Weblog Archive (2011-2013)


This page consists of all the announcements that preceded my implementation of blogging software. There may be a coding error here and there, since I had to put this code through a rather extensive manual conversion process! The original “Weblog” page may be seen here, for historical purposes.

December 5, 2013

  • Shimmer Magazine conducted a poll of their readers recently to determine their favorite story in Issue # 17; my story “The Metaphor of the Lakes” came in second! The story also recently received a very favorable review from a blog called Casual Debris, which I shall shamelessly (but, uh, modestly, yeah, that’s it, with humility and the perspective of wisdom!) quote: “The ghost of a girl and her brother, now a cat, live in the house of Mr. Menders and Mr. Scatt. A highly enjoyable tale (tail) with refreshingly no straightforward explanations. Certainly the most entertaining story in Shimmer 17.”
  • I am also delighted to announce that The Atticus Review has accepted one of my stories for publication, and it should be appearing at their website within a few months!

November 8, 2013

September 17, 2013

  • Today marks the release of Shimmer Magazine # 17, in which my story “The Metaphor of the Lakes” appears. This issue, apparently, is the first for which Shimmer is compensating its contributors at the SFWA-qualified “professional rate” … and in a happy convergence of fates, this publication also marks the first time that I have been compensated at that rate! I am rather proud of this story, in any case (and at any rate), and I think anyone who seeks it out will not be disappointed.

August 1, 2013

  • More poetry news from me! Highly unusual … I wonder what’s going on here … I have had a poem called “blood for the blanket” published in the third issue (# 2.1) of Bellow Literary Journal. (You may recall that my novella Diplomat in Ebony was published in that journal’s very first issue.) My thanks to Patrick Sugrue, Bellow’s passionate editor.

July 27, 2013

  • Back in 2011, I was invited by the estimable editor Brian Clements of Firewheel Editions to participate in a collaborative poetry project. I was associated randomly with several poets, and together, we were tasked to compose a poem! And compose we did. After months of struggle, we emerged with a rather intriguing little poem called “With.” We were only one of many groups that Brian gathered, but we were the only group that actually managed to produce a poem! That poem has now been published as a broadsheet, and I am delighted! It was a fun experience, altogether, and my memories in its regard are all fond and nostalgic.

July 17, 2013

  • Might as well use my birthday as the dateline here! Bibliotheca Fantastica has finally arrived! An anthology from Dagan Books devoted to the idea of the book as a locus of wonder and imagination.

July 6, 2013

June 1, 2013

  • Gone Lawn # 11, which I Guest Edited, has arrived unto the Cyberverse! Thank you, all you Writers who consented to Agitate my Ether with your Literary Excitations and Esthetic Lapidations!

Our Featured Excerpt comprises the first ten pages of Evan Dara’s brilliant beast of a novel The Easy Chain (2008).

Our Featured Artist is Pd Lietz, who has provided a deliriously evocative and beautiful work of art to adorn this issue.

Our truly estimable Writers, in randomized order: Eric Schaller, Carol Guess, Zack Wentz, John McKernan, Berit Ellingsen, Robert Vaughan, Stephen V Ramey, Rachel A Dowling, Ken Poyner, Neila Mezynski, Alexander V Bach, Rosabelle Illes, Leonard Kress, Nicolette Wong, Jason Kane, L S Bassen, Graham Tugwell, Sarah Tourjee, Alex S Johnson, John Cairns, E Catherine Tobler, Mike Gallagher, Maggie Bára, and J B Mulligan.

I hope readers of my Electric Library of Literary Explosions will appreciate the colossal talent of all these contributors enough to become lifelong fanatics of their work!

And last but not least: Thank you, Owen Kaelin, Founding Editor of Gone Lawn, for this opportunity … my first Guest Editorship. And thank you, also, for inviting me to stay on as your continuing Co-Editor for future issues!

Anybody wishing to submit work to Gone Lawn # 12, commence your cheers, for the gates are open … we await your flood! You may address your submissions to Owen or Yarrow … or (if you lack a preference) Providence. Consult the guidelines for all the details.

  • I am delighted to report, as well, that I have had a piece accepted for publication in an upcoming e-chapbook from LucidPlay Publishing … what a day!
    h4<. May 15, 2013
  • I have had a short story accepted for publication in the summer issue (# 17) of Shimmer Magazine. I can’t wait!

May 1, 2013

  • A beautiful magazine called L’allure de Mots has appeared today, containing my short, cruel story “A Universal Sensation.” The magazine also contains naked women, so cover your eyes! A print edition will be forthcoming, and I very much look forward to seeing it.

April 29, 2013

  • I’ve learned today that a treasured little jewel of mine will be making its foray into the limelight (how many metaphors-in-one is that, I wonder?) in the premiere issue of a print magazine called The Shwibly Magazine, which is just a crackerjack name for a literary endeavor, isn’t it?

April 24, 2013

  • My story, “Rumour’s Run”, appears today at The Original Van Gogh’s Ear Anthology. The story was originally published back in 2003 in the innovative print journal 3rd Bed. I am very pleased that “Rumour’s Run” can see the light of day again … dont’t worry, it’s not too moldy after its decade on paper!
  • Also, today, at Sein und Werden, the Exquisite Corpses have arrived! An Exquisite Corpse is a story created by collaboration among many writers. Each contributor writes a paragraph continuing from the previous contributor’s paragraph; and that paragraph is all you have to go on! You don’t see the whole story until it’s completed. Rachel Kendall, the editor of Sein und Werden, organized a massive project (as this issue’s theme was “Exquisite Corpse”—see my story “The Great Event” elsewhere in the issue), which resulted in three Exquisite Corpse stories. I contributed a paragraph to one entitled “Beetle”. There were 24 other contributors to this story!

April 1, 2013

  • I’ve had a flash piece accepted for publication in the May issue of L’Allure des Mots. It is a slick-looking magazine that is available online in some sort of PDF/Issuu format, as well as in a limited print run—a nicely designed publication featuring beautiful photography and clean aesthetics. Which is to say, I’m looking forward to seeing my story there!

March 26, 2013

  • My story “The Great Event” is included in the new Sein und Werden. The theme of this issue is Exquisite Corpse, and I had quite a bit of fun with it!

March 19, 2013

  • I’m delighted to announce that I’ll be seeing a poem into print at Bellow Literary Journal. I have rarely attempted poetry, and the forays I’ve made have been … idiosyncratic, to say the least! This one’s no exception, and I’m quite fond of it. This poem will mark my second publication by Bellow. My epic story “Diplomat In Ebony” appeared in the very first issue, and I’m happy for the opportunity to continue a relationship with this big-hearted lit mag.

February 24, 2013

  • One of my favorite online literary endeavors is Sein und Werden, a U.K.-based site, which is curated by the seemingly indefatigable Rachel Kendall (author of a delicious little collection called The Bride Stripped Bare from Dog Horn Books). I have had two pieces published there in the past, and it is with pleasure that I can say that Rachel has accepted another story of mine for her forthcoming Exquisite Corpse themed issue.
  • I’d also like to note that I’ve recently had a story accepted for publication in an upcoming issue of New Dead Families. I only recently came across this site and wish I had discovered it sooner! Smart people there and a sense of fun.

February 13, 2013

  • I am very pleased to reveal that I’ve been invited to “guest edit” for Gone Lawn # 11. Gone Lawn is a very handsomely designed web journal edited by Owen Kaelin, and a story of mine appeared there a couple of years ago. Now, it seems—as of tomorrow—I’ll be making the selections for the upcoming summer issue!
  • Thus, if you are a writer of poetic prose or literary fabulist stories that emphasize the beauty of our language, then I urge you to peek around the site, have yourself a gander at the guidelines and, if it suits you, submit! I will be delighted to learn, finally, what it’s like on the other side of the Great Author / Editor Divide.

January 3, 2013

  • “The Revised Minutes,” a story that I consider a personal “classic,” appears in Gargoyle # 59, which has been made available for purchase today. I have been waiting for this one!

December 3, 2012

  • “Epistle of Icarus” (alongside a Portuguese translation, “Epístola de Ícaro”) appears at Hyperpulp today. I am very excited, as this is the first time my work has been translated into a foreign language!

December 1, 2012

  • An excerpt from Sholder Greye’s Confessions of an Eccentric Old Man has been featured in the current issue of Gone Lawn. You may find out more about Sholder Greye by clicking the link in the side panel over there ← … and if you are interested, his book may be purchased at various ebookstores—or you may even order a print edition to set upon your shelf!

November 7, 2012

  • I’m delighted to announce that the anthology For When the Veil Drops, from West Pigeon Press, has landed! I am honored to have provided a short story for this volume, along with many other worthy contributors, and of course, I encourage you to obtain a copy for yourself. It’s currently available in paperback and for the Kindle ebook platform. It appears the publisher has opted to enroll it in the Kindle Select program, which means that if you’re an Amazon Prime member, you can borrow it for free from the Kindle Lending Library; it also means that the ebook is currently not available for other ereaders … Hopefully, after the three month minimum Kindle Select period has expired, the ebook will be released on alternative platforms—if so, I will certainly mention that here!

September 12, 2012

  • Wow, it has been a while since I’ve updated this website. But I have a good reason today—I finally received my copies of Kerouac’s Dog Magazine! Issue 3: Truth A beautiful book! The cover is gorgeous, and there are even some naked ladies among these pages to, um, engorge your less “literary” appetites while you peruse the stories. ;) (I believe the issue was sold by preorder only, so it may not be possible to obtain a copy, but it doesn’t hurt to try …)

May 23, 2012

  • Dadaoism has been reviewed in a very unique way by one of its contributors, D. F. Lewis. He apparently specializes in “real-time reviews,” in which he reviews the text as he reads. In this case, he reviewed each individual entry in the anthology, one by one! His insights are extraordinary—he’s obviously a meticulous reader, one whose eyeballs any writer would be ecstatic to have perusing his or her bespoke fictions … Here’s the link to the portion of his review that addresses “Spirit and Corpus,” my own contribution to Dadaoism.

May 16, 2012

  • The Dadaoism Anthology from Chômu Press has been released today! Having received my contributor copies, I can tell you it’s a very special book, and any collector would be pleased to count it in his or her library.

May 2, 2012

  • I have had a story accepted by Hyperpulp, a bilingual English / Portuguese speculative magazine headquartered in Brazil. The magazine is released, I believe, in PDF and ebook formats. My story will be translated into Portuguese! I can’t wait to see it! It should be out at the end of May or beginning of June …

April 2, 2012

March 12, 2012

  • Wow, a month for sentimental favorites! Another one has been accepted, this time for the Bibliotheca Fantastica Anthology from Dagan Books.

March 4, 2012

  • I am happy to announce that a sentimental favorite of mine has been accepted for the West Pigeon Press Anthology, due out in May or June in both paper and Kindle versions!

February 17, 2012

  • Bellow Literary Journal, featuring my somewhat long and, um, exuberant story, “Diplomat In Ebony,” has been released for sale at Createspace. I haven’t seen it yet, but the cover photo online is promising …

February 15, 2012

  • A tiny piece of my writing indeed has found its way onto the Opium Magazine website.

January 20, 2012

  • My issues of Pear Noir! were in my mailbox, and I am happy to see them! Very simple and “tasteful” in design and aesthetic … High class … Lovely! Also, Robert Olen Butler is in there—I’ve hit the big time! I’m also pleased to see that one of my editors from Twelve Stories, Molly Gaudry, has a piece in there.

December 1, 2011

  • I’m taking down the Hullabaloo link to Quite Curious Literature today because I don’t believe they exist anymore! I’ve heard nothing from them despite inquiries, their website has not been updated since June, and indeed their website seems to have been commandeered by spambots … If I hear otherwise, I’ll repost the link, but at this time, I think the story they accepted for publication is now free to seek another home!

November 11, 2011

  • My bio page at Kerouac’s Dog Magazine has been posted—lovely! And the revamped site is quite attractive. It looks like the magazine is going to be a thing of beauty. I can’t wait to receive my copies!

November 3, 2011

  • Cavalier Literary Couture has accepted a story of mine for publication on their website. It’s a beautiful site … take a look!

October 16, 2011

  • Anemone Sidecar, an ebook literary magazine (pdf), has released Chapter 16, in which my piece, “Heat Life,” appears. Beautiful cover image!

October 4, 2011

  • Barge Journal has finally arrived in my mailbox, and it’s beautiful! To sweeten the triumph, the journal has nominated me for a Pushcart Prize! Quite an honor …

September 27, 2011

  • The inaugural issue of Pulp Modern has been released. My story, “Omelette du Jour”, sits between the same set of covers as a “classic story” by Lawrence Block! I don’t know whether the story was acquired with permission or it simply fell out of copyright, but either way, I’m pleased! Buy the issue here, it’s only ten bucks … (Or, in a few days, it will be available at Amazon. You can combine it with other purchases to get free shipping!)

September 2, 2011

  • I have had a story accepted into the next issue of Pear Noir!

September 1, 2011

August 22, 2011

August 5, 2011

  • I’m sorry to report that Abjective has folded its web awning. The site is still there, but closed for business — it seems, however, that the archives will be maintained. My story was the last one to appear, as a matter of fact, hopefully a coincidence! I wish the editor, Darby Larson, the best in whatever he’s moving on to.

July 23, 2011

  • Some very exciting news today: I have had a story accepted by the U.K.-based Chômu Press for inclusion in its upcoming Dadaoism Anthology. Don’t ask me what “Dadaoism” is! But you will find some elucidatory clues at the linked site … I have no idea when this book will be released, but of course I will share any news here as emerges.

July 14, 2011

  • Gargoyle has accepted one of my favorite stories! I’d say I can’t wait, but we’re talking 2012 or 2013, so … I can wait … ;)

July 7, 2011

  • Pulp Modern has accepted a story of mine and will publish it in their first issue, September 1!

June 25, 2011

June 17, 2011

  • I have had a story accepted for publication at Metazen! Should happen September 1 …

June 15, 2011

June 1, 2011

May 25, 2011

  • My story, “Confiteor,” appears in the newly released issue of Collective Fallout. It may be purchased at Lulu in either print or digital editions.

May 16, 2011

  • I have had a prose poem accepted for publication by Anemone Sidecar! Should appear in Chapter 16. I will of course update when appropriate!

May 7, 2011

May 3, 2011

  • The Step Chamber has gone live. It includes two works of mine (“Love is the Cure for Love” and “A Hundred Thousand Men Plus One”), plus a collaboration (“zaphod” in Step Chamber Speak) with Owen Kaelin, called “The Lay of Hen and Fen.” This story (in verse (mine) and prose(Owen’s)) will be serialized over subsequent “Creatures.”
  • These Creatures shall be released bimonthly by the lunar calendar. The second one will appear on July 1.

April 30, 2011

April 25, 2011

April 23, 2011

  • This will be my blog. Shouts & Murmurs, don’t you know. If it becomes more than that, I may implement a content management platform. Here’s hoping it doesn’t come to that …
  • I will move appropriate items from the Changelog to this page … retroactive blogging, the wave of the future …

April 21, 2011

April 15, 2011

  • Red Lightbulbs will be “publishing” one of my videos! Or maybe that’s called “curation” …

April 8, 2011

April 7, 2011