Announcement… “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…
Announcement… “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…
Author post 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…
Announcement… Most Likely Good news 22 May 2022 I have just been notified that my unpublished collection of short stories has been chosen as a finalist in the Tartt First Fiction Award managed by the Livingston Press at the…
Announcement… “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…
Announcement… “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…
Announcement… “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,…
Announcement… “Howard’s Alley” 10 Mar 2022 My latest short story to appear is "Howard's Alley," in Potato Soup Journal. It's the story of a man who thinks he knows all there is to know about his…
Announcement… A Sudden Setback 15 Feb 2022 A few weeks ago, my trade publisher, Basil E. Bacorn, announced that he was shutting down the publishing company as a result of repeated health problems. This means that the…
Announcement… “Old Man Eating at a Window” 7 Feb 20227 Feb 2022 Here's an odd little story of mine, just released in the February issue of Night Picnic. It's a bit wry, playful with language and concept, and turns on an upending…
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