I’ll be at the Vending Machine: Poetry for Change event at Karma Cafe in Canton, Ohio, this Saturday, November 22, at 6pm. This charity event will have poetry readings and an anthology of poems which costs exactly one canned food donation per book. Proceeds will go to a local food Read more…
My story “Keep Talking” has just been released in the December issue of Apex Magazine. Gerald’s stomach clenched as he approached his daughter, Sarah. She sat at her computer, her back to the world, as intent as a cat scenting a mouse. “Sweetie, I have some big news.” She sucked on Read more…
Voting is open for the Apex Magazine Story of the Year 2014! Choose your favorite story from last year. (Yes, my story “Keep Talking” is on the list. Why not buy the issue and see how awesome it is?)
I totally totally won Apex Magazine’s Story of the Year, against some pretty AMAZING competition! I am flabbergasted! The magazine has also put the story up on their website now for your free enjoyment. Thank you to everyone who purchased a copy of the issue! I’m not worthy! I’m not Read more…
My short story, “Butterflies on Barbed Wire,” has been accepted by Analog for an upcoming issue! I wrote the story the last week of Clarion, after I’d had my week six story critiqued. It felt strange to suddenly not be frantically writing a story for next week, so I went Read more…
I’ll be reading at Euclid Beach Park, May 30th at 12:15pm, as part of the kick-off celebration for the Lakefront Literacy Project. Books on the Beach! Yay! Oh hey – here’s their indigogo page: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/books-on-the-beach-the-lakefront-literacy-project
It is with pride that I can honor a great American, a great Ohioan, on this Memorial Day. My short story, “Zombie Hitler Vs. Neil Armstrong” has been purchased by British publication Ponokitsch. Yes, the story is pretty much exactly what the title would suggest. No, Pornokitsch is a family-friendly Read more…