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Author: Rick Risemberg

Richard Risemberg writes essays, poetry, and fiction, and sneaks around with a camera trying to steal people's souls. He is widely considered a nuisance.
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“The Deep Blue Sea”

21 Jan 2023
My short story, "The Deep Blue Sea," is now available in the Arlington Literary Journal, aka ArLiJo. The story centers on work, class, race, family, comradeship, and, of course, the…
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“Snappy Dresser”

4 Jan 2023
My story, "Snappy Dresser," is available at Empyrean Magazine until around March 20th; this journal has the odd habit of deleting issues from its archive after a certain time. Anyway,…
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“The Tributary”

30 Dec 202230 Dec 2022
My short story, "The Tributary," has just appeared in the winter issue of Lamplit Underground. It's a strange little tale of love, death, and the rat race, not too long,…
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“Four Crows”

19 Dec 202219 Dec 2022
My latest story to be published, "Four Crows," explores a neighborhood on the verge of gentrification, the failing efforts of a group of residents to agitate for a park instead…
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“On the Boardwalk”

3 Oct 20223 Oct 2022
For my third appearance in Night Picnic, the editors chose my very California story, "On the Boardwalk." It's set on the famous strip of eccentrics and merchants in Venice Beach,…
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“Snookums”

21 Sep 202221 Sep 2022
An elegant yet extremely silly story of mine has just appeared in a journal called The Writing Disorder, and it manages to present a character who is both pedantic 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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