Original Short Fiction: The Letter My Father Never Wrote Me
Sean MurphyI’m grateful to the excellent literary magazine Palooka for giving a home to my very...
The Whiteness of the Whale: Remembering The White Album (Revisited)
Therefore, in his other moods, symbolize whatever grand or gracious thing he will by whiteness,...
Poem: To the ones that got away
Gratitude to Gyroscope for publishing this one (2017). To the ones that got away...
Something More Than a Superhero: Appreciating Stan Lee
Anyone who has written with some modest degree of success eventually, inevitably, is asked how...
Poem: Joey Kocur’s Fist
Gratitude for Sport Literate for publishing this one (2016). Joey Kocur’s Fist Imagine a...
Born In The U.S.A. or, Every Day Is Veterans Day (Revisited)
I. Personal Remember when Born in the U.S.A. was ubiquitous? The album and the song....
You Want To See Something Really Scary?* 10 Horrific Scenes for Halloween
First off, a confession of sorts: scary movies don’t scare me. Or, to put it...
The Fall Classic: 30 Years Ago
I don’t believe what I just saw! No one else in the room could believe...
Mail Bombs, MAGA hats, and The Genius of the Crowd
Charles Bukowski has long been an easy target, especially for the insufferable and self-appointed insiders...
Bill Buckner, Mookie Wilson and Me (Revisited)
I’ve never been able to appreciate the aesthetic perfection (that is to say, the perfection...