Category: Published Stories
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Post #94: Looks Like They Heard Me
Well…so…yeah. You remember how I was griping the other day about rejection and the complex buffet of emotions the up and coming writer must face to overcome, or at least match, its fierce and unrelenting power? So, I guess the rejection gods heard me. Because I’m to have a story…
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Post #33: Family Breakfast
I have a story entitled “Family Breakfast” up at Splinter Generation that I’m thrilled about. It’s a story whose tone and flow I’ve been working on a while and much love to Neal Bonser at SG for his sage editorial advice and helping me work the story to its best…
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Post #30: One of the Fighting Fish
I’m thrilled to have a new story up on Monkey Bicycle called “One of the Fighting Fish.” Many thanks to the editors for giving me the opportunity. It’s been a nice stretch of publishing for me (Brilliant Corners, Word Riot, Seven Days, and now Monkey Bicycle) and I’m glad to…
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Post #23: Bloomsbury Heads West
I’m a longtime reader of Seven Days, our local weekly here in Burlington. It’s the go-to spot for local politics, music, art, food, and occasionally, fiction. This is all to say that I’m beyond excited to have a short story in this week’s edition. It’s a story called “Bloomsbury Heads…
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Post #16: Word Riot
I have a flash fiction piece in the new issue of Word Riot (http://www.wordriot.org/archives/3353) entitled “On Knowing What I’m Doing.” Many thanks to Kevin O’ Cuinn and Jackie Corley for featuring me along with so many great writers this month. Special bonus is that you can read or listen to…
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Post #5: People Done Crazier Things For Love, Ain’t They?
Is the title of a story I wrote which is featured in the current issue of Brilliant Corners (Vol 15, No. 2–summer, 2011). I’m honored to have been in this one. With a small, dedicated staff and an editorial board featuring such lightweights as, you know, Gary Giddins and Philip…
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