A boy helps his sister but not how he planned. “A Pale Sequence of Stars” a short story now on Substack. Plus: Night School – new novel available 23 January 2025. Sara slams the bedroom door. The TV and shower crank on. Pug expects a clang from the liquor cabinet in his parents’ bedroom RuthieContinue reading ““A Pale Sequence of Stars” – Substack”
Category Archives: Novel
Night School New Novel Available 23 January 2025 – Chapter 1 on Substack
“What you hear is what you know, but what you don’t know is what you need to hear.” When college radio DJ Scotty Piper receives mysterious messages connected to his love of music and encyclopedic knowledge about a legendary rock band and their enigmatic guitarist, he leaves behind his colleagues and everything familiar and raisesContinue reading “Night School New Novel Available 23 January 2025 – Chapter 1 on Substack”
Night School – New Novel Available January 2025
Plus Bookshop.org storefront and Pepper’s Ghost second edition on hoopla. “What you hear is what you know, but what you don’t know is what you need to hear.” When college radio DJ Scotty Piper receives mysterious messages connected to his love of music and encyclopedic knowledge about a legendary rock band and their enigmatic guitarist,Continue reading “Night School – New Novel Available January 2025”
New Novel, 500-plus Subscribers, and Publisher Links — Substack
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Pepper’s Ghost Second Edition Now Available
The second edition of my first novel Pepper’s Ghost is now available. Read the first chapter, and while you’re there, sign up as a subscriber. My fiction and updates reach your inbox once a month. I love sharing extraordinary stories (fiction short and long) about ordinary Americans. Good stories don’t, and shouldn’t have to, conformContinue reading “Pepper’s Ghost Second Edition Now Available”
ScreenCraft Cinematic Short-Story Competition and Pepper’s Ghost Second Edition
My short story “Cash In the Past” is a quarterfinalist for the 2024 ScreenCraft Cinematic Short-Story Competition. Also: Pepper’s Ghost second edition available 22 February 2024. And while you’re there, sign up as a subscriber. My fiction and updates reach your inbox once a month. I love sharing extraordinary stories (fiction short and long) aboutContinue reading “ScreenCraft Cinematic Short-Story Competition and Pepper’s Ghost Second Edition”
Year-End Goals and Joys, Pepper’s Ghost Second Edition, and Advance Readers’ Copies
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Pepper’s Ghost Second Edition Cover, Release Date, and Advance Readers’ Copies
BEHOLD THE GORILLA-GIRL! Charlotte Alexandra Long is determined to leave all she knows: her ill-fitting office job, her unreliable boyfriend, and the city she has lived in since adolescence. But leaving that life requires leaving her haunted father who wants nothing but the best for her yet reminds her of a past he’s not readyContinue reading “Pepper’s Ghost Second Edition Cover, Release Date, and Advance Readers’ Copies”
Happy Halloween: “Christ Air” on Substack. Plus: Pepper’s Ghost second edition update.
A mother retrieves her son’s birthday gift from diabolical hands. I compose myself and follow the route my map suggests and stand under a sign shaped like a fist jammed into a pig’s backside. The metal gate creaks open, and out steps a family of four dressed in black except for the daughter dressed likeContinue reading “Happy Halloween: “Christ Air” on Substack. Plus: Pepper’s Ghost second edition update.”
Pepper’s Ghost Second Edition, 2024 Coverfly’s ScreenCraft Cinematic Short Story Competition, and Inroads on hoopla
And while you’re there, sign up as a subscriber. My fiction and updates reach your inbox once a month. I love sharing extraordinary stories (fiction short and long) about ordinary Americans. Good stories don’t, and shouldn’t have to, conform to the dominant aesthetics and politics.