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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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    Sensitive Skin gives hugs, viz to “Santa Fe Three-way”

    chiselch / June 10, 2023

    What is retirement? The American dream, right? Shed the job, cruise into the easy life. Lawn chairs and mai tais by the pool. Or a heart attack at 66, bored to tears, overdosed…

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    My long, strange journey to “One Night Only”

    chiselch / June 6, 2023

    Nearly four years ago, I woke one morning with a vivid scene from a dream hanging inside my head. Most nights, I dream crazy shit, but forget it all before I wake. This…

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