Announcement… “On the Boardwalk” 3 Oct 20223 Oct 2022 For my third appearance in Night Picnic, the editors chose my very California story, "On the Boardwalk." It's set on the famous strip of eccentrics and merchants in Venice Beach,…
Announcement… “Snookums” 21 Sep 202221 Sep 2022 An elegant yet extremely silly story of mine has just appeared in a journal called The Writing Disorder, and it manages to present a character who is both pedantic and…
Announcement… “Limes” 12 Jul 2022 My latest short story to be published, "Limes," is now available online at Marrow Magazine. It's about the usual suspects: loneliness, loss, existential despair, bad choices leading to more bad…
Announcement… “The Lizard Incident” 30 Jun 2022 Here's a wry little story for you, with a philosophical or lightly rhetorical flourish at the end. To make it even better, it's loosely based on an actual incident--the climactic…
Announcement… “The Light Inside” 30 Apr 2022 My short story, "The Light Inside," centers on illness, work, compromise, and memory, and the conflicts of a too-demanding life on a married couple. At just over 2200 words, it…
Announcement… “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…
Announcement… “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,…
Announcement… “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…
Announcement… 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…
Announcement… “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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