Announcement California Dreamin’ 2 Jun 2020 Times are tough: not only do we have the new coronavirus to watch out for, which requires constant vigilance against an invisible assailant, but we have the all-too-visible assailants driven…
Announcement… “The Wedding” 1 May 20201 May 2020 My short story, "The Wedding," has just come out in North Dakota Quarterly, published by the University of Nebraska Press. The fiction editor cut the short last paragraph, but the…
Announcement… “The Mechanical Dancer” 19 Apr 202019 Apr 2020 A new story of mine has just appeared in Potato Soup Journal. Available free to read online! Go to: "The Mechanical Dancer" Although this is a stand-alone story, it is…
Author post… Doldrums 6 Nov 20196 Nov 2019 I suppose I shouldn't complain, but September spoiled me: five short stories appeared in literary journals, and several acceptance notices came in. Of course that was exceptional. In October, only…
Author post Locals Only! 26 Sep 2019 For Los Angeles locals only: Books by yours truly are now available at three Los Angeles Public Library branches! You can find my two novels in the Fairfax branch library…
Announcement “The Ant House” 10 Sep 2019 Another short story of mine came out in print, or rather pixel, today: quarterly journal Rumble Fish has just released its (free!) Summer 2019 issue, which includes my peculiar little tale,…
Announcement… “Off the Deep End” 26 Aug 2019 A quirky little tale of mine called "Off the Deep End" has just been published in The Metaworker. Noir setting, but upbeat ending, for those who worry about such things.…
Announcement “The Magic Lamp” 2 Aug 20192 Aug 2019 Another story published--my second in Ginosko Literary Journal. "The Magic Lamp" is a story of letting go of childhood, with thanks for the small graces found in a neighbor's kindness.…
Announcement Check Off Another One…. 11 Jan 2019 I'd like to bring your attention to yet another story published, this time in Canadian journal Scarlet Leaf Review, edited by Roxana Nastase. The story is one of the few…
Author post Reading Is a Gift, Not a Purchase 14 Oct 2018 This is a reprint of an article I originally posted in Sustainable City News early in 2016, though I edited it very lightly for Crow Tree. I shall not be…
