Announcement… Quiet on the Surface 7 Nov 2021 It’s been quiet on the surface here at the blog for a few weeks now, but underneath, the currents are surging. So to give you a glimpse of what’s happening…
book review Mini Review: “Always Happy Hour,” by Mary Miller 27 Dec 2019 Always Happy Hour, by Mary Miller Always Happy Hour is a satisfying and ultimately dismaying collection of short stories that could have been a country & western song, and probably…
Announcement… Another Night in a Bar…. 20 Mar 2019 What better place for a reading of noir tales than a dive bar in downtown Los Angeles? We met last Wednesday in a tiny storefront nook at the bottom of…
Author post Fish Eggs and Fiction 17 Dec 201824 Jan 2019 After a long dry spell, I suddenly began placing stories in small-press magazines this year--even some that paid in cash! Since last winter, I have "sold"--sometimes for pay, sometimes compensated…
Author post Literacy Lit 21 Sep 201822 Sep 2018 I work part-time as an Adult Literacy Coordinator at the Echo Park branch of the Los Angeles Public Library, and one of the programs I started is a "literacy book…
Author post Old Man Reading Out Loud, with Accomplices 25 Feb 201825 Feb 2018 Well, not all of you missed it--I mean last Friday's "Noir in NELA" reading at Jen Hitchcock's edgy little shop, called Book Show LA. The room was packed! Sure, it was…
Announcement Poetry in Motion 1 Nov 20171 Nov 2017 I seem to be on a roll, as they say of both sandwiches and anyone engaged in something more or less demanding: the little poems I've been writing whilst in…
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