Trust Issues has a cover! Things are beginning to happen with my new short story collection, Trust Issues. We now know what the cover will look like! I did a final round of edits and turned it in yesterday. My editor says I can share the cover, and that Cornerstone Press plans to have the…
I signed a contract for a short story collection with Cornerstone Press.
Many thanks to Mandy Haynes and Well Read Magazine for publishing my story, “Engineering the Apocalypse.” What a nice thing to wake up to first thing on New Year’s Day 2024. This story, “Engineering the Apocalypse” is one I wrote initiallly for a flash fiction contest, and while it did well in the NYC Midnight…
“A Simple Twist of Fate” is going to appear in Kestrel! “A Simple Twist of Fate” is my latest short story, and it has just been accepted for publication by Kestrel: A Journal of Literature and Art. It will be included in Issue 43, which will be out by September 1 at the latest the…
I just came across a long lost story! I never knew this micro-story I wrote won a prize. I was looking for the judge’s name from a previous story of mine that won a prize (“The Understanding”), when I stumbled across another flash piece I’d obviously sent them that was chosen top story that week…
“Do You Know the Bunny Hop?” Origins I wrote “Do You Know the Bunny Hop?” for a competition in which it placed but was not published. I don’t remember the entire prompt, and I’d have to search to figure out who sponsored that original competition. I was attracted to the idea of writing about someone…
Origins of the story I wrote “Strings of Solace” for my first MFA workshop. It’s been languishing in my “to be published” pile for far too long. I’m proud to be able to share it with the world at last. Of course, It’s been through many edits since it’s earliest version, but that is what…
The Spring/Summer 2018 issue of FLAR is out! My story, “The Meek Inherit” is on page 205. It’s about a boy and his chicken. Chickens make such great subjects, don’t you think? Let me know how you like it! Here is the link to the full issue: About FLAR Here is the link to FLAR’s…
I can, at last, brag about my new position at Goliad Review and Press. Since last November, I have been working with some friends from South Texas to bring a new literary journal and press to life. Have a look at this page, and you’ll see my name on the masthead as Production Manager. https://www.goliadreview.com/contact/ …
While still feeling smug about the Faulkner-Wisdom folks saying they liked my novel-in-progress, I logged into Submittable to see what I still have in the active column, with a view to submitting something somewhere. I clicked the “Accepted” tab by accident, knowing I have received no notifications, but three of my story titles were there…