Tag: writing

  • The Scavenger

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    “I watched a wake of turkey vultures slurp up bits of cow…” The Scavenger, a rural Florida gothic serial killer tale, first dramatized by Creepy Podcast and later picked up by Illustrated Worlds Magazine – is reprinted below. (First, though, this photo…taken from my grandparent’s 40 acre homestead in Arcadia, FL, where this story is set. Crazy place!)…

  • Green Hills Literary Lantern: Ma’Donna

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    The Harborside Mobil Stop-n-Go shines its beacon, its big old sign with all the gas prices, the ones that go back and forth a few cents every day for reasons I’ll never know, way up high for the boats to see. After closing, all the lights in and around the store go out except for…

  • BULL: Spiral

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    She spits through lips painted green. She means disrespect but I see DNA. In spit is a stamp that can clone or convict you. I suppose that an artist’s work, to its maker, does both. I can understand the desire for distance.… “Spiral” – a story about bodies, minds, and masks. About devotion and disillusionment.…

  • To Bethany, with teeth.(Reprinted here, read in full.)

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    To Bethany, with teeth. debuted in Luna Station Quarterly earlier this Spring. I am reprinting it here today in full. An odd little morality tale featuring witchcraft gone wrong…gone right. (Painting above, Buried in the Sand, by me.) To Bethany, with teeth. Michael dunks the beaver carcass into a bright blue drum of Strip-All. He…

  • Ink In Thirds: In Another Life

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    In Another Life: A study of mania and its inevitable crash. And also, orange juice. Originally published in the Spring/Summer issue of Ink in Thirds. In Another Life  James lies on the motel bed. Outside, a tinsel rain begins to fall.  He grabs a smoke from the nightstand, lights it, takes a soul-healing drag and closes…

  • BULL: Spiral

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    Spiral: A young art school chick and an aging male nude art model’s friendship snaps and irreparably unwinds. Did they ever really know each other at all? Spoiler alert: NOPE! To be published later this year in BULL. Painting above from the Gnome Alone series, by me.

  • Whale Road Review: Once, We Were Under the Sea

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    Once, We Were Under the Sea, an ode to prehistoric Florida, can be found in the Spring 2025 edition of the prestigious Whale Road Review. The edition in full is inspiringly curated – jewel-like and intoxicating. I recommend reading each piece in order with a warm cup of honeyed tea by your side. Bonus points…

  • Luna Station Quarterly: To Bethany, With Teeth.

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    To Bethany, with Teeth: A tale of abuse and retribution set in a world where witchcraft is a science, where hexes and spells are available to anyone willing to expend a little patience and effort. I am really struggling with a synopsis for this one. I’ll just post an excerpt and tell you that you…

  • JMWW Journal: Copperfield

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    Copperfield: An elderly woman in an oppressive small town has “let herself go.” Stopped gardening. Stopped bathing. Dyed all her clothes black. Has given up on humanity until a chance encounter with fourteen year-old Melody; a kindred spirit who’s determined to find herself…by getting lost. Published October 2024 by JMWW Journal. I am really proud…