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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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    Proud to find a place at the Bull stable of chiseled chompers

    chiselch / November 7, 2023

    Big fat smile on my face, to have new work at the lovely Bull site. As Senior Senior Editor of Editing Stuff & Things The Drevlow notes, this hybrid pub is “dedicated to…

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    Resurrected online mag Defiant Scribe welcomes my wacky wit

    chiselch / July 19, 2023

    The barriers to entry in online literary publishing are invitingly low. Build a website. Put out a call for submissions. Accept a few of the better ones and push “publish.” Maybe a few…

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