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Mermaid

Posted on January 19, 2024

This little story was picked up by Rumble, a webzine, in 2005, not to be confused with Rumble, the video site where mouth-breathing alt-right troglodytes who have been kicked off YouTube (and…

Then Worms Shall Try: Seven Studies in the Efficacy of Andrew Marvell’s “To His Coy Mistress”

Posted on January 12, 2024

Another completely 100% true tale, more or less, maybe more less than more. To be honest, I never had much luck with Marvell, I think Lovelace works better if you have to…

Imprimatur

Posted on January 5, 2024

The first thing you need to know about this story is that it’s true, more or less. When I was an undergrad at a small Catholic liberal arts school in the Upper…

Ichthyology

Posted on December 29, 2023

This story was published by JMWW in 2005, though their archives only go back to 2009 so you’ll have to take my word for it. Somehow they’re still a going concern, so…

I might not miss you

Posted on December 22, 2023

This is a missed connections story, a what-could-have-been-but-could-never-be tale that is wistful and maybe a bit mawkish, but I like some of the turns of phrase so I stand by the effort….

Haute Couture

Posted on December 15, 2023

This weird little satirical sketch appeared in 2004 in Somewhat.org, yet another fun, quirky, and now defunct webzine. As of this posting the domain name is for sale, and it’s not a…

Carabosse

Posted on December 9, 2023

Here’s a moderately steamy story that was published in the “Clean Sheets” erotica webzine in 2005. The title is taken from “Sleeping Beauty” — Carabosse is one of the names used by…

Sleeping beauties and wicked fairies

Posted on December 9, 2023

Photo by Alex Mihai C on Unsplash “Carabosse” was published in “Clean Sheets,” a webzine specializing in erotic fiction and poetry in 2005. It appears to have gone offline in 2017 —…

Call Me Pearl

Posted on December 1, 2023

This little story saw print publication in “Ballyhoo Stories,” a now defunct little lit mag of the early aughts. (Remember lit mags? Yeah, me neither …) I actually did a live reading…

Quick notes on “Bank Holiday”

Posted on November 25, 2023

I wrote this story in 2005 or 2006, and had it accepted and published at Lily Lit Review in April 2006 — another of the slew of little lit zines of the…

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