interview Dealing with Lockdowns and the Imminence of Doom 3 Apr 20206 Apr 2020 Fellow writer Tami Shaikh has asked a number of literary folks how they are dealing with the coronavirus epidemics, and I was honored to be among them. Here is the…
Announcement… “Moonlight Sonata” 31 Mar 2020 One of my favorite little stories, "Moonlight Sonata," has just appeared in Brilliant Flash Fiction's spring issue. Read it online for free, along with a lot of other good tales,…
Author post The Mockingbird’s Song 24 Mar 2020 I went on my rigorously lonely walk today under a tumbled gray sky, wandering through the residential neighborhoods nearby, with their charming houses and apartment buildings. Lots of Art-Deco touches…
Announcement… “The Beginning of Time” 12 Feb 202012 Feb 2020 Another flash fiction piece appeared today: my thousand-word story, "The Beginning of Time," available online at Quantum Shorts, a site run by the Centre for Quantum Technologies in Singapore. All stories they…
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… “Love in Three Rooms” 16 Dec 2019 My short story, "Love in Three Rooms," has just appeared in Fear of Monkeys, which describes itself as "a magazine of politically-conscious writing." And my story does turn on realizations…
Announcement “A Long Damn Time” 4 Aug 2019 August is making up for its oppressive heat this year by so far showcasing two of my short stories, and it's only the 4th so far! "The Magic Lamp" came…
book review Book Review: “Life and Fate,” by Vasily Grossman 7 Jul 20198 Sep 2019 Life and Fate, by Vasily Grossman. It is no surprise that a book with perhaps the most Russian title ever--Life and Fate--weighs in at 871 pages in its English translation.…
short story Rain Falls Like Rain 14 Apr 201814 Apr 2018 Here's a short story for you, one of my own favorites.... See more on my Medium site. The rain was steady now. There had been an hour of fury around…
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