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A high school teacher and writer discusses his writing and teaching and the places where they intersect.
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You Have My Permission To Slap Me Down
One of my colleagues (who knows about my secret life) asked why I don't strut around: "Look at me I'm a published author."My response: "Do you know how much rejection is involved in each success?" But maybe I have a problem with self-promotion.Self-p...
WIP Wednesday: The Poetry Edition
Why the poetry edition? Well, Vicious Verses and Reanimated Rhymes: Zany Zombie Poetry for the Undead Head edited by A.P. Fuchs has just been released by Coscom Entertainment, and yes, I wrote a little ode to the undead for the collection. Buy a copy...
Cover Art Goodness
Triangulation: Dark Glass is now on sale. The collection includes some wonderful tales. (Hidden behind which my own "Dancing Lessons" can be found.) The cover of Triangulation: Dark Glass smacks of dark fantasy goodness, doesn't it? ...
They Warned Me This Would Happen...
I have a short up at Every Day Fiction today. "Inked" is a different kind of story, and the editors warned me that some readers wouldn't like it because of the vague nature of the tale. A few have already left comments to that direction, one fairl...
Friday Flash Two-fer
I could let my short-short, "The Long Contract" over at Everyday Weirdness stand in for Friday Flash, but, with the 4th of July tomorrow, I couldn't help offering this little ditty:"The Bet"Ben says the the fuse is waterproof.I take the bet. He swall...
The House Eaters, Continued
Chapter two of The House Eaters is up for your reading pleasure. At this rate, the whole book will be available sometime in 2012. Barring the end of the world, of course.I also woke to an acceptance from Polluto for a weird little tale about face rem...
Daddy's Touch
I knew those trips to the natural history museum would pay off someday..."Daddy's Touch" is up at Flashes in the Dark today. Thank you, Family Dermestidae.Speaking of flash fiction, stop by Fifty-Two Stitches and read "Something in Common" by Joshua...
Triangulation: Dark Glass (Thus Far)
Triangulation: Dark Glass will be released in time for the PARSEC's annual Confluence convention, on the weekend of July 24-26, 2009. The anthology includes the following stories (in no particular order):"The Milton Feinhoff Problem" -- Mark Onspaug...
New Story at Every Day Fiction (with an interview)
"To Make Things Right" is up at Every Day Fiction, followed by an interview from little ol' me.I must say the story was inspired by one of my favorite short stories of all time (and one that still leaves me scratching my head), "The Assembly of the D...
Tipping Points
The Tipping Point is defined as the moment of critical mass, the threshold, and the boiling point. It is the point when everyday things reach epidemic proportions...the fact that little causes can have big effects, and that change happens not gradual...
Necrography #1 Now Available
Necrography #1 is now available from the Necrography website for the low price of (are you ready for this bit?) $6.66. (I know...I know...) My short, "Brian Cullen's Confessional"--a story that involves a child's sandbox in a very unchildlike way--is...
