Author post An Open Letter to the Parents Protesting Inclusive Literature in Schools 4 Jun 2023 Teaching about gay and trans life is not “grooming”; it is exploring the world as it is. You cannot turn a straight child gay, any more than you can turn…
Announcement… “The White Butterfly” 16 Apr 202316 Apr 2023 Another short story featuring the Observer; that makes two published this month. A bit abstract, and smidgen experimental, and wide-ranging in a quiet way. Although it involves a butterfly, dive…
Announcement… “Watching Shadows Move” 9 Apr 2023 My short story, "Watching Shadows Move," is now available in L'Esprit Literary Review in print or PDF format. You can purchase the journal at: Esprit Library review, Issue Two In…
Announcement… “Three Poems”…. 28 Mar 202328 Mar 2023 Three of my poems have just been published in print rag Awakenings Review. They are: "Ghost in the Window" "The Air like Water" "Between the Walls" Written at various times,…
Announcement… Thoughts on First Drafts 22 Mar 2023 I'm one of three writers interviewed on this "Words to Write By" podcast series this week (the others being Delta James and M. J. Brunnabend), and the subject being first…
Announcement… “Fried Baloney Sandwiches” 23 Feb 2023 This tragicomic story of a homeless man and his birthday debacle explores community, endurance, memory, and hope, and is based on the folks I met and came to know over…
Announcement… “The Empty Room” 7 Feb 20237 Feb 2023 My experimental short story, "The Empty Room," has just appeared in Del Sol Review. Though it's necessary peculiar, I think readers will find a certain pleasing tension in it. It…
Announcement… “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…
Announcement… “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,…
Announcement… “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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