As part of my continuing experiment with electronic publishing, I have added my short story “Natural Selection” to my eBook store. When this story was originally published last October in Cantaraville, wrote extensively about how it came to be written … Continue reading →
An epilogue to the previous post, “Gifts.” On Christmas Day of 1979, my parents, my sisters, and I drove out to Stony Brook to visit with Oma and Opa. Opa was in the terminal stage of the cancer that would … Continue reading →
Part 1: This essay was originally published three years ago in Seeker Magazine. When I began writing it, my only intent was to document a family story that was going to be forever lost due to the passage of time. … Continue reading →
The price war that erupted this week among Amazon, Wal-Mart, Target, and Barnes & Noble has authors, publishers, and independent booksellers nervously speculating about what the future holds for them. Ironically, Barnes & Noble, whose sheer size gave it pricing … Continue reading →
One realization does dawn upon the death of the second parent, namely that you’ve now moved into the green room to the River Styx. You’re next. Another thing about parental mortality: No matter how much you’ve prepared for the moment, … Continue reading →
