M.Y.O.P.I.A. #4 The No-Negative-Connotations Michael Jackson
Remember the time when Michael Jackson was cool, just cool, without all that negative baggage? Yes, this time really once did exist.
M.Y.O.P.I.A. #3: Surviving a Starship a.k.a. Which Captain Would Kill You First?
Who cares who the so-called "best" captain might be. If I were serving on a Star Trek ship, I'd prefer to survive the first time I was beamed down to an unexplored planet.
M.Y.O.P.I.A.(My Yesteryear Opinionated and Probably Irrelevant Analysis) # 2: Summer Movies with the Summerest Feel
Do you like the idea of summer, but yet dread the heat, the bugs, the awkwardly high shorts on old people? If so, shut the blinds, crank up the AC, and embrace the idea of summer with these summer movie recommendations.
M.Y.O.P.I.A. (My Yesteryear Opinionated and Probably Irrelevant Analysis) #1: The Legend of Zelda Has a Setting
Thirty years too late, and only hypothetically, I stand up to my third-grade teacher for negatively dismissing the importance of The Legend of Zelda.
Check out the Gateway Review!!!
Are you a fan of magical realism, or any other sort of slightly absurd and surreal sort of writing? If you are, you’ll want to check out the Gateway Review. I just received my contributor copy of Volume 2, Issue 2 and I read through the whole mag. Let me just say, I am so happy to see a magazine...
Check out Conclave Issue # 9
The newest issue of Conclave has been available for a few weeks. You can pick up a copy in the link below. The issue looks great and I’m very happy to say I have a story published in it. My story is called “Utopia” and is obviously, about a Utopian place…but the real story is a look at how such...
Gold Man Review issue # 5 available
I’m pleased to have new work published in Gold Man Review # 5. This is my first nonfiction essay that I’ve had published. The essay is about my later teenage years in studying martial arts. I still feel the lessons I learned training in Karate, and other fighting styles, apply to my life today. I hope anyone interested will check...
No Extra Words Podcast Now Live!
“No Extra Words” is a fantastic new podcast that features flash fiction and literary discussion. I feel very honored to be reading one of my short stories in the latest episodes. You can listen to it here : https://noextrawords.wordpress.com/2015/09/16/episode-13-mind-the-gap-filling-in-the-spaces/
Exit 7 Spring 2015 Available Now
The latest issue of an awesome literary journal is now available. I’m not simply calling it an awesome magazine because I am privileged enough to have a story published in it. There’s lots of poetry, stories, and even some colored artwork. You can buy the latest edition here: http://www.westkentucky.kctcs.edu/Student_Life/Exit7/Subscribe.aspx The journal comes out once a year, so purchasing the one...
The Pac-Man Proclamation
(posted April 1, 2015) Nothing else compares to what the arcade classic, Pac-Man, teaches us about writing fiction. First introduced to arcades in 1980, Pac-Man remains in our culture as both a beloved pass time for video-gamers, and a too often uncelebrated teacher for aspiring fiction writers. The creators/authors seem to have intended to include every basic building...
Marvelous Meeting at Portland Comic Con
I have met a few of my favorite authors, gotten autographs and thanked them for the great stories I’ve read and enjoyed. This weekend I met a man whose creative ideas have inspired my imagination since I was a kid. I met comic book legend, Stan Lee. Then I did something that I’m still surprised by, I gave him a...
New Plains Review
The Fall 2013 issue of New Plains Review is available now. I am very pleased to have appeared in this literary journal. The latest issue features wonderful fiction and nonfiction for all you story lovers. As if that’s not enough, the journal has plenty of graphic art to gaze upon, and even some poetry too. Copies can be purchased at...