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“The Jenny Store” in the Thunderdome Press anthology In Search of a City: Los Angeles in 1,000 words is now out
Posted on December 22, 2011 2 Comments
So excited to be in here with my story “The Jenny Store.” This is a beautiful book. Inspired by photographs taken around the Los Angeles area, the book features short stories from 26 authors. Each author was asked to select a photograph from a collection taken by the editor and write a story of precisely […]
“Transmogrify” in Dark Moon Presents: Vampires
Posted on December 21, 2011 Leave a Comment
I’m thrilled to announce that my twist on the classic vampire tale, “Transmogrify” is now available in a new anthology from Dark Moon Books. They’ve done a few themed issues, such as ghosts and zombies, so of course, vampires is up next. They’re doing great things over at DMB, and I’ll have another story coming […]
My review of Kate Zambreno’s Green Girl is now live at The Nervous Breakdown.
Posted on November 23, 2011 Leave a Comment
Kate Zambreno’s Green Girl (Emergency Press) is a wild ride though London. Her protagonist, Ruth, is detached and a bit of a sadist, and yet, at the same time, lost, vulnerable and endearing. Head over to The Nervous Breakdown for the full review. Loved it.
My book review of 11/22/63 by Stephen King is now live at Lit Reactor
Posted on November 19, 2011 Leave a Comment
My review of 11/22/63 is now live at LitReactor and I think it’s Stephen King’s best book in awhile. You don’t have to be a fan of JFK and/or conspiracy theories in order to dig this book. And the time travel aspects are certainly a part of this story, but really, it’s the way that […]
Second Storyville column is up at Lit Reactor
Posted on November 17, 2011 Leave a Comment
My second column is now up at Litreactor.com, and it talks about how to write a cover letter, your bio, and the ways that you can stand out when you submit your stories to editors at magazines and journals around the world. Hope it helps you out a little bit. More columns and review to […]
My review of Shannon Cain’s The Necessity of Certain Behaviors is live at The Nervous Breakdown
Posted on November 17, 2011 Leave a Comment
My review of Shannon Cain’s collection of dark, sexy, humorous stories is live up at The Nervous Breakdown. This book was the winner of the 2011 Drue Heinz prize, which yielded us the fantastic The Physics of Imaginary Objects by Tina May Hall last year. Shannon really put together a compelling book, one that should […]
New Column – Storyville up at Litreactor.com
Posted on October 26, 2011 5 Comments
Litreactor.com has launched, and man is this site taking off. It’s an offshoot of The Cult, taking all of the publishing, craft, and literature conversations as well as workshops, classes, lectures, reviews and columns away from what was essentially the Chuck Palahniuk fan club, and moving it all to a new base. I’m thrilled that […]
Dueling Columns 3 – MFA Programs: Yes or No, with Caleb J. Ross
Posted on October 12, 2011 1 Comment
TODAY AS PART OF THE EPIC CALEB J. ROSS STRANGER WILL TOUR, CALEB AND I WILL DEBATE MFA PROGRAMS. HE WILL TAKE THE CON AND I WILL TAKE THE PRO. ENJOY. OH, AND PICK UP HIS BOOK, HE’S SO TALENTED. I’M HONORED TO BE ON THE SAME LABEL AS CALEB. Dueling Columns – To MFA […]
6th place finish at the Zouch LIT BITS Fiction Contest
Posted on October 12, 2011 Leave a Comment
I’m thrilled to announce that my story “Charlotte Sometimes” came in SIXTH place over at the Zouch Magazine LIT BIT Fiction Contest. My micro-fiction with the Cure title will be up live at Zouch in the near future. Also, my buddy and fellow Write Club member Craig Wallwork came in EIGHTH. Big fan of his […]
My story “Kiss Off” is now live at Emprise Review.
Posted on September 19, 2011 2 Comments
My story “Kiss Off” is now live at Emprise Review. How do these things happen, I often wonder. Maybe I was issued a challenge, maybe I was just listening to Pandora one day and an old Violent Femmes song came on and I thought “Damn, this is a good song.” As I nodded my head […]
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