“Many and Many a Year Ago” has won the 2019 Norton Girault Literary Prize in Fiction from Barely South Review (Old Dominion University); the fall 2019 issue will feature the short story. Many thanks to BSR staff and judge Janet Peery, who said This is a smart, demanding, tautly-written, risk-taking puzzle of a story that amounts to no lessContinue reading “2019 Norton Girault Literary Prize in Fiction”
Author Archives: WmA
“FOMO” Now Available at The McNeese Review
Today at ten in the morning, Mr. Snickerdoodle isn’t having much to do with the scenery and the commotion and the crew and the props passing back and forth in front of him so many times that neither his tawny eyes nor his tufted ears can keep up with electrified people and things scurrying toContinue reading ““FOMO” Now Available at The McNeese Review”
“Sun on Snow on Mountains” Finalist in Midwest Review’s Great Midwest Writing Contest
“Sun on Snow on Mountains” is a finalist in Midwest Review‘s Great Midwest Writing Contest. Results will be announced when they are available.
“FOMO” Forthcoming in The McNeese Review
“FOMO,” a short story is forthcoming in Boudin, the online home of The McNeese Review.
“Little Pierre” Now Available at Bluestem
Nearby, the battalion nicknamed Heartbreakers had discovered an entrance underground that had slipped by the rest of us searching the property. It was a small hole that looked like an air vent; a lithe man could slip in, which is exactly what we volunteered Pierre R. to do. “Little Pierre” is now available in Bluestem. ManyContinue reading ““Little Pierre” Now Available at Bluestem”
“Fog” Now Live at the museum of americana
And Ethan, his yarmulke crowning his head, turned to the crowd, and I don’t remember if the young man in the story is named the same as my friend, but he is here because Ethan is a good name from the Old Testament and the original covenant between God and Man, this bond justifying waysContinue reading ““Fog” Now Live at the museum of americana”
Authors Talk Podcast Now Available
“This story is an act of fiction—even the parts that I didn’t have to make up.” In the latest Authors Talk, a podcast produced by Superstition Review, I talk about my short story “Something in the Way” published in issue 19.
Two Short Stories Forthcoming in Bluestem and the museum of americana
“Little Pierre” is forthcoming in Bluestem, and “Fog” found a home in the museum of americana. The respective issues will be available soon.
“Modern Cosmology” Now Available in Permafrost 40.2
Callbacks and acting gigs went dark about six months ago, and Bryan feels responsible because ever since he arrived in the City of Angels, he’s been highly selective with the roles offered and available to him, and given the current stalemate of no light breaking through this long fabric of nightfall, he’s not sure thatContinue reading ““Modern Cosmology” Now Available in Permafrost 40.2″
“Modern Cosmology” Forthcoming in Permafrost
“Modern Cosmology,” a short story, forthcoming in Permafrost. The issue should be out August 2018.