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“The Oracle’s Curse” appears in Saturday Evening Post
Excited to report a third piece in the Saturday Evening Post, which is known for publishing many of my favorite writers. Having already published “Granddad’s Ballgame” and “The Querulous Nightingale,” it has now published “The Oracle’s Curse.” An excerpt: Just five seconds earlier, she had seemed too good to be true. He should have known there was something […]
“Ite in Pace” in The Write Launch
Another fiction story out. This time, it’s the Poe-inspired “Ite in Pace” in The Write Launch. An excerpt: The family palazzo I inherited only after it had passed through many hands. You will not suppose, however, that I wasn’t pleased to own it. The lot of minor nobility is to be begrudged for wealth one […]
“The Querulous Nightingale” appears in The Saturday Evening Post
Excited to report a second piece in the Saturday Evening Post, which is known for publishing many of my favorite writers. Having already published “Granddad’s Ballgame” last summer, it has now published “The Querulous Nightingale.” An excerpt: I arrived in Washington the same day that James Forrestal went out the window. My first visit to the capital would […]
Ernest Hemingway Birthplace and Museum names “Wheelbarrow” a finalist
My short story “Wheelbarrow” was named a finalist in the Ernest Hemingway Birthplace and Museum’s Hemingway Shorts contest, which means it will be published in this year’s collection later this summer. An excerpt: In the days of my youth, my father would constantly tell me that the world was a more dangerous place than ever before. […]
“Alchemy” included in Crack the Spine’s newest anthology
Crack the Spine published my very short story “Alchemy” a while back, and has now included in its latest anthology, volume XV. Copies can be purchased via the link.
“There’s the Rub” republished in The Stray Branch
My short story “There’s the Rub,” which originally appeared in Zoetic Press Nonbinary Review, has been republished in the new Spring/Summer issue of The Stray Branch literary journal (#19 vol. 16). Copies can be purchased via this link. An excerpt: After the last few centuries, I can tell you that people don’t get irony. Trust me. At least, […]
“Gnaw Bone” in Sliver of Stone
My short story “Gnaw Bone” is featured in the April issue of Sliver of Stone literary journal. An excerpt: Sara kept driving east, passing through most of the state where she was born. The one she hadn’t visited in five years. The highways took her past the two state universities she’d considered attending, which she would always associate […]
