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…
Author post 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,…
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Announcement… Most Likely Good news 22 May 2022 I have just been notified that my unpublished collection of short stories has been chosen as a finalist in the Tartt First Fiction Award managed by the Livingston Press at the…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 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… 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… Four Book Contracts 16 Dec 202116 Dec 2021 I have just signed four contracts with Basil E. Bacorn Publishing; two for reissues of my self-published novels, which will make the entirely of the Lenny Strasser chronicles available from…
Announcement… Quiet on the Surface 7 Nov 2021 It’s been quiet on the surface here at the blog for a few weeks now, but underneath, the currents are surging. So to give you a glimpse of what’s happening…
Author post… Musings on Proust, Part 10 9 Sep 202110 Sep 2021 I finally finished Proust's Sodome et Gomorrhe last night. I read it slowly in bits and pieces, because "M," Proust's narrator, becomes truly insufferable in this volume. Whether Proust meant…
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