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August 23, 2021 – Meditations on the Buck that Visited Us Each Night
Written as a part of an email home while working on a tugboat in the Arctic Circle of Northern Alaska. We had an adolescent buck that would visit our backyard each night, and we’d taken… Read more
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Milk Sugar – “Vengeance is a Speechless Clown”
Milk Sugar is defunct, but read the short story here. The piece is titled “Vengeance is a Speechless Clown,” and the publication is Milk Sugar. “Vengeance Is a Speechless Clown” is an epic saga about… Read more
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Corner Club Press – “The Writing Group”
The Corner Club is defunct, but read the short story here. — The Corner Club Press accepted my story “The Writing Group” in the January 2012 issue of their journal, which has, unfortunately since folded.… Read more
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Midwest Literary Magazine – “Eliza’s Body as Sacrament of the Grace I Sunk From”
Midwest Literary Magazine is defunct, but read the story here. My story “Eliza’s Body as Sacrament of the Grace I Sunk From” originally appeared on page 61 of the September issue of Midwest Literary Magazine, which… Read more
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Scissors and Spackle – “The Gifts I Received”
Scissors and Spackle is defunct, but read the short story here. “The Gifts I Received” is about a young man’s relationship with his estranged mother. The story was published in the first issue of Scissors… Read more
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Children, Churches, and Daddies – “Once, I Found that I Might Be a Good Friend”
Read the story here. The Story is titled “Once, I Found that I Might Be a Good Friend.” It’s about a kid that thinks he has the personality to solve the world’s problems. He does not.… Read more
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Down in the Dirt – “Beauty and the Bus”
Read the story here. The story is “Beauty and the Bus.” It’s a charming little gem all about a man’s penis, which puts me on par with the most hackneyed of all male writers –… Read more
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PostPoetry – “My Legacy as Written in the Lives of Kin”
PostPoetry is defunct, but read the short story here. “My Legacy as Written in the Lives of Kin” is the true story of my maternal great-grandfather, who got locked up for breaking the law, and… Read more
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Foliate Oak – “Long Rides and the Things We Ran From”
Foliate Oak is defunct, but read the short story here. All right my beautiful friends, another of my stories was published. The story is titled “Long Rides and the Things We Ran From,” and was… Read more
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Windmills – “Wake Up Calls”
Windmills is defunct, but read the story here. Another story is available in print… In Australia!!! “Wake Up Calls” is the name of this newly published story. It’s about this time that my buddy almost… Read more
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The Stone Hobo – “After the Fall”
Stone Hobo is Defunct, but read the story here. “After the Fall” is a story about the feeling you get when someone you think you love doesn’t notice you despite all of the spectacular things… Read more
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