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Life as we know it, relationships, Travel, Uncategorized

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
Crossroads, fiction, literary magazines, relationships, Travel

My long, strange journey to “One Night Only”

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…

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June 6, 2023
fiction, Life, Life as we know it, literary magazines, Lowestoft Chronicle, relationships, techno tattle, Travel

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…

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December 2, 2024

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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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  • fiction,  Flash Fiction,  literary magazines,  Uncategorized,  writing

    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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  • Crossroads,  fiction,  literary magazines,  relationships,  Travel

    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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    Another story, born to the world

    chiselch / March 20, 2023

    Thanks to the editors at The Muleskinner Journal for rolling out the welcome mat for my story, “Party of One.” It speaks for itself about the emptiness occasionally at the heart of life…

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    Getting away …

    chiselch / January 11, 2023

    Next door is a guy with a saw. Its voice cutting through metal sometimes comes through the wall. Mostly, not. His name is Shane, the guy. “Like the movie,” he said, when we…

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