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I am that which I decry

Right before I typed these words, I paused the podcast episode of 70 Over 70 focused on the writer Russell Banks, 81 at the time of the interview. Before I…

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July 28, 2022
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Thank you to Montana Mouthful for sharing “Sofa 4 Free”

Thanks to Jasmine, Holly and Cari for including my work in their most recent release, thematically titled ‘Out of This World.’ It is.

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March 26, 2021
fiction, Flash Fiction, literary magazines, writing

Lovely to have a day to myself at Flash Fiction Magazine

Thanks to the team at Flash Fiction Magazine for the digital hug for my flashy absurdity, “Alone with Her Needs.” 

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March 26, 2021

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    Thank you to Montana Mouthful for sharing “Sofa 4 Free”

    chiselch / March 26, 2021

    Thanks to Jasmine, Holly and Cari for including my work in their most recent release, thematically titled ‘Out of This World.’ It is.

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  • fiction,  literary magazines,  writing

    Yet another story has escaped the penitentiary of my hard drive

    chiselch / December 30, 2020

    Thanks to editor Sheldon Lee Compton for sharing my story “Lost and Found” at his online literary site, Revolution John, this second-to-last day of 2020. Like all of my work, like all of…

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    Responding to a response to a response to a letter sent to the world

    chiselch / November 22, 2020

    I’m not much of a social media person. I like direct contact, which is why I will fire off an e-mail note to someone whose work or other actions has been particularly impressive.…

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    A fog from a fire and the fog of arrogance and the fog of incompetence and …

    chiselch / September 12, 2020

    I love fog. I’ve got fog, but I don’t love this fog. This fog is the devil spawn of fire. Smoke, shoved west from its forest home by flames a-billion, then back east…

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    Two Hawks Quarterly features my story “Loaded”

    chiselch / June 28, 2020

    So happy and proud that the editing team at Two Hawks Quarterly found merit in my short story “Loaded,” and have included it in the spring 2020 edition. Check it out.

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    The finest line

    chiselch / June 23, 2020

    When is it abuse, and when is it guided introduction to the mysteries of life? When is it “criminal,” and when is it a rite of passage? There’s a fine line between the…

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