dispatches from the dregs of Florida.
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Arts and media and all things new and cool website Turn and Work gave me the keys to The Shortlist this week. I curated a small selection of unforgettable new short fiction, all free to read online, around a loose…
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The Forge: Things You Lose
“It made sense why no one called them Cosby sweaters anymore. Who wants to embody the style of an iconic rapist? Likewise, they are aviators, not Unabomber glasses, they are white tanks not wife beaters. Signifiers evolve, the past is…
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Louisiana Literature: We Will Find Each Other Again
“Being from a place could make a person reckless.” Fleeing an abusive relationship, Ellie Camphor navigates exhaustion and loneliness while traveling through rural Florida. Drifting between gas stations, parks, and rest stops, she fights to cling to fragments of self…
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Star*Line: Troy Sunk in Violet
Pick up Star*Line 49.2, home planet to my poem “Troy Sunk in Violet,” an homage to Yeats, Hole, Space and Sadness. Founded in the year of my birth (1978), Star*Line is the official publication of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Poetry…
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BULL #13 – for the longjohns: Spiral
BULL published one of my favorite works, Spiral, one I thought would be unpublishable, due to the many many instances of colorful descriptions of the penis of an old man, including the line “arched like Gonzo’s nose over my bulbous…
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Gutter Magazine: The Almost
Read “The Almost” in the latest issue of Gutter, Scotland’s leading literary magazine. From the issue’s editorial: “A literary truth: reading gifts us new ways to write, and speak, and read, and live. To engage with the written work of…
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Up the Staircase Quarterly: The tomatoes had gone
Thank you to Up the Staircase Quarterly for publishing “The tomatoes had gone” in their Winter Issue (#72) alongside the illustration “Rooster of Peace” by Ukrainian artist Josephine Florens (below. ) The tomatoes had gone all fallen, puckered,slick lipstick post-ripe…
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Turn and Work: I Like Being Far Away
I wrapped myself in a towel and got in the bed between the comforter and the topsheet. He looked over at me from his side of the bed. “My sister worked at a motel, I don’t think they usually wash…
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“Spiral” and “Ma’Donna” among 20 works of memorable short fiction – Turn & Work 2025 Shortlist Favourites
Thank you to media review blog Turn & Work for including two of my short stories among 20 featured in their 2025 Shortlist Favourites list. From the blog: “These are the 20 most memorable stories I linked to at other…
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“In Another Life” nominated for Best Microfiction 2026
Thank you to Ink In Thirds literary magazine for nominating “In Another Life,” a piece of surreal short prose, for inclusion in the Best Microfiction 2026 anthology. Judges this year are Meg Pokrass, Gary Fincke, and Diane Seuss. “In Another…
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