Expanded Short Story to become a Stand-alone (Short) Book!

Coming this July, 2025, an expanded version of my short story, "Watership Sideways", from the Alice-in-Wonderland-themed anthology, "13 Lives of Alice" (no longer in print), will be published as a stand-alone book by the same publisher, Black Hare Press. How nice to have another book with my name on it!

This same deal was given to most of the contributors to "13 Lives of Alice", so if you enjoyed other chapters from the anthology, you may be able to enjoy rereading (hopefully improved and expanded) versions of them, separately.

 Although "13 Lives of Alice" remains (temporarily) listed on Amazon.de (Germany) and Amazon.uk (Great Britain), the "out of stock" status will never be corrected. You can only find the book used, if you're lucky.

DRABBLES: FIRST CONTACT by Starry Eyed Press published

As foretold in a post last November, Starry Eyed Press' "First Contact" drabbles anthology has just released as an eBook. The printed versions will soon follow. I have ten micro-stories (drabbles) in this one.

Here are the purchase links: 

📖 Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DXBY42ZG

🌍 Global Link: https://books2read.com/DrabblesFirstContact

Available Today: Tumbleweed-themed Horror Anthology, "THORNS"

I'm happy to announce that my dark and quirky, short story, "Dust to Dust" has been selected for inclusion in Black Hare Press' tumbleweed-themed horror anthology, "Thorns", available today!

Order here: https://books2read.com/BHP-THORNS

Hungry Thing Sees 5th Anniversary

After two years of creative development, working by correspondence with Romanian illustrator Norbert Somosi, (me in Japan and he in Romania) our book “Hungry Thing” was published on December 19th, 2019: a dark fantasy tale told in five poems, illustrated with twenty, custom, black & white illustrations. To celebrate the publication’s five year anniversary, Norbert recreated color versions of two of the illustrations.

The End of Winter, by Norbert Somosi 

 

Hungry Thing, by Norbert Somosi 

Ten FIRST CONTACT themed science fiction drabbles accepted for Starry Eyed Press anthology.

As mentioned in a previous post, I dedicated myself to writing and submitting ten, science-fiction drabbles (the maximum allowed for one author) to a "FIRST CONTACT" themed drabble anthology announced by Starry Eyed Press. Happily, all of my submissions were accepted, and I signed a publishing contract them today.

For those who may be curious, here are the story titles. Let your imaginations roam!

·         Who Summoned the Ambassador?
·         The Regift (with Tom Jolly)
·         The Smart Alliance
·         Mind Readers
·         The Stalker
·         Hostess Seeks Host
·         Dynamic Upgrades
·         How Natives Rescued the First Human Colony
·         Fading Blue Light Special

·     ·         Pirate Lessons

Featured Author in Flash Frights #3, "CABIN" by Black Hare Press

Black Hare Press has finished compiling a third anthology of image/theme-prompted, horror micro-fiction, this one titled "CABIN". Also, for the third time, my submission (titled "Survivalist") was judged among the top three stories submitted. (Gratifying news! I worked very hard on it).

Once the competition closed, five additional story spots were advertised, so I wrote and submitted poem, “Cabin Made of Bones,” which was also accepted.

The book will launch on 15 December, 2025. Here's the link to reserve your own copy:- https://books2read.com/BHP-

42 Stories Anthology is FINALLY published!

42 Stories Anthology Presents: Book of 42²

I have only one, humorous, science-fiction micro-story in this huge anthology. It was submitted in July of 2018, so it has been an epic wait to see it in print. Unfortunately, albeit predictably and poetically, the cost will be a rather pricy $42.

UPDATE: The price will be only $30 until after the holidays.

This is an anthology of 1,764 micro-stories in a variety of genres, each consisting of exactly 42 words, and having a title exactly 42 characters long.

My story is titled: "New Vat-Grown Caretakers May Remember Old Tricks"

What is the significance of 42? Why, of course, it's the meaning of life, the universe and everything! Each story is exactly 42-words long and has a title 42-characters long. There are 42 such stories in each of 42 genre categories!