Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine

Wanted to let you all know about something I am so excited about — getting published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, which has been around since 1941.  My humorous story about the confluence ...

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Taking Off Our Clothes

I just used that title to catch your attention. Actually, it’s the name of one of my poems in Volume 44, Number 2 of the fine poetry magazine, California Quarterly, edited by Pearl Karrer.   &...

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Odd Partners Anthology

Today is the launch date for Odd Partners, a Mystery Writers of America anthology edited by Anne Perry, which includes my story, “Oglethorpe’s Camera.” Here’s the Amazon blurb:...

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Polarity Magazine

I’m a little late here, but did want to post that the on-line magazine, Polarity, published my poem, “A Phrase on a Grave” in their Winter 2017-2018 issue.  It’s all about how...

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Fish Out of Water

Check out this new, fun anthology, in which I have a short story.  The book’s called Fish Out of Water, and is the fourth installment in the Guppy Anthology series.  Inside are 22 mystery and ...

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The Animal Inside

My poem, “The Animal Inside,” was published in California Quarterly, Volume 42, Issue 4.  For any of you not familiar with this magazine, I urge you to check it out. Exquisite covers, alw...

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The Way Back Machine

My article, “The Way Back Machine: Writing About Family in the Classroom,” was published in California English, Vol. 221, September 2016, pn page 20.  It featured Lucille Lang Day’s...

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99 Cent Stair!

Some of you kind readers have mentioned that you wish to share “my little Stair” — as I refer to my children’s novel on Kindle, The Stair in the Wall — with friends as g...

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California Quarterly

Two of my poems were included in California Quarterly, Volume 41, Number 2 (with beautiful artwork by editor Pearl Karrer on the cover.)  The poems were “Screen Doors” and “Bring Th...

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