Plot:Our hero rides his bike with his friend Heriot to the churchyard. Heriot wants him to check something out but doesn’t want to see it himself. Our hero soon finds what he’s looking for—a grave with no headstone or inscription. A beveled marble curb encloses a graveled area. In the graveled area stand two marbleContinue reading “Review of “The Marble Hands” by Bernard Capes: Halloween Countdwon”
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Review of “The Furnished Room” by O. Henry: Halloween Countdown
Plot: In the turn of the century New York’s Lower West Side, a young man seeks to rent a room. After confirming with the prospective landlady that she rents to a lot of “theatrical people,” he asks if she has recently rented to Miss Eloise Vashner. “[D]o you remember such a one among your lodgers?Continue reading “Review of “The Furnished Room” by O. Henry: Halloween Countdown”
Review of “Comings and Goings: The Art of Being Seen” By Alex Diaz-Granados
Full disclosure: The author of this short story is a netbuddy of mine going back to sometime in the early aughts. We “met” on the (alas!) defunct site Epinions some twenty-odd (many of them quite odd) years ago. The Stuff: At a party where Jim is more observer than participant, a young woman approaches himContinue reading “Review of “Comings and Goings: The Art of Being Seen” By Alex Diaz-Granados”
Short Story Published YIPPEE!!!
A short story of mine was published in a magazine called Umbrella Factory. I’m jazzed. It’s call “With Ever Returning Spring” and appears on page 28. I hope you will enjoy. To keep me humble I also received a rejection for another story today. They do come fast and furious.
Short Story Published (YIPPEE!!)
One of my short stories was published today in an online magazine called The Worlds Within Welcome to The Worlds Within – The Worlds Within. My short story is called Devil’s Bargain. Devil’s Bargain – The Worlds Within I must warn the reader that story is it somewhere north of 6000 words long. I hopeContinue reading “Short Story Published (YIPPEE!!)”
Review of “The Ambitious Guest” by Nathaniel Hawthorne: Halloween Countdown
This is the first of what I thirty-one reviews of horror/ghost short stories I have planned for October as a Halloween countdown. Enjoy and wish me luck. 1) “The Ambitious Guest” by Nathaniel Hawthorne A family runs an inn in a remote area of the White Mountains of New Hampshire. They are happy. Because theirContinue reading “Review of “The Ambitious Guest” by Nathaniel Hawthorne: Halloween Countdown”
Spring Clean #10 Five More Books
This is the tenth group of books I’m getting ready to drop off for donation. With this group gone, my second shelf is cleared—“cleared” being a relative term, of course. I get a chance to wipe it down and fill it with books that have been lying around the house. Writing about the book donationsContinue reading “Spring Clean #10 Five More Books”
Review of “Intergalactic Negotiations” by Joshua Fagan
“The first rule of diplomacy is to know what the other party wants better than they do.”
Reviews of Old and New Stories. Mostly Old 