Posts Tagged ‘short stories’
2.2.21 How to spend 25 years getting one story published (or) the “Rough Beast, Slouching” story
A little bit of fanfare, if you will. Dim Shores Presents: Volume 2, featuring my novelette “Rough Beast, Slouching,” is finally shipping copies! This is a milestone for me for a couple of reasons: 1) It’s the longest story I’ve ever had published (9,700 words give or take)2) It’s the oldest story I’ve ever had…
Read More7.26.17 Read my story ‘The Visitors’ in the new issue of Fantasia Divinity
Huzzah! My story, “The Visitors,” can now be read at Fantasia Divinity, as part of their July 2017 issue. Thanks to editor Madeline Stout, who saw the beauty in the tale. A sample: Tales tumbled from Ma’s mouth like ripe fruit from a summer tree. She would pierce each one open with her voice, sending…
Read MoreReleasing stories into the wild
There is something unseemly in the practice of self-promotion. Oh, I'll give it to you — in America today we're taught that the individual is No. 1, and that in order to get ahead you need to know how to sell yourself. Brands! Marketing! Business! Faster, pussycat, sell, sell, sell! Yet it is uncomfortable to…
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