Category: Short Stories

Behold, proud spider /

Web in our condo window /

You’re gonna starve in here!

–Phil Temples

I’m shopping around a 100-word micro named “Whirlwind” about two boys who encounter a dust devil in a Kansas cornfield.

My satirical piece “Fake News” was accepted for publication by the online ‘zine Children, Churches and Daddies, Volume 287 which will debut in November, 2018. 

Dime Show Review accepted one of my (very) short pieces entitled “Stop Me” for publication soon.

My 590-word flash horror story, “The White Nothing” was just accepted for publication by “Darkness Within” e-zine. Yay.

“The FictionPool” has accepted my short experimental poem Friday Night for publication sometime in December, 2016.

For your reading amusement–this humorous little tale entitled “The Blessed Virgin” I wrote that appeared today on Fiction On The Web.

Today marks my 1000th Duotrope story entry. I logged my first transaction on Dec. 11, 2011. Over the past five years, I’ve logged submissions to 367 different markets. Thus far I have had 127 out of a total of 141 accepted for publication–both in print and online. Two submissions were full-length novels, one was a novella, and another was a story anthology; the remainder were short stories and flash fiction. As a writer, I’ve found Duotrope to be an invaluable resource.

My silly little ten-word story “Thirsty Horse” is available for reading on Dime Show Review. I like the fact that they made it appear to be produced on an old Underwood manual typewriter.