Announcement… “The Mirror” 29 Jun 2021 "The Mirror" is my second story published in Hearth and Coffin, a fairly new and well-produced literary journal, this being their second issue. The theme this time was "Pride," and…
Announcement… “Profile” 27 Jun 2021 My short story, "Profile," is now available on 34th Parallel magazine's issue 87, a vivid, graphics-heavy rag that presents a limited selection of stories and poems amid a dazzle of…
Announcement “Best of 2020” 21 Jun 2021 A quick note: My story, "The Mechanical Dancer," has been included in Potato Soup Journal's "Best of 2020" anthology, a collection of 75 stories in total. Available now in print…
Announcement… “The Rescuer” 25 May 202125 May 2021 My short story, "The Rescuer," has just appeared in issue #29 of The Evening Street Review. this is one of what I call my "River city" series, set in a…
Author post Year of the Novella 19 May 2021 I decided early last year to write several novellas, all in variations of the third-person style, and I have just finished the first draft of the third. I think I…
Announcement… “Two Chicken Platters” 2 Apr 20212 Apr 2021 My second story to be published in The Abstract Elephant Magazine, an odd name for a truly incisive journal, is online now, along with of course many other stories and…
Announcement… “Breakout” 30 Mar 2021 My apologies for posting twice in one day, but I had actually forgotten that a short story was scheduled to appear yesterday--making six publications for this month. It's a tale…
Announcement… “The Crow Tree” 30 Mar 202130 Mar 2021 So, is this website named after the story, or the story named after the website? Ha: it is neither; the website and the story both were named after a long-lost…
Announcement… “Stucco Box” 25 Mar 202125 Mar 2021 My very Californian story, "Stucco Box," is available now (along with a great many other works in various media), from an ambitious new British magazine, En Bloc. The link is…
Announcement… “The Waiting Room” 11 Mar 2021 This was a relief: after a February devoid of publications (though fortunately not of acceptances!), one of my short stories has appeared in print and pixel.... "The Waiting Room" is…
