I retired from the University of Idaho as a Distinguished Professor of Biology, Philosophy, and Computer Science, with an extensive academic publication and editorial record in the sciences, mathematics, and humanities. These days I write novels, short stories, and poems. I have published short stories and poems and am querying many pieces (see “Current Projects”), and I have won some minor awards. Thirty-four years ago, I moved from Chicago to a tiny North Idaho town, much like that in my debut novel, “To Bury Lilly”. When not writing, I read classical Greek poetry, play the blues, and shoo my calico kitten, Skitterbutt, off my keyboard.
My flash piece “Two?” will appear on 1 November in Flash Phantoms! This story began life in Jess Walter’s workshop on short stories at the 2024 Kauai Writers Conference. Our assignment was to write a story on a cocktail napkin. I took
My flash story “Her Oriental Rug” will apprear in the December 1 issue of Halfway Down the Stairs, a themed volume on “Spark”! Yay! That’s two publications accepted within a couple weeks of each other, both set in the trailer park in
My poem, “Trailer Trash”, will appear in Synkroniciti Magazine in Volume 8, Number 3, Katherine McDaniel, editor and in an online e-book by them on September 15, 2026. To fellow writers: Kat over at Synkroniciti does a great job and she’s very
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