Published in Salt Flats·Apr 2, 2021Member-onlyClear as the Ska is BlueUpbeat brass and happiness veiling sorrow beneath the beatPoem1 min readPhoto by Alena Jarrett on UnsplashClear as the Ska is Blue----
Published in Salt Flats·Feb 6, 2021Member-onlyTime OutYou’ve held my heart in the palm of your hand, turned the bloody thing over, wondering what makes it beat like a watch whose second-hand makes the long, lonely distance around the face while the hour hand of your love inches by. Have you dropped it? Do discarded hearts beat…Poetry2 min read
Jan 30, 20212020 Awards EligibilityFor those of you who might be so inclined to nominate my work for any of the awards out there, here is a list of my work that is eligible from 2020. I have my novel, but most of the rest is short stories. There’s a poem in there, too. …Writing3 min read
Published in Loose Words·Jan 27, 2021Member-onlyHearts of PassionThe heart’s a fickle mistress a thing of ice and fire. It bears a beating witness to all that you aspire. But hearts can twist suspicious and tie you up in wire. It burns a righteous fury, no reason to be found. It acts a solemn jury, and handcuffs you, spellbound. It rains tormented…Poetry1 min read
Dec 28, 2020A Year in Review — Writing in 2020As every year, I’d like to go through and offer a place to check out the writing work I’ve been most proud of over the last year. 2020 hasn’t been the easiest year for anyone, and the same holds true of me. We’ve all been through a lot, but that…Writing7 min read
Published in Loose Words·Dec 9, 2020Member-onlyThe SpearheadTeleporting through dreams…Space1 min readPhoto by Shot by Cerqueira on UnsplashThe Spearhead----1
Published in Salt Flats·Nov 21, 2020Member-onlyThe CovenantThey say blood is thicker than water, but that’s not true. Some say the original idiom is much older than the current use of the term and it is the complete antithesis of the way the phrase is used today: “The blood of the covenant is thicker than the water…Stories3 min read
Published in Loose Words·Nov 15, 2020Member-onlySleeping Beautya temporal travel through tumultuous timesPoetry1 min readPhoto by Yuris Alhumaydy on UnsplashSleeping Beauty----
Published in Loose Words·Aug 27, 2020Member-onlyCave’s ShadowTrapped in the lying memoryPoetry1 min read