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06/02/2026

It's Two-Fer Tuesday!

My story 'The Nice List' is a finalist for the Story Unlikely 2026 Short Story Contest!

Wow!

An award-winning monthly literary magazine, Story Unlikely publishes top-tier fiction and non-fiction - from memoir to speculative (fantasy, horror and sci fi), and everything in between. Have a story to tell? Enter Story Unlikely.

06/02/2026

They asked me not to say anything until it was official. It's official!

Roe River Review is pleased to announce First Place, Second Place, Third Place, Finalists, and Honorable Mentions in the 2026 Editor’s Prize. The 2026 Editor’s Prize issue is available: First Place…

05/14/2026

Just saw a proof of my story 'Fabricating Gary Gatenou', which is going to be included in Story Unlikely's first annual print anthology (https://www.storyunlikely.com)! You gotta pick up a copy when it comes out. You just gotta.

04/23/2026

I'm going to be in New York, pitching my latest novel. Know any agents I ought to meet? Or who ought to meet me?

04/14/2026

My story 'American Foreign Policy' was shortlisted for the Sequestrum Reprint Edition. Even better news, 'The More You Take Away' made it! Look for it in an upcoming edition (https://sequestrum.org) .

04/07/2026

Another Almost. My short story ‘The Beneficiary’ made it all the way to the shortlist of the Sequestrum Reprint Edition.

04/03/2026

Tomorrow is 4/4, which is kinda perfect since I just found out that four (count 'em) four of my short stories were shortlisted for Sequestrum's Reprint Edition.

* A Bird in the Hand
* Exactly How Much?
* Caviar
* Sorry About the Mess

Not bad, huh? https://www.facebook.com/sequestrumlit

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03/22/2026

I stopped by my local library in hopes of finding a book I wanted to read and came across this instead. Turns out, the Multnomah County Library has five copies of this extraordinary book. How cool is that? https://multcolib.org

03/17/2026

Bernadette Fiaschetti invited me onto One Life Radio to talk about life, pizza, and love. Oh yeah. And this book I wrote, too. You gotta check it out!

Holy Crap! This book actually works! Brian was single for a long time. One day it occurred to him: What if there was a way to apply what I am really good at (real estate) to what—so far—I pretty much sucked at (finding true love)? Turns out, yep. Just about every rule I advise my clients to foll...

01/17/2026

Stopped by Portland's Literary Arts bookstore/cafe and guess what they have for sale! Yes, coffee. But guess what else.

Literary Arts