Tag: stories

  • The Common #21

    The Common #21

    I’m so pleased to have a story, “Misdirection,” in this issue of The Common. Now available for pre-order, digital editions available from April 26.

  • Cordella Magazine — issue 13

    If you’ve never checked out Cordella Magazine, do. I’m always struck by the images selected for each text, by the range of voices. After twelve beautiful, varied–visually lovely, verbally rich–issues published online, the first print issue, Issue Thirteen: Rebellion, is now available for pre-order. I am pleased and proud to have a story (“Star Turn”) in this…

  • If you’ve ever seen a flamingo. . .

    None of my photos are as close-up, glossy, right there with you as the alert yet resting bird Nowhere Magazine paired with my story, “Of a Feather.” But I did see flamingos in Patagonia a couple of years ago, and I did take pictures. And it did start me thinking about other flamingos I had…

  • Can a great story start with a salad?

    Alcohol. Because a great story never starts with a salad. I noticed the sign outside a bar in my neighborhood. I was jogging, so I didn’t have a camera, and when I thought to go back for a photo, an announcement of the weekly special had taken its place. But it struck me as an…

  • In the spirit of detours and mystery fiction and taking on a new voice….

    I’ve written a novel that includes segments of mystery novels by one J. Wisdome, pseudonymous author of the Sgt. String series. Now I’m writing another novel, this one made up of more of J. Wisdome’s stories (those that didn’t quite make it into the first book, mainly because I hadn’t written them yet). Or maybe…