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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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“The Magic Lamp”

2 Aug 20192 Aug 2019

Another story published--my second in Ginosko Literary Journal. "The Magic Lamp" is a story of letting go of childhood, with thanks for the small graces found in a neighbor's kindness.…

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Spreadsheets and Persistence

1 Aug 2019

The truth is likely that many more good stories are written than are read. Too may authors fear rejection so much that they do not even try. I know, because…

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Recorded Live, Now on Podcast

28 Jul 2019

LA’s Skylight Bookshas put last month's Switchblade Magazine author’s evening up in a podcast! You can hear me read "Off the Deep End" (soon to appear in The Metaworker magazine) near the beginning…

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Short Story Review: Chekhov’s “Ward No. 6” as a Discourse on Privilege

23 Jul 201922 Oct 2023

Anton Chekhov's "Ward No. 6" is a long short story, almost a novella, but most of all it is a story about how the beneficiaries of privilege blind themselves to…

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Coming Attractions

19 Jul 2019

I don't usually post about stories I've sold until they're actually published, but then I figured, our friends in the movie biz shriek out teasers all the time, so I…

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“Lucky Day”

14 Jul 201914 Jul 2019

Another story published! Front Porch Review has just published its July issue, including my short story, "Lucky Day." This is my second appearance in the magazine. It's the story of…

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Book Review: “Life and Fate,” by Vasily Grossman

7 Jul 20198 Sep 2019

Life and Fate, by Vasily Grossman. It is no surprise that a book with perhaps the most Russian title ever--Life and Fate--weighs in at 871 pages in its English translation.…

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Local Exposure

29 Jun 201930 Jun 2019

In this silly new world, "content creators" is an inelegant term that reeks of the business world and its recategorizing of human life as an expendable, much in the way…

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“Fade to Gray”

25 Jun 201925 Jun 2019

Another story of mine was just published in India's Bangalore Review, and is available for free online: "Fade to Gray" Pretty hard-hitting, I realize, as I read it again. In…

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I’ve Got Mine…Now Get Yours!

19 Jun 201919 Jun 2019

I received my copy of American Writers Review at last, in yesterday's mail, and it is a handsome anthology: well-bound, with a good cover, and easy to read inside (despite…