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  • Going Places
  • Driving and Drinking with Dracula

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I gave my card to Debby

Not little Debby, the face of bad pastry. Debby, the Croatian immigre to Montreal, the barista who saw me standing outside her little coffee shop and brought a treat out…

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October 5, 2019
fiction, Life as we know it, literary magazines, writing

Free fiction for anyone who visits this …

blog post. That’s right, if you’re tired of paying for books and magazines, just follow this link to my most recent online publication, a short story titled “Defending the Home…

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April 7, 2021
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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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    Why I no longer partake of cannabis

    chiselch / November 6, 2025

    Like many people, I’ve enjoyed some cannabis experiences. And not. These days, it’s mainly an occasional gummy tilted more toward CBD. I grew one plant a couple of years ago, did all the…

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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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