I had a conversation with an old man who was a stranger a few weeks ago. He told me he had fought in the war. I asked him if the ...
Every Christmas, for four years, I received a different book by Gerald Brom. The first was The Plucker, which is – as I like to put it – “Brom’s Toy ...
I dated a guy who once told me that only boring people get bored. Never become bored, he said, there’s too much to do – read, write, watch, explore. Only ...
I’m ashamed to admit, it was the cover that intrigued me. I enjoyed the simplicity of it, the minimalist feel. The butterfly was in a jar. Continue ...
I’m waiting for my turn to read, sitting in a large room full of people, holding their copy of the anthology. Some of them are members of the University I ...
What’s more difficult than writing a good story? Writing good dialogue. Dialogue is an essential part of every writer’s arsenal. Get it right and it can do wonders for your ...
Many a creative writing professor has lectured me on the pivotal role a “sense of place” plays in fiction. Writers work hard at creating credible worlds in which to set ...
Part III: Is Queer Fiction about doing something different? I Paris, 2013 I’m twenty-one. Alone and cold, I step off the Megabus onto the Paris streets. My clothes ...
I’m standing outside the dorm rooms. It’s nearly the night, the sky a heavy blue, the trees turning black, the street lamps have come on. Continue Reading ...
Careful where you tread when stepping out of the time machine; butterflies are too easily crushed. Continue Reading The Windsor Rd. Dispatch: On Circumstance
Due to circumstances well within my control, my misfortune sees my back living with my parents at the ripe old age of 53. Continue Reading Windsor Rd. ...
I can relate, I can understand but I’m not being allowed to see anything, read anything, experience anything that I want to experience in real life. Continue Reading ...