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My very short story “How We Work” was published in The Irish Times today. The newspaper recently introduced a Flash Fiction series, curated by Irish crime writer Declan Burke. I love that the Times’s editors are affording space and giving … Continue reading →

I hope everyone enjoyed a wonderful Thanksgiving Day yesterday and that the rest of your weekend is great. I’m thrilled to have my story “Tiger’s Got Teeth” go live at Joyland Fiction today. The first draft of this story dates … Continue reading →

Without Enthusiasm–a Ralph Waldo Emerson quote that has stayed with me over the past few days. It helps. I haven’t blogged much of late because I haven’t had much enthusiasm for writing here. I have felt a great deal of … Continue reading →

That’s how it felt to read Myfanwy Collins’s response to Hard to Say (PANK, 2011). I’ve respected and admired Myfanwy’s writing for several years now and it felt both strange and wonderful to receive her praise of this little linked … Continue reading →

I’ve had quite the few days. Literary Death Match during Litquake last Thursday night was an experience. There were 250+ people in attendance in this fantastic San Francisco venue, Beatbox, and I thoroughly enjoyed myself. I shared the LDM stage … Continue reading →

On Saturday night, at Unnameable Books in Brooklyn, Kathy Fish introduced me to Robert Lopez. Since then, I read Robert’s story collection from Dzanz Books, Asunder. This is my response to Asunder: “Someone In Particular’s Tongue” Someone in particular tongued … Continue reading →

That wonderful sentence is taken from May-Lan Tan’s short story “Legendary” which was published in the summer issue of Zoetrope: All Story. “Legendary” is a powerful story about obsession, desire and the absence of love. I read riveted from the … Continue reading →

Last night, my husband and I attended Zoetrope: All-Story’s Fall Issue launch party in North Beach’s Cafe Zoetrope. I love Zoetrope: All Story and subscribed to the magazine for years, back in the days when the magazine was published in … Continue reading →

I’m going to New York, to read first with Kathy Fish and Greg Gerke, and then with Kathy Fish (again!), Heather Fowler, and Jen Michalski as part of Sara Lippmann and Nita Noveno’s Sunday Salon series. I’ve already had the … Continue reading →

One of my best and oldest friends asked, “Are you happy?” “On a scale of one-to-ten?” she asked. The questions are a loop annoying my mind. This morning, the scratches over my stomach and ribcage are red, long, intersecting, sore, … Continue reading →