Skipping Rope and Laughing
When children only stare at you, never ask you to play - or tease and lie, it's what bullying is today. Life has…
Review: My Father’s Colors
My Father's Colors
Naya Maya is about to revisit her past in a way that might shake the inner core of her world…
Gioco (Game)
I would remain half closed in one only round bracket, a belly from a line, as if I were a small fetus obscure…
The Alcove of Tau’ma and Hripsimé
The Alcove of Tau’ma and Hripsimé I am in the alcove of the Saints today
Saint Thomas, the doubting one,…
My Current Writing Obsession
If you literary leanings are towards writing full-time, you have to become totally obsessive with each project. You…
Mickey Hoffman
Mickey Hoffman
School of Lies is a funny mystery novel about a bunch of teachers who work in a dysfunctional,…
Angular Trifecta 3: Angle of Alleviation
Angle of Alleviation: A week of surveillance had netted the usual details: Personalized blurbs, full names,…
Seven-Inch Vinyl
CD’s, DVD’s and IPod’s are the way to go in 2011 but not so long ago we had stereos, our own 45’s and you were able…
Ultimate Revenge
Ultimate Revenge
Cuffed to a doorknob within her full-sized closet, blood streaming down her soft cheeks; he had…
His Broken Wing
Remember, you gathered
stones for me – emptied
edges of a brook took water
from a stream – dried soil of
spring…
I Hate Gardening!
I Hate Gardening!
There, I’ve said it - I suppose by rights I should feel guilty for not enjoying spending…
Will Traditional Ways of Selling Books Remain Effective?
Traditional Ways of Selling Books
I participated in a discussion with several authors the other night concerning…
Someday We Would Play, My Child..
Someday we would play
My child,
When I’d spare the time.Each day you bring to me
Your toys and ask
If…
What is your Name?
That simple question came to me as I went to visit a friend of mine and as custom demanded I had to go in to see…
Excerpt: A Dream of Death Forgotten
Yolanda took her lit cigarette and put it out right on Elliot’s chest and he yelled so loud he almost broke her ear…