Something Quirky and Gothic, Just for You

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 — and other narrative, reviews and interviews with diverse talents. You wouldn’t know from looking at it, but it’s a British citizen of the world stage. Rupert Dastur helms this mighty ship.

There’s always a seed for my stories. This one emerged from a dream — a recurrent dream — about me wandering around in a newspaper newsroom, at a loss for how I got there and what I’m supposed to do. It’s a nightmare, about the collapse of print journalism and the end of that part of my life. But it’s more than that. It’s about siblings holding on to the past, distince personalities most at home among similar types. I set it in a venue inspired by a trip to Savannah, Ga., in early 2024. Antebellum houses, adult children still tied to their mother’s apron strings.

Anyway, if you wish to read it, go here — or go home.