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

  • Fish Pattern Greeting Card

    The greeting card design was based on the pattern from a Chinese Qinghua porcelain vase. They are printed on any scraps or appropriately sized cardstock, and more are printed as I need them. I include… Read more

  • “Becalmed”

    “Becalmed” was my second successful print. It’s a reduction print made using four blocks. I used a homemade frame as a register. It is printed on Blick Masterprinter Paper, an inexpensive sulphite paper. The smoothness… Read more

  • “The Voyage”

    “The Voyage” was what I considered to be my first successful linoprint. It’s a reduction print, meaning that I carved more and more out of the same block for each successive printing. I used a… Read more

  • Sliver of Stone – “La Adivinación”

    Though Sliver of Stone is defunct, read the story in their archives here. “La Adivinación” appeared in the 16th issue of Sliver of Stone. They had a strong editorial board and published 16 issues over… 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”

    You can read the story here. Blacktop Passages published my short story “Always the Lucky One,” about the narrator’s superstitious descent into lucklessness. Though I was proud to have it published by Blacktop Passages, the… Read more

  • Emrys – “Aluxes”

    Read the story here. I was submitting to Emrys for years when they accepted my story, “Aluxes,” to appear in Volume 33. Unfortunately, the publication is currently on indefinite hiatus. They had thrived for nearly… 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”

    Read the story here. “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)… Read more

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

    Read the story here. “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.… Read more