This time around, old story to a new site. Well, not old, but “The Point of Possible Return” had been previously published at Lowlife Lit about a year-and-a-half ago, or a couple months at least before that site disappeared. So, unless you read it right when it came out, it’s brand-spankin-new to you! I […]
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“In Translation” at New Pop Lit
My new story “In Translation” has been published by New Pop Lit, one of the more beautiful literary sites I’ve bumped into recently. New Pop Lit maintains an active Twitter that I follow, with tastes that pulled me in tweet by tweet: praise of John Steinbeck (An obsession of mine, age 16-25), Herman Wouk (Inherited […]
“Eddie the Simp Holds Court” at Literary Garage
My story “Eddie the Simp Holds Court” has been published over at Literary Garage. This story has had a long journey: it was the first short piece I wrote after returning my focus to fiction, but it has changed a lot from the masterpiece I thought I had created when I began submitting it to […]
“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 […]
“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 […]
