Poems
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| On Guns and Dreams and Celestial Bodies |
A Fistful of Hollers CyberAliens Anthology |
2010 |
| The Sanity of Hats |
A Fistful of Hollers CyberAliens Anthology |
2010 |
| Nothing
Deadlier Known to Man |
Mouth
Full of Bullets Web-zine |
Issue
3 Spring 2007 |
The
Man in the Rainbow Suit, |
The
Chicago Harbor Rag Print Magazine |
Issue
1 |
| A Fleeting History of Angry Duck |
Trashnerd Web-zine |
Issue
5 April 2006 |
| How
Zombies Pass the Day |
Dead
Letters Print Magazine |
Issue
2.1 March 2006 |
| The
Work of One Who Lurks Outside |
Book
of Dark Wisdom Print Magazine |
Issue
7 October 2005 |
| The
Last Winter Holiday |
Wicked
Karnival Web-zine |
Issue
2 December 2004 |
| The
Forgotten House |
Spooks Twilight Tales Anthology |
October 2004 |
| Love
in a Fiendish Place |
Erotic Fantasy
Tales of the Paranormal
Booksurge Anthology |
March 2004 |
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Miscellany
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| Tips
for Vessell Protection: Zombie Attack (Humor) |
The
Chicago Harbor Rag Print Magazine |
Issue
2 July 2006 |
| A
Melancholy Letter to the Dawn, Written at Sunset (A Letter) |
The
Journal of Modern Post Web-zine |
August 2004 |
| Keep
Your Mouth Shut (An Essay) |
The
Writing Group Book Chicago Review Press |
September 2003 |
Stories Not Quite Published
Writer Jason Evans runs a website called THE CLARITY OF NIGHT. Every now and then, he’ll post a photo and host a flash fiction contest. Entrants write a 250 story inspired by the photo.
He puts all of the stories on his website. Since there’s not really an editorial process, they’re not actual publications, but they are available for perusal.
I’ve entered a couple of times. Here are those stories.
| Daybreak Read "Daybreak" |
The Clarity of Night | November 7, 2007 |
| Brambles in the Lavender Darkness Read "Brambles" |
The Clarity of Night | July 26, 2007 |
| Mama's Drapes Read "Mama's Drapes" |
The Clarity of Night | April 19, 2007 |
Over the last couple of years a new trend has arisen in the realm of hard-boiled short stories, Magazine-Blogs that take anything and everything that comes their way. The first such endeavor I heard about was FLASHING IN THE GUTTERS, run by mystery author Tribe. Since Tribe is a well-respected author in the crime fiction arena, the website caught my interest. The first time I checked it out there was a new story by Allan Guthrie. This was also the same day that Allan Guthrie was nominated for an Edgar award, the Oscar of the mystery fiction field.
Hmm, serious people were taking this seriously.
I read some other stories, some good and some bad, by some other authors, some unheard of and some biggish names. Before I knew it, an hour of reading had gone by and I realized I was hooked. The next day I wrote and sent in my own story, “A Bullet For Every Brain.” It was posted that evening.
I went on to have one more story posted on FLASHING IN THE GUTTERS before Tribe shut it down. I’ve also had a story on the similarly themed FLASH PAN ALLEY and a couple at MUZZLE FLASH.
As I’ve sort of hinted, I don’t consider any of these stories as publications. These send-it-in-we’ll-put-it-up endeavors are pretty much one-step removed from self-publishing (and it’s a very, very tiny step). But I do think it’s a good way to keep my name circulating (especially with FLASHING IN THE GUTTERS, which a vast majority of the mystery industry was checking out). I also think that it’s a great place for more experimental stuff that won’t quite fit anywhere else.
Here are those stories:
Friday Night on Radio Road |
Powder Burn Flash | June 4, 2009 |
| An Invasion on Cement |
Muzzle Flash | September 8, 2007 |
| Showering in a Thunderstorm Read "Showering" |
A Twist of Noir Muzzle Flash |
March 19, 2009 July 24, 2007 |
| Male Ducks Are Drakes Read "Male Ducks Are Drakes" |
Flash Pan Alley | May 8, 2007 |
| If Guns Were Dreams |
Muzzle Flash | December 7, 2006 |
Why
Abominable Snowmen |
Flashes
of Speculation |
December 1, 2006 |
| Breaking | Flashing in the Gutters | July 1, 2006 |
| A Bullet for Every Brain | Flashing in the Gutters | February 2, 2006 |
| Here’s a story I put up on my blog. | ||
| Friday Night at Cluck & Jive Read “Cluck & Jive” |
June 11, 2008 | |