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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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Family Ties: a Novel

Finders, Losers A lakeside cabin in the Sierra foothills, a canyon village divided between old coots and laid-back hippies, and…

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The Dust Will Answer: a Novel

No Lofts, No Lattes. No Law. 1978: The wave of gentrification has yet to break over downtown Los Angeles, and…

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“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…

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“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,…

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“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…

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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…

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“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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“Walking on the Sun”

23 Jan 202223 Jan 2022

This is not a publication in the formal sense of the word; I have just entered this story into a contest at a book review site, because it seemed close…

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“Inner Sanctum”

31 Dec 2021

Another short story of mine has just come out today! You can read "Inner Sanctum" (and a host of other good works, of course) in Ginosko Literary Journal at: Ginosko…

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In a Tiny Room, in a Former Orphanage….

18 Dec 202118 Dec 2021

In a tiny room, in a former orphanage, now converted to the Larchmont Charter School, I sat on a tiny chair and gave a brief lecture to a crowd of…

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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…

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“Egg Sandwiches”

8 Dec 20218 Dec 2021

My short story, "Egg Sandwiches," has just appeared in the latest issue of Maple Tree Literary Supplement. The story is set in the nearly empty desert of northern Nevada, and...well…