A flash fiction story of mine titled “To Every Dog His Day” recently appeared in To The Dogs: 31 Very Short Stories About Man's Best Friend from Altitude Press (cover is at left), hence the title of this month’s blog post. As a fellow writer noted, I’ve had some success with dog- and cat-themed writing, which seems to come naturally.
I say, if it works, do it, and I’m grateful for
the existence of themed anthologies and magazine issues like To the Dogs
to send my work to.
Recent Publications
Articles:
“Addiction, Family, and Political Intrigue,” An Interview with Susan Forest, Author of the Addicted to Heaven Series, published in Interstellar Flight Magazine, September 16, 2024, https://magazine.interstellarflightpress.com/addiction-family-and-political-intrigue-e1108b0a5ac0
“Addiction, Family, and Political Intrigue,” An Interview with Susan Forest, Author of the Addicted to Heaven Series, published in Interstellar Flight Magazine, September 16, 2024, https://magazine.interstellarflightpress.com/addiction-family-and-political-intrigue-e1108b0a5ac0
“Biologist shines light on Norfolk’s ‘secretive’ wildlife,” Simcoe Advocate, Grant Haven News, September 26, 2024. https://www.granthaven.com/simcoe-advocate (see downloadable version of newspaper).
“Reception
kicks off Norfolk Studio Tour exhibition,” Simcoe Advocate, Grant
Haven News, September 26, 2024. https://www.granthaven.com/simcoe-advocate
(see downloadable version of newspaper).
Poetry:
“We’re Back,” Polar Starlight, Issue 16, August/September 2024, published September 2, 2024, https://polarborealis.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/POLAR-STARLIGHT-16-August-September-2024.pdf
Reviews:
Game On: How Sports Media Grew Up, Sold Out, and Got Personal With Billions of Fans, by David Bockino, posted on the Sports Literature Association book review site, August 14, 2024, https://sportliteratureassociation.wordpress.com/2024/08/14/game-on-how-sports-media-grew-up-sold-out-and-got-personal-with-billions-of-fans-by-david-bockino/
Living With Dementia: The Collected
Columns of Darce Fardy, posted
on The Seaboard Review web site, September 23, 2024, https://theseaboardreview.substack.com/p/living-with-dementia-darce-fardy
Short Stories:
“Fallback,” published in Yabblins: 2, Gypsum Sound Tales, September 24, 2024.
“To Every Dog His Day,” To The
Dogs: 31 Very Short Stories About Man's Best Friend, Altitude Press,
published September 27, 2024.
“We’re Back,” Polar Starlight, Issue 16, August/September 2024, published September 2, 2024, https://polarborealis.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/POLAR-STARLIGHT-16-August-September-2024.pdf
Game On: How Sports Media Grew Up, Sold Out, and Got Personal With Billions of Fans, by David Bockino, posted on the Sports Literature Association book review site, August 14, 2024, https://sportliteratureassociation.wordpress.com/2024/08/14/game-on-how-sports-media-grew-up-sold-out-and-got-personal-with-billions-of-fans-by-david-bockino/
“Fallback,” published in Yabblins: 2, Gypsum Sound Tales, September 24, 2024.
What I’m
Working On
Nonfiction has been my focus for the most part during the past month, though I am working on some other pieces as time permits.
Coming Soon
I recently read Maxie Dara’s fantasy/cozy mystery A Grim Reaper’s Guide to Catching a Killer. The “Grim Reaper” of the title is a woman named Kathy Valence, one of many soul collectors who work for a corporation known as S. C. Y. T. H. E. (Secure Collection, Yielding, and Transportation of Human Essences). Dara’s book was original, suspenseful, and sometimes laugh-out-loud funny, a great read for fans of fantasy/mystery stories. I’ll post a link to the review once it’s been published.
I have a
story titled “Wheels of Progress” in Microcosm Publishing’s This Is Your Bike on Plants: Fantastical Feminist Stories of Bicycling,
Gardens, and Growth, coming soon. Kickstarter link is: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/microcosmpublishing/this-is-your-bike-on-plants-feminist-sci-fi-rooted-in-hope
Nonfiction has been my focus for the most part during the past month, though I am working on some other pieces as time permits.
I recently read Maxie Dara’s fantasy/cozy mystery A Grim Reaper’s Guide to Catching a Killer. The “Grim Reaper” of the title is a woman named Kathy Valence, one of many soul collectors who work for a corporation known as S. C. Y. T. H. E. (Secure Collection, Yielding, and Transportation of Human Essences). Dara’s book was original, suspenseful, and sometimes laugh-out-loud funny, a great read for fans of fantasy/mystery stories. I’ll post a link to the review once it’s been published.
