Announcement… “Fried Baloney Sandwiches” 23 Feb 2023 This tragicomic story of a homeless man and his birthday debacle explores community, endurance, memory, and hope, and is based on the folks I met and came to know over…
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 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… “Nobody’s Favorite” 24 Jul 2020 My story, "Nobody's Favorite," was just published online in The Abstract Elephant Magazine. Yes, you can read it for free in a journal with a peculiar moniker! (The name refers…
Announcement… “The Unburdening” 4 Mar 20204 Mar 2020 Latest publishing news: my short story, "The Unburdening," has just appeared in English and in Russian translation in print rag Night Picnic, available so far on Amazon, and presumably elsewhere…
book review Mini-Review: “River,” by Esther Kinsky 17 Feb 202018 Feb 2020 River, by Esther Kinsky Esther Kinsky's recent book, River, is not easy to categorize. Is it: A novel? A collection of linked short stories? An extended prose poem? A series…
Announcement… “The Swimming Pool” 16 Feb 202016 Feb 2020 My longish short story, "The Swimming Pool," has just appeared in Torrid Literature Journal's volume XXV, available in print only at Amazon right now. While it is not free, at…
Announcement “Burn Scar” 31 Dec 201931 Dec 2019 The last day of the year, and the last of twenty-four stories to be published in journals in 2019! My story, "Burn Scar," has just appeared in an online and…
book review Mini-Review: Yiyun Li’s “Where Reasons End” 18 Dec 2019 I just finished Yiyun Li's Where Reasons End, which might be called a conceptual novel, an experimental novel, perhaps an experimental memoir, or perhaps just a heart-wrenching and intellectually-challenging good…
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