book review Mini-Review: “Lithium for Medea” 20 Jan 2021 Lithium for Medea, by Kate Braverman An odd, passionate, and almost-perfect novel, written in a gush of negative ecstasy that echoes Allen Ginsberg's best work in but prose form, probably…
Announcement… “Stardust Melody” 10 Jan 202110 Jan 2021 If you'd like a moment of distraction, a very short story of mine entitled "Stardust Melody" has just appeared in Zodiac Literary Journal. (The story does touch on social issues,…
Announcement… “The Toy Thief” 2 Jan 202122 May 2021 (This story was published in The Awakenings Review in January--but Covid had disrupted the organization's work so much that everything's behind schedule. It is now available for purchase online at…
Author post… Musings on Proust, Part 8 27 Dec 202013 Apr 2026 If only Proust were not so parsimonious with his comic writing! Just laughed through a short section in the salon scene of "Le coté de Guermantes," book II, with Mme.…
Announcement… “Road Ends” 19 Dec 202019 Dec 2020 A new short story of mine has just been published in Off Course, a journal of State University of New York at Albany. It's the tale of two men who…
Announcement Ten of Fifteen 19 Dec 2020 Just used up ten of my Warholian fifteen minutes yesterday, when Chat & Spin radio in the UK interviewed me about my novels. The interview is available in their archives…
Announcement… Two Stories Today…. 12 Dec 202012 Dec 2020 Two short stories out in magazines this week! Relentlessly submitting good work in the face of constant rejection does have its rewards...because eventually you find an editor who's looking for…
Announcement Book Publishing Contract! 9 Dec 2020 Well, hallelujah! This morning I signed a contract with Basil E. Bacorn Publishing for the production of a children's novel, due out around Midsummer of this year. The story is…
Announcement… “In Those Days” 20 Nov 202020 Nov 2020 The Bangalore Review has just published my story, "In Those Days," available to read for free online. This is my second appearance in this journal, which is based, as you…
Announcement… “Legacy of Ashes” 2 Nov 20202 Nov 2020 I don't usually post twice in one day, but those pesky editors don't always coordinate their releases, seeing that I publish in magazines based all over the English-speaking world, and…
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