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… “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 Reading Time 24 Oct 201924 Oct 2019 No doubt this has happened to you: you mention a book you've recently read and loved, and your interlocutor immediately blurts out, "Oh, I just love reading too, but I…
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 “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… A Good Few Months 13 Feb 201913 Feb 2019 As I have occasionally mentioned before, I have had a good year placing stories in magazines--edited journals all, not public corkboards such as Medium, where anyone can post anything without…
Announcement Two Modest Updates 8 Jul 2018 A couple of modest updates for those who are interested in books, more specifically in my novels.... I just dropped the price of my noir novels in .epub format to…
