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Why short stories? Why not?
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
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
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
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?
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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Proud to find a place at the Bull stable of chiseled chompers
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…