Announcement… “Negotiation” 16 Oct 201916 Oct 2019 Well, it's been a couple of weeks since I could make another happy announcements, but here we go again: My short story, "Negotiation" has been published in r.kv.ry quarterly journal.…
Announcement “The Living Doll” 24 Sep 2019 Another one: My peculiar little thousand-word story, "The Living Doll," has just appeared in Potato Soup Journal. Go ahead, read it! It's not what you'd expect from the title...unless you're…
Announcement “Field of Honor” 20 Sep 201920 Sep 2019 "Field of Honor" is my story of two homeless people trying to find room for each other in an otherwise deserted lot between a hospital and a freeway. And it…
Announcement “The River” 15 Sep 2019 This is my third short story to be published in September, which I thought was going to be a bit of a dead month. Glad to be wrong! You can read…
Announcement “Surface Tension” 12 Sep 201912 Sep 2019 Another story out now, in 34th Parallel magazine: you'll find "Surface Tension" in good company there, with lots of other stories, intense graphics, and bold photography...well worth paying for. Issue…
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… “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 “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…
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.…
book review Short Story Review: Chekhov’s “Ward No. 6” as a Discourse on Privilege 23 Jul 201923 Jul 2019 Anton Chekhov's "Ward No. 6" is a long short story, almost a novella, but most of all it is a story about how the beneficiaries of privilege blind themselves to…
