Author, Writer, Poet
If you’re looking for seasonal cheer and maybe a book or two, check out the Pints and Pages Small Press Holiday Book Market 2-6 pm Saturday 12/13 at Two Pitchers Brewery, 2344 Webster St., Oakland CA 94612.
You will find me at the Unsolicited Press table with fellow UP authors Kerry Donoghue, LeeAnn Pickrell, Paul Justison, Sommer Schafer, and Patricia Bidar. We promise good deals and irreverent jokes.
Thank you to Founding Editor Jessica Frelow and Discretionary Love Journal for including my poem, “Oblivion”.
Be sure to check out the other great authors in the October issue.
Thank you the Bellevue Literary Review for featuring my poem, “The James Webb Telescope Detects a Heartbeat”. It was a pleasant surprise from one of my favorite journals.
BLR‘s Weekly Read newsletter brings you one outstanding story, poem, or essay from our archive. This week’s read is “The James Webb Telescope Detects a Heartbeat” by Terry Tierney, from Issue 45.
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I’m thrilled to be reading in the Blue Light at the Gallery series hosted by the amazing poet Diane Frank!
In addition to a few poems from Why Trees Stay Outside, I plan to read a few new poems for the first time.
Joining me will be a stellar lineup of Sandra Anfang, William Greenwood, and David Oliveira.
The show starts on zoom at 6pm PDT (9pm EDT) Friday 9/5/25. RSVP by emailing Diane at bluelightpress@aol.com to get the link.
You can find more about Why Trees Stay Outside and my other work on my home page at https://www.terrytierney.com
I’m thrilled to announce that my flash story “Gravity” dropped on Down in the Dirt Magazine!
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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