Short stories

Boxcar Sweet
Gemini Magazine (September, 2023)

Remembering Dragons
Nonbinary Review (fall 2023)

Art
Sangam Literary Magazine, Southern University and A&M College (June 2023)

Sorry, No Returns
Finalist, Scribes Valley Publishing short story contest (2023)

Wild Turkey
WINNER of the Humor Story Contest by TulipTree Publishing (2022)

Schubert
Evening Street Press & Review (October 2023)

Drowning in Three Acts
London Reader (coming in 2023)

Rory’s Not That Guy
The Raven’s Perch (2022)

Vista Cruiser
STORY HARVEST: Fresh-Picked Tales from Scribes Valley Publishing (2nd place in their annual writing contest) (2020)

When the Moon Gets in the Way of the Sun
Where Tales Grip from Scribes Valley Publishing ( 3rd place in their annual writing contest) (2019)

Eye Witness
Lake Street Stories (2018)

Hunting in the Dark
The late Bartleby Snopes press. It is available as a Kindle at Amazon.com (2016)

Fox
American Fiction 16  Short Story Finalist (2016)

A Compact Man
Floidoip issue of Ricky's Backyard (2017)

Tree House Trilogy
The Neighbors, a Zimbell House Anthology (2017)

Down Dog, a Love Story
The late Decasp (2016)

Chasing Fire
American Fiction Short Story Finalist (2014)

Men With Nets
The New Guard IV Machigonne Fiction Contest semi-finalist (2014)

Frogtown Multicultural Fair
Lost Lake Folk Opera v2n2 (2014)

 Hot, Safe Fun
Recognize: Voices of Bisexual Men (2014)

Twelfth, the Hard Way
The late Prague Review (March 2013)

 Escape of the Six Breasted Nymphs
Humor sci-fi anthology, Cosmic Vegetable (2013)

 Playing With Trains
The late Parable Press (February 1, 2013)

 The War Cannot Find Me
Niche Magazine (2013)

 Penelope and Abe
The late The Milo Review (2013)

An Unfortunate Incident
Issue #6 of Neutrons Protons (2014)

Slapstick
The late great FortyOunceBachelors (2011)

 Clown of Death
34th Parallel (fall 2011)

 Fourth of July
Clare Literary Journal (fall 2011)

Tales of Block E

three short stories (2017)

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A man living in a flophouse tries to impress his long-estranged blind father by embellishing on what the old man can’t see. Two employees of a porn theater pick the wrong day to get stoned. A fragile young woman and follower of a street preacher witnesses a tragedy, setting her on a mission that may be beyond her abilities. It’s 1979 on Block E, a woe-begone Times Square-type district filled with characters of all stripes—hookers and the homeless, addicts and drug dealers. But the streets also belong to the hopeful—the many people wanting so much more. These are the Tales of Block E, three stories of people in a place and a time long gone but not forgotten.

READ MORE about the very real location that serves as the setting for Tales of Block E.

In 1978 (one year before Tales of Block E takes place) WCCO TV made a 1/2 hour special about the block. TAKE A LOOK

 
 

Hunting in the Dark

Hunting in the Dark (2016) is the coming-of-age story of a group of teen boys in the woods of northern Minnesota. It’s available in Kindle.