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