The short story is on its way to the contest judges. Special thanks go out to Cheryl (the love of my life), Elizabeth, Kim and Cynthia for taking the time and reading it for me.
I’m both anxious and ambivalent. I hope I win and I think I put forth a decent effort. […]

Perfect Paradox is the working title for my short story. It is also the title of Gary’s book of poetry that was published in the month or so before he died.
I picked up a copy of Writer’s Journal magazine this morning and was delighted to see that the short story contest deadline is May […]

Loss
The past three months have flown by and not in a good way. Leslie Morin, wife of my long-time friend Jay, mother of two boys, Russell and Nathaniel, lost her fight to cancer in March. The news struck us pretty hard. We hadn’t seen or heard from them in quite a while […]