Tag Archives: memoir

After the Fire: A Personal Essay

“After the fire, the fire still burns, the heart grows older but never ever learns. The memories smolder and the soul always yearns. After the fire, the fire still burns.” – Pete Townshend Excerpt… If he remembers me after these … Continue reading

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Smashwords winter/summer sale 2011

Every July, Smashwords conducts a site-wide promotion celebrating summer in the northern hemisphere and winter in the southern hemisphere.  From now until July 31, all of my Smashwords editions are on sale or free. Only Love Can Break Your Heart … Continue reading

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Publications

  Fiction “A Couple” – Cantaraville Two (also available in the eBook Store) “Absolutely Fourth Street” – The Square Table “Bonnifer” – Lily (also available in the eBook Store) “Calvin’s Monster”- Word Riot “Indian Summer” -  Cantaraville Four “Natural Selection” … Continue reading

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Thirty Years Ago

A typical scene.  College guys sitting in their dorm watching Monday Night Football.  Mohlson’s Golden Ale. Doritos.  Lots of cross-talk.  Somebody said, “Hold on, something’s happening.”  I hung on every word, and every word lasted an eternity,  hoping it would … Continue reading

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On Memory and Fiction

In part four of Ian McEwan’s Atonement, aging author Briony Tallis is revealed to be the author of the novel that comprises the previous three sections of the book.  She is dying of vascular dementia, and that this, her last … Continue reading

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