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Responding to a response to a response to a letter sent to the world

I’m not much of a social media person. I like direct contact, which is why I will fire off an e-mail note to someone whose work or other actions has…

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November 22, 2020
fiction, writing

Two Hawks Quarterly features my story “Loaded”

So happy and proud that the editing team at Two Hawks Quarterly found merit in my short story “Loaded,” and have included it in the spring 2020 edition. Check it…

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June 28, 2020
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The clues all point to Holmes

The young woman checking me in to the Quality Inn & Suites in Twin Falls, Idaho, asks my name. “Watson.” “Hmm, I had a Moriarty earlier today.” “Sherlock Holmes fan?”…

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January 6, 2018

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    Why short stories? Why not?

    chiselch / September 17, 2025

    It would be presumptuous to think my little site could influence you — and you, too — in your reading habits. So let me presume. I love short stories, perhaps the main reason…

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    2nd place winner in Cambridge Short Story Prize 2025

    chiselch / September 15, 2025

    I rarely enter writing contests, not because I don’t believe in my work, but more because I’ve been to Vegas. The odds. So it was with a bit of what-the-heck that I tossed…

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    Something Quirky and Gothic, Just for You

    chiselch / July 7, 2025

    Happy over here to celebrate the appearance of my story “Wisdom & Co.” among a host of other fine fictions at The Short Story site. It’s a lean, clean temple to short fiction…

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    Technology justifies itself after the criminal fact

    chiselch / December 2, 2024

    Ahh, the poor, hapless tigress, blinded by the pursuit of her prey. Confident, yes, that she has executed the perfect crime. Done in, as it happens, by the ubiquitous technology of our modern…

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    Tale inspired by a past that felt like quicksand: “Unfurnished,” in Does It Have Pockets?

    chiselch / November 2, 2024

    Check out a fresh story of mine — it’s titled “Unfurnished” — just up today on hip new lit site, Does It Have Pockets? As with all things fiction, this tale has its…

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    Rejection, I Spit in Your Face

    chiselch / July 15, 2024

    In the amateur business of pursuing fame through publication in (mostly) online publications, one dances with two partners — acceptance, and rejection. Not every partner wants to dance, at least not with me.…

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