Announcement… “The Deep Blue Sea” 21 Jan 2023 My short story, "The Deep Blue Sea," is now available in the Arlington Literary Journal, aka ArLiJo. The story centers on work, class, race, family, comradeship, and, of course, the…
Announcement… “Stardust Melody” 10 Jan 202110 Jan 2021 If you'd like a moment of distraction, a very short story of mine entitled "Stardust Melody" has just appeared in Zodiac Literary Journal. (The story does touch on social issues,…
Author post Musings on Proust, part 3 7 Apr 2020 I am halfway through A l'ombre des jeunes filles en fleurs, and here Proust meanders onward, ever onward...except when he goes left, or right, or back for a while, or…
Announcement… “The Day It Almost Snowed” 4 Jan 20209 Oct 2020 Looks like 2020's getting off to a rollicking start, with yet another story published! True, the last two were supposed to have been published in December, but they actually appeared…
book review Short Story Review: Chekhov’s “Ward No. 6” as a Discourse on Privilege 23 Jul 201923 Jul 2019 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…