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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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“Legacy of Ashes”

2 Nov 20202 Nov 2020

I don't usually post twice in one day, but those pesky editors don't always coordinate their releases, seeing that I publish in magazines based all over the English-speaking world, and…

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“A Yellow Tea Mug”

Et voila! Another story has appeared in print (or should I say pixel) overnight: a somewhat abstract, or abstracted, musing on community in our difficult times…read "A Yellow Tea Mug"…

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“Return to Grace”

19 Oct 202019 Oct 2020

My short story, "Return to Grace," has just appeared in the October/November issue of Eclectica. Tom Dooley is an exacting editor, for I was last in his rag in 1997,…

Mini-Review: Patti Smith’s “Year of the Monkey”

6 Oct 20207 Oct 2020

Just finished Patti Smith's Year of the Monkey. Superbly written, with echoes of Pound and Bukowski, among others, and an overall feel similar to chapter 14 in Joyce's Ulysses, with…

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“The Finn Girl, or Woman”

1 Oct 202013 Oct 2020

My short story, "The Finn Girl, or Woman," has just appeared in the first volume of what hopes to be an annual collection, called Fiction Junkie. This is a new…

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“Cat in the Sun”

25 Sep 202025 Sep 2020

A very short story of mine called "Cat in the Sun" has just appeared in The Thieving Magpie magazine's Fall 2020 issue. Of course I was riffing on Hemingway's "Cat…

Musings on Proust, Part Seven

Hmm...the next book I called in to my library has not arrived yet, leaving me with only Proust for a day or two. While I have to admit that he…

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“Photographers” a Finalist

My short story, "Photographers," is now a finalist in Short Édition's "America: Color It In" competition, and it could use a few reader votes. So how about you head on…

Mini-Review: “He Came in with It: a Portrait of Motherhood and Madness,” by Miriam Feldman

22 Aug 202022 Aug 2020

He Came in with It: a Portrait of Motherhood and Madness, by Miriam Feldman I won't do a full review of this intense and engaging memoir, because I've known the…

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“The Air like Water”

My poem, "The Air like Water," has just appeared in the Grey Sparrow literary journal. Cast your eyes on it at: Grey Sparrow: "The Air like Water" As usual, the…