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  • More thrilling news!

    I have a cover design! The non-fiction book that I’ve written with my co-author, Andrew Bienkowski, is due out in March, and the editors and design team have come up with a fantastic design! I couldn’t be happier.

  • Thrilling News!

    My dear friend Paul Yoon just had his short story collection “Once the Shore” accepted for publication by none other than the elegant and classy Sarabande Books!!! Paul is such a wonderful, hard working writer, and such a genuinely nice guy. It seems like a marriage made in heaven–I couldn’t be more thrilled!

  • Jim Ruland discusses the making of Big Lonesome

    It’s the second anniversary of Big Lonesome’s publication, and Jim Ruland is blogging about the origins of his stories and other interesting tidbits. You can check it out here.

  • Happy birthday, Paula!!

    Today is my bestest best friend’s birthday. My BFF, as my teenaged daughters might say. But she really is. Paula is one of those friends you can go three months without talking to, and when you do reconnect, you just pick up where you left off as if not a day had passed. Paula and…

  • Ron Currie Jr.

    If you read one review for my friend Ron Currie’s just released book God is Dead, read this one. It’s an excellent, insightful review and the reviewer clearly “got” the book. Go Ron!

  • No Reason Not To

    I have a newly published story up at the lovely e-zine Southern Hum!

  • The Help McSweeney’s Sale

    Visit and buy.

  • St. Thomas, UVI

    I am in St. Thomas for a coral reef conference that begins tomorrow. I love the Caribbean, but I’ve never been to any of the US Virgin Islands before. It’s like being in the Caribbean with none of the non-US hassles. US currency, US outlets…it’s such a lovely place and the people have been very…

  • Topsy the Elephant

    Stephan Clark has an excellent new short-short up at LA Weekly. You can read it here. And you should.

  • Ray’s Road Review

    A new ezine has launched, Ray’s Road Review and I am thrilled to have a story in the inaugural issue alongside Cliff Garstang, Sandra Novak and Carl Moore! (And poetry by Beebe Barksdale-Bruner.)