Announcement… “The White Butterfly” 16 Apr 202316 Apr 2023 Another short story featuring the Observer; that makes two published this month. A bit abstract, and smidgen experimental, and wide-ranging in a quiet way. Although it involves a butterfly, dive…
Author post Why Noir? 16 Jul 2022 I have published around eighty short stories in the last four years. (Those who are interested can see the list here, with links.) Most of them are straight literary tales,…
Announcement… “The Silence” 20 Sep 20212 Oct 2022 I'm beginning to like September…yes, another short story out! "The Silence" appears in The Vincent Brothers Review issue #24, a print publication. The story is a conclusion to a loose…
Announcement… “A Yellow Tea Mug” 2 Nov 2020 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"…
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…
Announcement… “Six Poems” 7 Apr 20207 Apr 2020 Here we go: issue #41 of Cholla Needles magazine just came out, and it includes six of my recent poems, being: "To the Remembered" "Has to Be" "This Box of…
Announcement… “Blame It on the Moon” 3 Jan 2020 Sure, the magazine's date says, "December 16, 2019," but, it didn't appear till today. So I count this publication as my first story to appear in 2020. It's in the…
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.…
Author post Coming Attractions 19 Jul 2019 I don't usually post about stories I've sold until they're actually published, but then I figured, our friends in the movie biz shriek out teasers all the time, so I…
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