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Journey through the Shadowlands: a Middle-Grade Fantasy Novel

Journey through the Shadowlands, published by Basil E. Bacorn Publishing, is a middle-grade fantasy novel with a social conscience, following…

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Family Ties: a Novel

Finders, Losers A lakeside cabin in the Sierra foothills, a canyon village divided between old coots and laid-back hippies, and…

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The Dust Will Answer: a Novel

No Lofts, No Lattes. No Law. 1978: The wave of gentrification has yet to break over downtown Los Angeles, and…

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“The Streetcorner at Dawn”

13 Aug 202215 Aug 2022

I am going to "sacrifice" the poem I wrote this morning and post it here, which means that I won't be able to offer to a journal or magazine, since…

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Interview by The Bookshelf Café News

22 Jul 2022

I am interviewed by The Bookshelf Café News...just an email interview, but it came out pretty well, I think. Author Interview: Richard Risemberg

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Why Noir?

16 Jul 2022

I have published around eighty short stories in the last four years. (Those who are interested can see the list here, with links.) Most of them are straight literary tales,…

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“Limes”

12 Jul 2022

My latest short story to be published, "Limes," is now available online at Marrow Magazine. It's about the usual suspects: loneliness, loss, existential despair, bad choices leading to more bad…

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“The Lizard Incident”

30 Jun 2022

Here's a wry little story for you, with a philosophical or lightly rhetorical flourish at the end. To make it even better, it's loosely based on an actual incident--the climactic…

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Summertime Blues

21 Jun 2022

Even I have noticed that I haven't posted for a while, though there has been a little news. However, I've been distracted not only by the generally miserable state of…

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Most Likely Good news

22 May 2022

I have just been notified that my unpublished collection of short stories has been chosen as a finalist in the Tartt First Fiction Award managed by the Livingston Press at the…

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“The Light Inside”

30 Apr 2022

My short story, "The Light Inside," centers on illness, work, compromise, and memory, and the conflicts of a too-demanding life on a married couple. At just over 2200 words, it…

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“The Service Porch”

2 Apr 20222 Apr 2022

After long delays occasioned mostly by Covid, the latest issue of Ganga Review (formerly known as Lalitamba) has seen the light of day. I did not, in fact, hear about…

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“Fishing on the jetty”

17 Mar 2022

My enigmatic little story, "Fishing on the Jetty," has been published in Off Course Magazine, and you can read it online now. Everything in the story is under the surface,…