All of My Stories

Here are links or citations to my published fiction and some interviews. I hope you enjoy!

One-Match Fire, a novel ~ Blue Cedar Press ~ October 18, 2022

“The Travelers at Rest” ~ Waywords Literary Journal ~ Issue 7, August 14, 2022 (print only)

“Memento Mori” ~ Cape Magazine ~ Issue 4 ~ Summer 2022

“A System Reboot” ~ OpenDoor Magazine ~ July 2022

“Motet” ~ The MockingOwl Roost ~ July 2022

“The Retreat of the City Folk” ~ Floyd County Moonshine ~ June 2022 issue

“Travel Light” ~ Of Rust and Glass ~ upcoming issue 2022 ~ reprint

“Velvet Elvis” ~ Fiction on the Web ~ April 29, 2022 ~ reprint

“Election Day” ~ Down in the Dirt ~ volume 190 ~ December 2021

“Hush Arbor” ~ fron//tera ~ Volume 3 ~ July 2021 (print only)

“Icarus” ~ Magnolia Review ~ Volume 6, Issue 2 ~ You can download the PDF and scroll to page 10 where my story begins.

“MTWTF” ~ Workers Write! – Issue 16, April 2020 (print only)

“Rollator” ~ Falling Star Magazine ~ Fall 2019 (print only)

“Sweet Affton” ~ Bended Genres Journal ~ issue 11, October 2019

“Three Small Words” ~ Adelaide Literary Magazine ~ issue 27, August 2019 ~ from the One-Match Fire universe of characters

“Magic for Beantown” ~ Aethlon ~ issue 35.2 Spring/Summer 2018 (print only)

“Forest Succession” ~ Heartwood Literary Magazine ~ Issue 7, April 2019 ~ from the One-Match Fire universe of characters

“Twilight of the Alpha Males” ~ The Foliate Oak ~ May 2019 ~ flash fiction

“Men at Work and Play” ~ Defuncted ~ February 23, 2019 ~ a One-Match Fire story

“Twice Blest” ~ The MOON Magazine ~ February 2019 issue ~ a One-Match Fire story

“A Tree Falls in the Forest” ~ Halfway Down the Stairs ~ December 2018 issue ~ a One-Match Fire story

“Deadfall” ~ Hedge Apple ~ November 2018 ~ a One-Match Fire story

“The Kick” ~ Aethlon ~ Fall 2018 (print only)

“Moving Day” ~ THEMA Literary Journal ~ Volume 30, Number 2 ~ Summer 2018 ~ a One-Match Fire story (print only)

Magnolia Review interview ~ July 2018

“Old School” ~ Bull & Cross ~ issue 12, March 2018

“Fire Sermon” ~ Magnolia Review ~ Volume 4, Issue 1, March 2018 ~ from the One-Match Fire universe of characters ~ nominated for a Pushcart Prize

“where late the sweet birds sang” ~ Selected Places Anthology ~ Summer 2017 ~ a One-Match Fire story (print only)

“Runaway” ~ Aethlon – Winter 2016, edition 32.1 ~ a One-Match Fire story (print only)

“Been Lonely So Long” ~ The Nassau Review ~ 2016 edition (print only)

“The Most Natural Thing in the World” ~ The MOON Magazine – May 2014 ~ a One-Match Fire story

“Men at Work and Play” ~ Wolf Willow Journal – April 16, 2014 ~ a One-Match Fire story

“When We Were Young and Life Was Full in Us” ~ The Fictioneer – Winter 2013 ~ a One-Match Fire story. Print edition

“Travel Light” ~ Penduline Press – September 22, 2013

“Open Country: an allegory” ~ About Place Journal. Volume II, Issue I, May 2013

“The Lonely Road” ~ Penduline Press. March 15, 2013 ~ a One-Match Fire story

“Pandora’s Tackle Box” ~ Harnessing Fire: A Hephaestus Devotional by Neos Alexandria. Print edition.

Three Cents Worth blog interview ~ March 2013 ~ This is related to my “Time Heals All” story.

“Time Heals All” ~ Temporal Element Anthology print edition published by Martinus Publishing. Since this was a print publication, I’ve reproduced the story here on the blog in the links.

“The Infinite Regression of Jerry C” ~ Danse Macabre du Jour – October 16, 2012

“Concerning Craft” ~ Little Patuxent Review. A short essay about the writing of “The Respite Room,” April 5, 2012. There is a link to an online version of the story there.

“The Respite Room” ~ Little Patuxent Review, January 2012 Social Justice issue. (Let me know if that link no longer works.)

“Velvet Elvis” ~ Bartleby Snopes, December 2011 issue ~ an Editor’s Choice winner. Nominated for the Million Writers Award in 2012.

“Not Close” ~ The Adroit Journal, Fall 2011 issue

“Pandora’s Tackle Box” ~ A Golden Place, Spring 2011 issue

“Diaspora” ~ Crossed Genres Magazine, Issue 24, November 2010 issue

“Unfinished Business” ~ Midwest Literary Magazine, August 2010 issue (go to page 60) ~ This issue has been archived, so the story is now available here on the blog in the links.

“Rebecca finds her way” ~ Mirror Dance Magazine, December 2009 issue

“Moron Saturday” ~ Danse Macabre Magazine – Commedia Issue, Fall 2009 ~ This issues has been archived, so the story is now available here on the blog in the links.

“The Manuscript” ~ Mirror Dance Magazine, June 2009 issue

“Night Train to Kisumu” ~ Wanderings Magazine, March 2009 issue. This issue has been archived, so the story is now available here on the blog in the links.

“The Lively Arts in Kansas City!” ~ Present Magazine, January 7, 2008. This ezine has retired from the business, so my story is now available here on the blog in the links.

“Race to the Summit” ~ Beacons of Tomorrow, second collection, 2008. Since this was a print publication, I’ve reproduced the story here on the blog in the links.

First Place in the Young Adult Category for my unpublished novel All The Breaks – Pike’s Peak Writers Conference 1993

“The Mythmaker” ~ The Platte Valley Review, Spring 1990. Since this was a print publication, in the days before there even was much of an internet, I’ve reproduced the story here on the blog in the links.