Author, Writer, Poet
Thank you to Jeffrey Heath and the January House Literary Journal for publishing my creative nonfiction story, “The Bear Outside the Window”.
The story is based on a sudden illness my wife suffered two years ago, and I’m happy to report she is much better now.
https://januaryhouselit.com/2026/04/09/the-bear-outside-the-window/
If you are going to Baltimore for AWP next week 3/3-3/7, I would love to say hi and trade literary jokes and rumors. The Unsolicited Press book fair table T625 is sure to be stocked with irreverent books and tempting sales.
Always open for a coffee or a beer depending on the time of day and weather!
I’m thrilled to announce that my flash story “Gravity” dropped on Down in the Dirt Magazine!
https://scars.tv/cgi-bin/works_e.pl?/home/users/web/b929/us.scars/perl/text-writings/g13804.txt
A standalone story, “Gravity” features Curt, the struggling and wry narrator from my novel The Bridge on Beer River. In earlier drafts of the novel the story was part of Chapter 1, but I decided to begin the novel with Curt’s emerging romance with Chelsea.
Thank you to Janet K., the Editor of Down in the Dirt Magazine!
I always enjoy spending more time with Curt.
You can find more about The Bridge on Beer River HERE
Dr. Andy Jones phoned me during his stellar KDVS radio program on Wednesday 7/2/25 to discuss poetry and my recent book Why Trees Stay Outside. What a thrill and much fun. Here is the podcast.
My segment starts at 39:45, but I recommend you start at the beginning to hear Richard Loranger and Jeffrey Bryant.
You can find more information about Why Trees Stay Outside and my other efforts HERE
Excited to share this update and particularly thrilled to see recognition in both the novel category and short stories.
The Bridge on Beer River was named a Finalist for the Feathered Quill Book Award for Short Story / Anthology: https://featheredquill.com/feathered-quill-book-awards-2024-winners/
Also, the novel moved up in the Chanticleer judging and was named a Semi-Finalist for the 2023 Somerset Book Award for Literary and Contemporary Fiction: https://www.chantireviews.com/2024/03/08/the-2023-somerset-book-award-semi-finalists-for-literary-and-contemporary-fiction/
Congratulations to the winning novels and all the fine books that entered!
