In Their Ruin by Joyce Goldenstern can be preordered from Amazon or Black Heron Press or from any bookstore with distribution from IPG (Independent Publishers Group) distribution — or just wait to pick up a copy at its release in July. Advance copies for purposes of review are now available through Black Heron Press, whichContinue reading “Press Release from Black Heron Press”
Category Archives: Awards
Pushcart Nomination
“The Militant Grammarian is devoted to bringing the best experimental fiction to the web. [Its] small staff is committed to an aesthetic of bold weirdness and boundary-pushing—the types of stories that other publications might consider too esoteric or theoretical or cerebral. . . .the stories that . . . deserve to be out in the world.”Continue reading “Pushcart Nomination”
His Heroic Courtesies
Oh, Apple of Discord! Sweet, Sweet Apple of Delight!
Massachusetts Murder Mystery
This story was first published in J Journal: New Writing on Justice (Vol. 6 #1. Spring 2013). It later was republished in my chapbook Way Stops Americana, which won the Gambling the Aisle chapbook contest of 2018 and which is described below the story. Massachusetts Murder Mystery My Life had stood – a Loaded GunContinue reading “Massachusetts Murder Mystery”
To Know which Way
The following story was first published in Bluestem (Karamu, spring 2006, Vol. XX, No. 1). It received a literary award from the Illinois Arts Council. Later it was published in my collection The Story Ends — The Story Never Ends (ELJ Publications Copyright 2015). It is an elegy to my mother. To Know Which Way the Cat Jumps,Continue reading “To Know which Way”
The Story Ends -- The Story Never Ends 