Duotrope profile
I just discovered Duotrope profiles! here’s mine.
“Two?” to appear in Flash Phantoms
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 the additional challenge: write a story that HAS to be written on a […]
“Her Oriental Rug” to appear in Halfway Down the Stairs
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 Kansas where I grew up. What’s up with THAT?
Poem “Trailer Trash” to appear in Synkroniciti
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 supportive of “her” authors. I recommend this venue. To fellow readers: Synkroniciti is […]
Too many fake users
I have too many fake users registering for my site, so I am turning off user registration. You still need to register to log in and post comments. So, if you want to do that (and you are human) contact me directly and I’ll add you to the site. I also deleted all users from […]
Kauai Writers Conference
I’ll be attending the Kauai Writers Conference next week, where I will attend a Master Class on poetry with Tim Seibles and meet with some agents. This is an excellent conference, where many (but not too many!) excellent writers spend time with each other, and some of the most helpful people in the literary world […]
Another public reading
I will read something tonight at the WSU English Faculty Open Mic night, at Brused Books in Pullman, WA, from 18:00-19:00. Maybe I’ll read my new short story “Redletterjacket”, or perhaps a collection of poems on the transience of parenthood.
Public reading
Tomorrow I’ll give a public reading of “Interview with a Trout,” “The Goddess Bastet,” and “The Points” at the Latah County Library in Moscow, Idaho, sometime between 18:00 and 20:00. It’s my first public reading!
Short Story to appear in Jersey Devil Press
“Interview with a Trout at a Sidewalk Cafe in Amsterdam,” a 720 word surreal meditation on mortality, Just appeared in the April 2025, issue 128, of Jersey Devil Press (https://www.jerseydevilpress.com/?page_id=8984). Amazingly, they accepted the story less than two weeks after I finished it!
Lots of submissions
I just submitted several poems and short stories. Since I stopped worrying about finding an agent for “To Bury Lilly” my productivity has been explosive. See the blog for why I (temporarily) stopped looking for an agent, and “Current Projects” in the top menu to see what I’ve been up to.