Announcement… Two Stories Today…. 12 Dec 202012 Dec 2020 Two short stories out in magazines this week! Relentlessly submitting good work in the face of constant rejection does have its rewards...because eventually you find an editor who's looking for…
book review Micro-Review: “Cities I Never Lived In,” by Sara Majka 12 Dec 201912 Dec 2019 I just finished a collection of linked short stories, Cities I've Never Lived in, by Sara Majka. This is a collection of linked short storiesI heard of from some ten-best…
Announcement Live Reading in Downtown Los Angeles: Noir at Its Darkest 17 Nov 201917 Nov 2019 Readings by Switchblade Magazine authors at Ham n Eggs Tavern on Thursday, Nov. 21st starting at 7pm. 433 W. 8th St at Olive, in Downtown Los Angeles. I'll be reading…
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…
book review “Just Finished….” (Three Micro-Reviews) 10 Oct 201912 Oct 2019 These are micro-reviews I posted recently on the delightful Facebook readers' group, First Edition, sponsored by the London Times. Just finished The Wallcreeper, by Nell Zink, and enjoyed it thoroughly!…
Announcement More Coming Attractions 4 Oct 20194 Oct 2019 Well, sometimes journals take a long time to get a story into print...so here's a list of short works of mine that are scheduled to appear sometime soon: Edify Fiction's…
Announcement… Live Reading in Westwood on September 9th 9 Aug 2019 I will be reading along with several other local authors on Monday, September 9th, at the Westwood Branch Library in West Los Angeles. We are all contributors to this year's…
Announcement Recorded Live, Now on Podcast 28 Jul 2019 LA’s Skylight Bookshas put last month's Switchblade Magazine author’s evening up in a podcast! You can hear me read "Off the Deep End" (soon to appear in The Metaworker magazine) near the beginning…
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…
Announcement I’ve Got Mine…Now Get Yours! 19 Jun 201919 Jun 2019 I received my copy of American Writers Review at last, in yesterday's mail, and it is a handsome anthology: well-bound, with a good cover, and easy to read inside (despite…
