Black Lawrence Press has announced the finalists and semi-finalists in the Fall 2014 Black River Chapbook Competition. My fiction chapbook Tanner, North Carolina was named a semi-finalist. Although Tanner, North Carolina is no longer under consideration […]
A jazz pianist who sees his life portrayed in the music he loves; a woman confronting the lingering presence of her lover’s deceased wife; a New York transplant who can’t quite leave her lover and […]
Yesterday the early summer weather was so perfect I felt compelled to stretch out on the couch on my screened porch for as long as possible. To accompany me, I reached for a volume of […]
What would you do if you thought your cat had written you a message? How could you prove to your skeptical family and friends that the remarkable event happened, especially when the message disappears? This […]
Helen’s new life is driving her crazy. The rooms in the retirement home seem to grow smaller every day, and she’s plagued with unexplainable headaches. She misses the land she used to live on and […]
One of my favorite ways to celebrate Christmas is to lose myself in a great Christmas short story. No later than December 15 each year, I set aside whatever I’m currently reading and turn all […]
I’ve always thought that if you want to be as smart as you can be you need a solid liberal arts education. I’m not knocking math, science, business, medicine—all those schools of knowledge that enable […]
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