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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…

Dealing with Lockdowns and the Imminence of Doom

3 Apr 20205 Apr 2020

Fellow writer Tami Shaikh has asked a number of literary folks how they are dealing with the coronavirus epidemics, and I was honored to be among them. Here is the…

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“Moonlight Sonata”

One of my favorite little stories, "Moonlight Sonata," has just appeared in Brilliant Flash Fiction's spring issue. Read it online for free, along with a lot of other good tales,…

Musings on Proust, Part 2

31 Mar 202031 Mar 2020

Finished Du coté de chez Swann last night.... Okay, I'm beginning to wonder whether I feel about Proust (so far, having read one volume out of seven, each of which…

Musings on Proust, Part 1

27 Mar 202027 Mar 2020

I have at last begun reading Proust's A la recherche du temps perdu. While the coronavirus pandemic and its accompanying restrictions have given me more time to read, I actually…

The Mockingbird’s Song

I went on my rigorously lonely walk today under a tumbled gray sky, wandering through the residential neighborhoods nearby, with their charming houses and apartment buildings. Lots of Art-Deco touches…

The Minuet

22 Mar 202022 Mar 2020

The streets are blank of traffic on this epidemic Sunday, but there are people--not many--walking or even jogging on the sidewalks. There are groceries to go to, and anyway keeping…

Signs from Heaven

One thing I love about our apartment is its windows. We are on the second floor, and our street is narrow and bordered mostly with older, graceful buildings. There's a…

When Clichés Come to Life

20 Mar 202020 Mar 2020

Clichés are much derided in writing circles, and rightly so: they are a lazy way to express the character of a situation, and usually they have been heard so often…

Distraction from These Epidemic Days

Please forgive me for indulging in promotion during these stressful days, but this is at least in part a promotional site. If that bothers you, there are plenty of book…

Not a Writing Credit, but….

17 Mar 202017 Mar 2020

In September of last year, a new magazine, Rock and a Hard Place, published my story "Field of Honor" in their inaugural issue. Their second issue has just been released…