I thought I would have Bend Sinister read by today so I could write it up for Friday’s Forgotten Books (maybe I will later today), but at present I don’t and somehow I have decided that today is finally “Send out Queries for the Non-Fiction Project” Day, so there’s that. In case you missed it,…
Category: fiction
Publications: High Plains Lazarus / Fear and Loathing in Deptford
I’m pleased to let you know that the zombie anthology, Rotting Tales, is now available from Pill Hill Press and it features my short story “High Plains Lazarus” — obviously influenced by spaghetti Westerns as well as Joe R. Lansdale his own self, but with a mystical twist. The book will be available on Amazon…
Publications: "Touched by an Angel" & 21st Century Gothic
I just received a copy of the cover of the new collection 21st Century Gothic which features my essay on Graham Joyce’s [AKA William Heaney’s] Memoirs of a Master Forger. It was one of those projects that comes out of the blue and then — typical for me anyway — I forget all about it…
Fictionaut, Beckett, Sinclair & O’Brien
My pal Meg Pokrass invited me to join Fictionaut, where I’ve begun to post stories. Another new venue, another potential way to reach an audience. What should I put there? Any stories/pieces you wish were more accessible? Spending breakfast with Beckett today; but much to do. Found this program by linking to this short that…
Publication: Rothko Red
My flash fiction story, “Rothko Red”, is published in the current issue of the FinNALA Newsletter. The Finnish North American Literature Association also publishes the lit mag Kippis, where my story “The Kantele” appeared. There’s nothing Finnish about this story other than of course the author’s heritage. Well, perhaps the mood of melancholy could be…
Publication: Wixey
My flash humor piece “Wixey” is now available at the literary magazine Wild Violet. Drop by and check out all their stories, poems, essays, interviews and artwork. I wrote this piece last summer while reading Nabokov, which accounts for the sometimes baroque vocabulary. Nabokov has great words.
Publication: Wixey
My flash fiction piece “Wixey” will be coming out in Wild Violet. The story is inspired by the many horror stories that inevitably come up at MLA, the most stressful conference for people in languages and literature because it’s where the job interviews are done. It’s a short piece, but it came together quite satisfyingly…