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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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“Profile”

27 Jun 2021

My short story, "Profile," is now available on 34th Parallel magazine's issue 87, a vivid, graphics-heavy rag that presents a limited selection of stories and poems amid a dazzle of…

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“Best of 2020”

21 Jun 2021

A quick note: My story, "The Mechanical Dancer," has been included in Potato Soup Journal's "Best of 2020" anthology, a collection of 75 stories in total. Available now in print…

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Cover Reveal: “Journey through the Shadowlands”

18 Jun 2021

The book itself won't be available till the end of the month, but you can see its cover now: here is Basil E. Bacorn Publishing's final version for the cover…

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Children’s Book Due Out This Month

8 Jun 2021

The timeline's a bit tight, but it looks like my children's book will be released at the end of this month. I just sent the publisher, Basil E. Bacorn, final…

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“The Rescuer”

25 May 202125 May 2021

My short story, "The Rescuer," has just appeared in issue #29 of The Evening Street Review. this is one of what I call my "River city" series, set in a…

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Year of the Novella

19 May 2021

I decided early last year to write several novellas, all in variations of the third-person style, and I have just finished the first draft of the third. I think I…

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Book Publishing Contract #3

27 Apr 2021

Yesterday I signed my third book contract with Basil E. Bacorn Publishing, after sending them what could be considered a sequel to My Turn to Die, which they accepted a…

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Book Review: Kazuo Ishiguro’s “Klara and the Sun”

10 Apr 202110 Oct 2021

in Klara and the Sun, Kazuo Ishiguro has produced yet another novel that is equal part peculiar and affecting, in this case the story of an advanced AI in humanoid…

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“Two Chicken Platters”

2 Apr 20212 Apr 2021

My second story to be published in The Abstract Elephant Magazine, an odd name for a truly incisive journal, is online now, along with of course many other stories and…

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“Breakout”

30 Mar 2021

My apologies for posting twice in one day, but I had actually forgotten that a short story was scheduled to appear yesterday--making six publications for this month. It's a tale…