WISER

Truth Serum Press, from Australia, has published a new anthology of stories, poems and essays. A story of mine, These Hallowed Halls, is included.

Other writers with work in this volume include Paul Beckham, Claudia Biershenk, Mark Hudson, Len Kuntz and Sophie Van Llewyn.

Paperback edition can be purchased HERE.


Kindle and ebook formats will become available soon.

FIVE From Pure Slush

Pure Slush Press has just published FIVE, an anthology of short fiction and poetry in celebration of its fifth year. The book contains work by a whole slew of writers who have appeared in Pure Slush during the last five years.

Susan Tepper, Corey Mesler, Mira Desai, Paul Beckman, Phillis Ideal, Andrew Stancek, Jessica Clements, A.J. Huffman, Walter Giersbach, Len Kuntz, Joanne Jagoda, Matt Potter, Sally Reno, and myself are among the writers represented.

My own contribution, Cinco de Mayo, is a short, tragicomic tale of events unfolding at a Cinco de Mayo party hosted by a successful veterinarian at which the only Mexicans present are members of the Mariachi band.

An eBook version will be released soon, but FIVE is now available in paperback ($11 plus shipping). To order FIVE in paperback click HERE.

New Story at Pure Slush

  I and the Cosmos (Figure with Starry Sky). 1968. Watercolor. A.R.Penck

Pure Slush has just published my story, Above and Beyond, their last offering of the current year and a prelude, of sorts, to a full year of travel stories, both fact and fiction, coming from them in 2014.

I'll say only that Above and Beyond takes place on Cape Cod, involves two couples who've rented a cottage together and....

You can read the story HERE.

While you're messing about on the Pure Slush website you could check out recent stories by Christopher Allen, Len Kuntz, Gill Hoffs, and others.

Happy New Year!

Everything Is Good

After a couple of trips to Canada and Maine we're back at home enjoying a string of warm summer days and cool, autumnal nights.

Just sent four new stories off to Matt Potter at Pure Slush. I'm to be their "Featured Author" for the month of October. I've only just recently gotten comfortable telling people I'm a writer, now I'm an author?

Matt's a whirling dervish and a damn fine editor.

Past and future Featured Authors at Pure Slush include Len Kuntz, Gill Hoffs, Claudia Bierschenk, Christopher Allen, and Marcus Speh.