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The Western Sky

A selection of American haiku by Richard Risemberg About fifty years ago, I first encountered haiku, and was profoundly moved.…

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Rootbound: a Novella

Robert Houseman believed he had left his past behind—until it showed up on his doorstep in the form of Carla…

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Journey through the Shadowlands: a Middle-Grade Fantasy Novel

Journey through the Shadowlands, published by Basil E. Bacorn Publishing, is a middle-grade fantasy novel with a social conscience, following…

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“Six Poems”

7 Apr 20207 Apr 2020

Here we go: issue #41 of Cholla Needles magazine just came out, and it includes six of my recent poems, being: "To the Remembered" "Has to Be" "This Box of…

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Dealing with Lockdowns and the Imminence of Doom

3 Apr 20206 Apr 2020

Fellow writer Tami Shaikh has asked a number of literary folks how they are dealing with the coronavirus epidemics, and I was honored to be among them. Here is the…

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“Moonlight Sonata”

31 Mar 2020

One of my favorite little stories, "Moonlight Sonata," has just appeared in Brilliant Flash Fiction's spring issue. Read it online for free, along with a lot of other good tales,…

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Musings on Proust, Part 2

31 Mar 202013 Apr 2026

Finished Du coté de chez Swann last night.... Okay, I'm beginning to wonder whether I feel about Proust (so far, having read one volume out of seven, each of which…

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Musings on Proust, Part 1

27 Mar 202013 Apr 2026

I have at last begun reading Proust's A la recherche du temps perdu. While the coronavirus pandemic and its accompanying restrictions have given me more time to read, I actually…

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The Mockingbird’s Song

24 Mar 2020

I went on my rigorously lonely walk today under a tumbled gray sky, wandering through the residential neighborhoods nearby, with their charming houses and apartment buildings. Lots of Art-Deco touches…

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The Minuet

22 Mar 202022 Mar 2020

The streets are blank of traffic on this epidemic Sunday, but there are people--not many--walking or even jogging on the sidewalks. There are groceries to go to, and anyway keeping…

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Signs from Heaven

21 Mar 2020

One thing I love about our apartment is its windows. We are on the second floor, and our street is narrow and bordered mostly with older, graceful buildings. There's a…

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When Clichés Come to Life

20 Mar 202020 Mar 2020

Clichés are much derided in writing circles, and rightly so: they are a lazy way to express the character of a situation, and usually they have been heard so often…

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Distraction from These Epidemic Days

19 Mar 2020

Please forgive me for indulging in promotion during these stressful days, but this is at least in part a promotional site. If that bothers you, there are plenty of book…