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...