Posts From Old Journals

  • 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

  • Sliver of Stone – “La Adivinación”

    “La Adivinación” appeared in the 16th issue of Sliver of Stone. I’m happy that I had a place in their last issue and the story remains available to read online. Our Mission Sliver of Stone… Read more

  • Existere – “Fingerprints”

    Purchase the digital issue here. “Fingerprints” appeared in Volume 37, Issue 1 of Existere, published out of Vanier College in Montreal, Quebec. Digital copies can be purchased online. “Fingerprints” is an awesome story, loosely inspired… Read more

  • Blacktop Passages – “Always the Lucky One”

    Blacktop Passages published my short story “Always the Lucky One,” about the narrator’s superstitious descent into lucklessness. About Blacktop Passages: Founded in early 2013, Blacktop Passages is a literary journal dedicated to the open road.… Read more

  • Emrys – “Aluxes”

    I was submitting to Emrys for years when they accepted my story, “Aluxes,” to appear in Volume 33. In the words of Wikipedia, “Alux is the name given to a type of sprite or spirit… Read more

  • Little Patuxent Review – “The Augury”

    “The Augury” was published in the 19th issue of Little Patuxent Review and remains available to purchase. I love the piece – it’s brief and was written in transit, and at the present time it… Read more

  • On the Premises: “Tenderness”

    “Tenderness” was published in Issue #26 of On The Premises, “Straightforward”: “All stories had to be told in strict chronological order, with no flashbacks (scenes that take place before previous scenes) and no flashforwards (glimpses… Read more

  • Marathon Literary Review – “Stout of Heart, Bereft of Mind”

    “Stout of Heart, Bereft of Mind” has been included in Issue 8 of Marathon Literary Review, and is now available to read online. This story is a slice of offshore life. It is about the… Read more

  • Sein und Werden – “Centrifugal Momentum and the Points to which We’re Affixed”

    “Centrifugal Momentum and the Points to which We’re Affixed” was published in  Sein und Werden’s “Mappa Mundi” issue. Their editor, Rachel Kendall, publishes consistently interesting and intelligent work, and I’m thrilled to have her stamp… Read more

  • Bitchin’ Kitsch – “The Embarcadero”

    “The Embarcadero” was published in the May 2014 issue, on page 16 of The Bitchin’ Kitsch. “The Embarcadero” isn’t exactly a break up story (though it’s enough of a break up story that an editor once… Read more

  • Serving House Journal – “Those Lonely, Lonely Nights”

    “Those Lonely, Lonely Nights,” was published in Issue 9 of Serving House Journal. The story is about a conversation with a methamphetamine addict in a bar in Santa Cruz. It might also be about a… Read more