My story “1954 Topps Ted Williams #1” appears in Rundelania #19. I love my story, but I’ll admit, my title doesn’t thrill me. Still, if you’ve ever even dabbled with baseball cards, it should grab your attention. “1954 Topps Ted Williams #1” is set in the early-1990s world of baseball card shows, told from the […]
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“Spin Cycle” at The Rye Whiskey Review
I recently made my second appearance over at The Rye Whiskey Review, aka “the Ezine dedicated to all things barroom.” Rye Whiskey is a very active site that typically publishes one to two dozen pieces per month, and they’ve been at it since 2018. It’s mostly bar/booze-themed poems, but also the occasional short story pops […]
“Obedience Training” in Spring Into SciFi: 2025 Edition
I always mention that “Obedience Training” is my dog story. It’s a weird one, sure, but how many of us haven’t wished something akin to my opening line at one time or another: It had been twelve years since they tinkered with genetics and upped the average age for dogs to fifty-six years. Okay, I’m […]
“Spin Cycle” at Lowlife Lit Press
I wrote this story that I really liked; I knew it was good writing, and I found it funny. I also knew it was loaded with filthy language, and comments on its first rejection warned me, women won’t like this story. I kind of thought, well, yeah, they definitely won’t like these characters, because the […]
“Present in Time” at After Dinner Conversation
And just that quick we’re kicking off 2025 (oh, writing gods, please continue to be kind!), with my second appearance in After Dinner Conversation with “Present in Time.” Unfortunately, you can’t read this one for free, but it is available right now as an actual magazine (with paper, remember those!) with an even more affordable […]
“The Weird Family” at Fiction on the Web
My story “The Weird Family” appears in Fiction on the Web, June 3, 2024: Another long one (about 20 pages printed) over at Fiction on the Web, “the longest-running short stories website on the Internet” (est. July 1996). This site boasts an active comments section and publishes a variety of fiction (funny stories, creepy stories, […]
