Avarice!

I thought I’d give you a heads up. I’ve made a modest contribution to what promises to be a great anthology. Avarice is the latest volume in The Seven Deadly Sins, a YA Anthology and will be available early in April. My story “Fallen Angel” is tucked into the mix of compelling stories. I’ll update you as publication approaches.

“Uriah” is published in the Assisi Journal

The Kids Book Review (KBR) is an Australian site devoted to fun, quality literature for young people. Run by a dedicated and far too busy group of women, it monitors and recommends the best in books for kids. It offers excellent credibility to aspiring authors, so I tried to bolster my reputation a bit by writing several stories for them a few years back. “The Dark Monster” was the first of these. I liked its two characters – a grandfather and his grandson – and, more importantly, they liked each other. More stories naturally sprang from their friendship. The latest was just published in the Assisi journal, a publication associated with St Francis College in Brooklyn.. “Uriah” has an additional character, but the story’s inspiration derived gramps and the kid. I hope you’ll enjoy them as much as I still do.

P.S. I’ve included a link to a poem of mine that’s also in Assisi.

http://www.assisijournal.org/uriah/

http://www.assisijournal.org/shivering-angels/

 

Like a Thorny Rose

I wrote this story some years ago and it won the Central Coast Writers 2011 contest.  I thought I did a good job with it and am glad to have it achieve new publication.  Beryl Belsky, editor of The Writer’s Drawer, kindly featured it in a recent post.  Sorry, the link is no longer active.