, smiling. “Seems the housekeeper didn’t bring her sewing-box to Portugal.” Camille closed the box and sat down in an armchair near the window. He opened… Continue reading The Webspinner: part 2
The Webspinner: part one
Part: 1/4 Wordcount: 1,411 Synopsis: Two doctors in the 1800’s meet to discuss what to do about a mysterious patient who refuses to speak. The cobblestone dissolved into mud half a mile from the city limits, and the carriage horse was soon pastern-deep in fast-flowing water. It yanked at the reins, cantering blindly into the… Continue reading The Webspinner: part one
My Easy Unplugged Morning and Evening Routine
Can I talk about staring out windows for a second? I’m lucky to have a window over my desk where I can stare out at the woods and down at the little alcove of my yard I’m slowly transforming into a Japanese garden. I also get a decent view of the sky, considering I do… Continue reading My Easy Unplugged Morning and Evening Routine
Short Story: Fly Again
Wordcount: 1,572 Synopsis: Three children discover a young man sitting under a tree sewing up a broken bird. The wind dove down into the pastureland along the coast. It ripped its fast slender fingers through the ancient copses and stranded glacial boulders, surging and wailing in the billowing grasses, and then suddenly lifted up–straight up—and… Continue reading Short Story: Fly Again
The First Chapter of Dronefall is Now a Comic!
I’m a novelist—most of you guys know that. I’ve studied and practiced that particular mode of storytelling for around 15 years now. That creates a lot of habits and expectations when I sit down to work on a story. But I’ve been thinking about branching out into comics for a long time. And it was… Continue reading The First Chapter of Dronefall is Now a Comic!
Surprise Project Reveal!
Well, I’ve been working obsessively again. I got an idea a while back and have been refining it for a long time in my head, but finally, two weeks ago, I started working on actually creating it. I wanted to make something cool for my future email subscribers. Since I don’t use social media, my… Continue reading Surprise Project Reveal!
Is A. L. Buehrer Still Alive?
She left Instagram long ago, her email newsletter has dropped off, and her blog his been eerily quiet for months. Where is she? What happened? Is she actually gone this time? I’m writing to answer those questions. If you’ve followed my blog, or have read certain posts from a while back, you know what happened… Continue reading Is A. L. Buehrer Still Alive?
Dreamscape, IN: Episode 4, Anywhere Else
Read the Prologue: here Wordcount: 384 Part: 5/ongoing Anywhere Else The soft flicker of my vanilla cinnamon pumpkin candle, the steady background of lo-fi music, and the continuous ticking of my little pomodoro timer should have been enough to keep my head in my books all evening. But maybe it was a bit much with my fluffy fleece blanket and… Continue reading Dreamscape, IN: Episode 4, Anywhere Else