Thank you to Welter for publishing “Beamsville, Ontario” in the Fall 2023 Digital Lit Issue, and for a fabulous online reading last night with art, music, and entertaining words. Welter is a student run magazine out of the University of Baltimore.
Beer City
Cutleaf, in conjunction with All About Beer, has published a beer themed issue, and they have included my poem, “Beer City.” Thank you to Denton Loving and the Cutleaf team, who will also be including the poem in their end-of-year print anthology.
American Tea
Thank you to Jeff Bogle for including “American Tea” in the latest issue of Stanchion, which is available for pre-order now. Look at that fabulous cover!
December Sky
Thank you to Taylor Meredith and the team at Rock & Sling for including “December Sky” in Issue 17.1. This is a lovely, print-only magazine with thoughtful notes from each contributor.
Reclamation
Thank you to fiction editor Zoë Meager, publisher Anna Scaife, and the entire takahē team for including “Reclamation” in issue 107.
And there’s a launch, June 15 at 7 PM NZST (New Zealand Standard Time)! Click the image above which will take you to the magazine twitter page; the event link is in the bio.
Hidden Truths of Reupholstering
Thank you to everyone at phoebe journal for including my short fiction “Hidden Truths of Reupholstering” in this latest issue. Thanks especially to fiction editors Katy Mullins and Bareerah Ghani for selecting it.
The issue is gorgeous, with two sections of art within. Keep checking phoebe’s website as they post issues online.
Surgeon
Thank you to everyone at descant for including “Surgeon” in the latest issue.
Premonition
Thank you to James Tate Hill for featuring this flash on Monkeybicycle.
Writing While Biking
The gorgeous contributor copies of Blue Earth Review arrived, and wow, this is a beautiful issue with beautiful work. I’m honored to have my flash creative nonfiction “Writing While Biking” included. Thanks to Aarron Sholar for selecting this piece, and to Pritika Pradhan and Jack Harris, managing editors. The cover artwork, below, is Rachel Coyne’s “Vision of Snakes in the Garden.”
Outlining
Thank you to Megan Williams, Anna Schles, and the entire team at Cheat River Review for publishing “Outlining,” a nonfiction collaboration with Susan Wider. Susan and I have been friends since we met at a writer’s mentorship program in South Lake Tahoe in 2013.
This Isn't Meditation, It's Simulation
Thank you to Joe Neary and Megan Neary for publishing this poem in Flyover Country, “a literary magazine that publishes creative writing and criticism centering the land we call home– that beautiful, varied, fascinating place between the coasts.”
Water and Land
Thank you to Alisha Jeddeloh for selecting “Water and Land” for Brink No. 4, Certainty. With thanks, also, to Nina Lohman and the Brink editorial team for putting together a beautiful issue.
On the jacket flap, “the edge or margin of a steep place or of land bordering water; any extreme edge; a crucial or critical point, especially of a situation or state beyond which success or catastrophe occurs.”
And on their website: “Brink is an in-print literary journal dedicated to publishing hybrid, cross-genre work of both emerging and established creatives who often reside outside traditional artistic disciplines. By providing space primed to instigate new ideas, Brink fosters dialogue and collaborative community across disciplines and cultural divides.”
Eclipse
For the Fall Equinox, MoonPark Review released Issue 21. Thank you, Mary Lynn Reed and Lesley C. Weston, for including “Eclipse” and for Lesley’s accompanying artwork.
Open House
Thank you to Alastair Murdoch and the team at Inkwell Journal for including “Open House” in Issue 37. The theme of the issue is Watershed. Thank you, also, to Donna Miele for her thoughtful edits on this short story.
Motorcycle Man
Thank you to Wayne Bradshaw and the Sūdō Journal team for selecting and publishing “Motorcycle Man” in their fourth issue, the final issue with Wayne as editor. About this issue he says, “With the theme of “Touch Wood,” this volume of stories, essays and poems embraces the spirit of spring, to be read while wondering what “spring” means in northern Queensland, waiting for the next catastrophic flood, or recovering from you third bout of COVID-19.”
Mea Culpa
Thank you to Abigail A. Jones, Dr. William Anthony Nericcio, and the team at pacificREVIEW at San Diego State University for selecting “Mea Culpa” for their 2022 editon “Atlantis and other lost places.” The gorgeous cover art, below, is by Ann Calandrano. Available in print only.
Dandelion Nights
Thank you to Eric R. Tucker and the Plainsongs team for including “Dandelion Nights” in this beautiful summer issue.
We Sit in Restaurants
The Broadkill Review has published “We Sit in Restaurants” in their summer issue. Thank you, Stephen Scott Whitaker and the other editors for selecting this one.
Read it here:
How to Tell a Love Story
Thank you, X-R-A-Y, for publishing “How to Tell a Love Story. ” Special thanks to Jennifer Greidus, Claire Hoppel, and Crow Norlander for selecting this one, and working on it with me.
Conjuring an Existence
Thank you to Martina McGowan and everyone at The Elevation Review for including my poem in their special issue for National Poetry Month.