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Two Hawks Quarterly features my story “Loaded”

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…

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June 28, 2020
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
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Another story, born to the world

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…

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March 20, 2023

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    Close encounters of the marvelous kind

    chiselch / April 18, 2019

    When the world gives you rain, it also gives you museums. Who wants to be inside when the weather is glorious, no matter how glorious the weather inside? The interior of a building…

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    Travel sucks, travel rocks

    chiselch / April 17, 2019

    We slept 12 hours last night. After not sleeping at all for the previous 29. After sitting in cramped airline seats for 9 hours between Portland and Amsterdam. After blasting eastward through a…

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    My wife’s nearly brilliant future career in futzing

    chiselch / November 10, 2018

    My wife loves food. Cooking it, and eating it. She hates futzing, even though she’s pretty good at doing it. Expert cooks build temples to their talent — restaurants. What if expert futzers…

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    The looming threat of the DIY real estate sales person (i.e. the owner)

    chiselch / July 15, 2018

    Some of my best friends are Realtors. I just might be less than happy if my daughter were to marry one. Had to share a link with y’all. This came to my attention,…

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    RIP, Mom, this life was not for you

    chiselch / March 20, 2018

    My greatest teacher died the other day, at age 91. For the last 34 years of her life — since retirement — Mom became increasingly angry and bitter. Her disdain for humanity and…

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    The clues all point to Holmes

    chiselch / January 6, 2018

    The young woman checking me in to the Quality Inn & Suites in Twin Falls, Idaho, asks my name. “Watson.” “Hmm, I had a Moriarty earlier today.” “Sherlock Holmes fan?” “Yep.” “Cumberbatch or…

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