Most Unusual Point of View
"The best of these fictional vignettes are like a splash of ice water in the face. Wake up, they shout, your life is unspooling. They create their emotional effects with a quick windup and a powerful release, often a final, lingering image." That's how Lisa Mulleneaux's review of Best Small Fictions 2016 concludes, and I think that's a great description [...]
Nominated for Best Small Fictions 2017
So thrilled to learn that my flash fiction story "Marcus," a piece inspired by the writing prompt "crass" and perhaps by having grown up in the shadow of the 1960's, was nominated by KYSO Flash for the Best Small Fictions 2017 anthology. Thank you, Clare MacQueen of KYSO Flash, for your support of my writing! The 2017 anthology is [...]
Why There Are Words like Sugar
On December 8, 2016 I was honored to be included in the line-up at the Sausalito institution, Why There Are Words. Peg Alford Pursell and her crew put on a fantastic event at the charming Studio 333 every month. The theme of the night was "Sugar" and there were plenty of bittersweet, tasty and even shocking moments. Several of the [...]