Saturday, November 1, 2025

November 2025 Update



As I draft this post I am looking through the front window watching leaves fall. Trees like the tulip tree shown in the photo have now lost most of their leaves. Soon it will be time to pack away the lawn mower, and already, we’ve moved the snow blower from the back shed into the garage. Like the outdoors, writing has its own seasons and I’m settling in for a stretch of non-fiction focus, though I will likely still write the odd poem or short story depending on deadlines and inclinations.
 
 
Recent Publications
Fiction:
"Dorian Gray's Rookie Card," Havok, Multiversal, October 3, 2025.
 
Nonfiction:
“Crafts, art, giant pumpkins displayed at fair,” Simcoe Advocate, October 23, 2025.
 
“Fungi the focus of Norfolk Field Naturalists’ hike,” Simcoe Advocate, October 9, 2025.

Poetry:
“She Does Not Look Back,” The Lorelei Signal, October-December 2025 issue, https://www.loreleisignal.com/she-dies-not-look-back

Reviews:
Five Points on an Invisible Line, by Su J. Sokol, The Seaboard Review of Books, October 29, 2025, https://www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/five-points-on-an-invisible-line-su-j-sokol
 
“Habs Nation Provides a ‘People's History’ of Storied Team,” a review of Habs Nation: A People’s History of the Montreal Canadiens by Brendan Kelly, The Seaboard Review of Books, October 8, 2025, https://www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/habs-nation-brendan-kelly
 
 
Just Call Me Andi: Sports Stories from a Trailblazer, by Andria Petrillo, The Seaboard Review of Books, October 15, 2025, https://www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/just-call-me-andi-by-andria-petrillo
 
Lafleur: The Legend, by Steven Finn and Pierre Gince, The Seaboard Review of Books, October 13, 2025, https://www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/lafleur-the-legend-by-steven-finn-pierre-gince
 
Origins of Desire in Orchid Fens, by Lynn Hutchinson Lee, The Seaboard Review of Books, October 20, 2025, https://www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/origins-of-desire-in-orchid-fens-lynn-hutchinson-lee
 
Speculative Shorts: Stories that fell out of my brain, by Cait Gordon, The Seaboard Review of Books, October 22, 2025, https://www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/speculative-shorts-stories-that-fell-out-of-my-brain-cait-gordon
 
What I’m Working On
I’ve been working on some book and anthology proposals, with some more work yet to do. I have some articles to complete, and book reviews on the go as well.