Announcement… “The Return” 13 Jul 2021 Flash Fiction Magazine has just published my story, "The Return," available to all at no cost online. It's a little vignette of life in a homeless camp behind a mall,…
Announcement… “The Air like Water” 7 Aug 2020 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…
Announcement… “Bohemia Street” 4 Aug 20204 Aug 2020 Here comes another one! My short story, "Bohemia Street," has just appeared in Cutthroat Magazine's issue 25. (No, it's not noir; the rag's named after the fish. Don't ask me…
Announcement… “Inside the Walls” 15 Jul 2020 After a dry June, with magazines finding it difficult to work amid both a pandemic and a vigorous protest season, I've got a credit to tell of: my short story…
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,…
