Author of St. Michael Poker & Drinking Club and Baxter's Friends
A new short story POTENTIAL has been selected for inclusion in the next edition of The Examined Life: A Literary Journal of the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine. POTENTIAL is an adaptation of a chapter from my second novel CEMETERY ROAD, which I am presently more...
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Here is a link to the on-line version of "Prognostication" in Rose Red Review. At first reading it may appear to be a bit of whimsy, but on further consideration I think you will see a deeper more...
A recent poem "Under the Streetlight In the Rain" was published by Poydras Review May 2nd. Take a more...
A new poem Under the Streetlight in the Rain will appear May 1st at Poydras more...
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I'm pleased to announce that the Winter 2016 edition of Soundings Review was released earlier this month by the Northwest Institute of Literary Arts and included my short story CLYDE. The review is quite good and includes a wide range of literary works including poetry, fiction, essays and something for children. I highly recommend more...
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I just reviewed the galley proof of my short story "Clyde" which will appear in the January 2016 edition of Soundings Review. Looks great. Very nice literary more...
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My most recent short story CLYDE will be included in the January 2016 edition of Soundings more...
I've been notified my most recent short story "Clyde" will appear in an upcoming issue of Soundings Review, Northwest Institute of Literary Arts. I will update when I know the publication more...
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It's been a while since I last posted. I am currently wrapping up my new novel tentatively entitled CASUALTIES. The book deals with the juxtaposition of fathers who were WW II vets and their sons facing the war in Vietnam. Stay more...
It's been some time since I last blogged. I've been revising my second novel tentatively entitled CASUALTIES. There never seems to be a natural end to a writing project, only an arbitrary stopping point if you want to get it off your desk and into print. In addition to writing I've been traveling and reading. I try not to read fiction while writing fiction. However, I more...
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Down Cemetery Road is the much-anticipated prequel to the unforgettable Baxter’s Friends. Ned Randle raises the curtain on the formative years of Billy Bright’s life, revealing a formula for his adult years that is at once both intoxicating and utterly sobering. Down Cemetery Road delves into the disillusionment of adolescence sadly often shot down by mid-life.
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