I just realized that, in the chaos of last summer, I never posted a link to my story The Cockatrice Den, which draws on the tale of the Basilisk of Prague and also on a war which was being waged then and still grinds on now. This story appeared in Mysterion in August 2023. You … Continue reading Heroes, monsters, stones, and glory

The First Line Journal's summer 2023 issue is now available, and it includes my short story "To A Mind Diseased." Each quarter the journal gives a first line with which all stories must begin. What happens next is up to the author. For the summer issue the starter line was, "All the lawns on Mentone … Continue reading Of green grass and gaslighting

Carmella Brown's reading of my short story collection "Believing is Seeing" is now available from Audible. I've put in the book description from Audible below. I'm delighted with how Carmella Brown brings the stories to life--sometimes in ways I'd expected and sometimes in ways I hadn't--and with how deftly she's managed a book that required … Continue reading Hearing voices

The Lawrence History Center patiently answered my questions while I was researching my novel, and they also sent the novel to some labor scholars who work with them. I was delighted to get the following review from Dexter Arnold, a longtime labor movement worker and member of the United Association of Labor Educators:I’m so glad … Continue reading A delightful book review

My story "Aliens" is now free to read on the website of Mobius: The Journal Of Social Change.Despite the title, this isn't a story about visitors from outer space. Instead it's about the things children (and their adults) hear and think they understand, and about the price we and our neighbors pay for our misunderstandings.As … Continue reading Childhood fears (and grown-up ones)