“Moron Saturday” on Friday November 6, 2009

The commedia issue of Danse Macabre (“the premier online literary magazine in Nevada”) is out today and it contains my short story “Moron Saturday.”
While I wrote this intending for it to be read as a comedy, I consider it one of my pieces of “serious” fiction. (Not that I don’t take all of my fiction [...]

Rebecca finds a home October 15, 2009

I just learned this evening that another short story of mine, “Rebecca finds her way,” has been accepted for publication. It will appear in the Winter 2009 issue of Mirror Dance, which is the same publication that accepted my story “The Manuscript.”
“Rebecca finds her way” is a piece of flash fiction, coming in at 735 [...]

More releases to the wild September 26, 2009

In the last week I have sent two of my short stories to publications that I think are suitable for them. One is a piece I believe I’ve mentioned before that I’ve been working on for years, trying to get just right. The theme is a bit vague, and that was why I think I [...]

Something came to mind September 22, 2009

I don’t know where all of these unbidden thoughts I have come from, and I don’t want to know, but a sentence just popped into my head yesterday. It was an observation about meeting familiar faces in strange places and as I pondered it, I realized that it meshed nicely with a piece of a [...]

What was lost is now found September 17, 2009

I thought I might have been losing my mind, but fear not, gentle reader, I have not.
I’ve mentioned in recent posts that I have been giving some attention to a range of short stories now that my creative mind is freed from the heavy lifting that was required for the novel I was completing. (It’s [...]

A narrative game I’m playing September 15, 2009

Along with the ongoing rewrite of The Sleep of Reason, I’ve been fooling around with a few short stories, and one of them has been coming along quite nicely.
I feel as though it is finished at just 1,200+ words, and that is perfectly fine if it covers the story to be told, but it does [...]

“Moron Saturday” September 3, 2009

My email inbox had a welcome bit of news for me this morning. Another short story of mine, “Moron Saturday,” has been accepted for publication. The magazine is Danse Macabre, and the story will appear in their November commedia issue.
The story is one I’ve been tinkering with for years. I even shopped it around to [...]

Almost overlooked (again) June 18, 2009

I’m not sure if I mentioned earlier that I sent another of my short stories out to a magazine I found through Duotrope’s Digest at the beginning of this month. The response time was not indicated, so, of course, I checked my email every single day for the inevitable acceptance letter (full of praise).
And nothing [...]

“The Manuscript” is now online at Mirror Dance June 2, 2009

My short story “The Manuscript” is now online at Mirror Dance. You can read it here if you care to. And if you are so moved, you can leave a comment at the end. I hope you like it.

“The Manuscript” May 22, 2009

I popped open my email inbox yesterday and got some dandy news. A short story I had submitted has been accepted by an online magazine. In fact, the response came a mere nine days after I had sent my submission email, and in it the editor said that she thought I had a “wonderfully original [...]