Lori Schafer's Blog: Lori Schafer's Short Subjects I Feel Like Writing About

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That’s right, Shadow Puppet is turning 4 and we are going to celebrate, Covid-19 be darned! Join us for a socially-distanced shindig from 12 to 6 this afternoon! 22 beers on tap Smoked Seduction BBQ food truck on site Live performance by Vasco Road Band starting at 1 pm Who knows how long we will […]

Back in February – you know, a lifetime ago! – I had my first live performance with Vasco Road Band at Shadow Puppet Brewing Company in Livermore. The theme of this SF Beer Week party was Woodstock, and the band really wanted to perform the classic “White Rabbit” by Jefferson Airplane. Problem was, they needed […]

Experience the 90’s THIS Summer! Interactive museum celebrating all things 90’s coming to Jack London Square in July! Did you love the Museum of Ice Cream? Can’t get enough of the Color Factory? Now you can be the first to visit The 90s Experience, a limited time installation that pays homage to the greatest hits […]

Here’s hoping this is the year the Great Pumpkin finally visits your pumpkin patch!      

The zombies crashed into the house. “Brains!” they moaned. The family was gathered around the television, watching. None of them moved. The zombies scratched their heads. The parents were staring at the screen. The children’s mouths hung open. “No brains!” the zombies moaned. And moved on to the next house.

Scooby-Doo. Amazing, isn’t it? Here it is, nearly fifty years after the first episode aired, and Scooby-Doo movies and cartoons are still being made. I’ll admit that I haven’t watched any of the newer programs myself, so I can’t speak as to their quality. I loved the original Scooby-Doo shows way too much to taint […]

When I was in the seventh grade, my English teacher assigned us a creative writing project for Halloween. We were to compose short stories, which we would then read aloud before the class, coupled with a competition of sorts in which the students would vote on who had written the best one. Now in my […]

My long short story Weekend Away: An Almost-Erotic, Almost-Love Story is FREE for Kindle through Monday the 30th.

In Just the Three of Us: An Erotic Romantic Comedy for the Commitment-Challenged, we learned the story of Sam and Kathy and Ted, three good friends who become even better lovers. Now find out what happens to the author when her real-life inspirations read her book in The Other Three of Us. The Kindle box set […]