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Reading at Thurber House
Last week was a big week for me. Three nice things happened. 1. It was my birthday. Fun times, growing old. 2. I got to reconnect with an old friend from college. Fun times, rehashing when I was a...
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A small taste of America in decline
An interactive segmented video about my home region’s loss of industry over the past thirty years, and how it may now lose its very last major manufacturer in GM. It’s very well made, though a sad...
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Oakland Open House
For local readers: The Oakland Center for the Arts announces its third annual Free Open House and Season Announcement Party on Saturday, August 29, from 6:00-9:00 pm. Hosted by the Oakland Board, the...
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The Ghost Hunter’s Beautiful Daughter
In the October/November issue of Asimov’s, on magazine shelves now, you will find a new story penned by me, entitled “The Ghost Hunter’s Beautiful Daughter”. It’s set in Warren, Ohio, just a twenty...
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Best Beer Store in the World
Hello, World. Did you know a Youngstown area retailer/pub is rated the best beer store in the world? I didn’t until today, when my friend Peter Oresick sent me this link to the Pittsburgh...
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Introducing “jenny”
“jenny” is something my students in the Literary Arts Association at YSU have been busily preparing as a new online literary magazine. This is a radically energetic and creative group of students,...
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Another piece of the map
For those of you who may have read the vignettes in Map for a Forgotten Valley that I published last month, another piece of that map has recently been published by Muse, a Cleveland magazine. You can...
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Map for a Forgotten Valley and 631
Dear Locals (and those traveling nearby) who will be around Youngstown on February 15th. I am giving a reading from my series of creative nonfiction vignettes called “Map for a Forgotten Valley”,...
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One for Sorrow AKA Jamie Marks is Dead
I have good news at the end of 2012. My novel One for Sorrow‘s film rights have officially been sold, and filming will begin shortly in the new year, from what I understand. This has been a long-term...
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Sneak Peeks of Before and Afterlives (The Ghost Hunter’s Beautiful Daughter)
Today’s preview from Before and Afterlives is the opening of my story, “The Ghost Hunter’s Beautiful Daughter,” which originally appeared in Asimov’s Science Fiction. It’s a story about a young girl...
View ArticleReading at Thurber House
Last week was a big week for me. Three nice things happened. 1. It was my birthday. Fun times, growing old. 2. I got to reconnect with an old friend from college. Fun times, rehashing when I was a...
View ArticleA small taste of America in decline
An interactive segmented video about my home region’s loss of industry over the past thirty years, and how it may now lose its very last major manufacturer in GM. It’s very well made, though a sad...
View ArticleOakland Open House
For local readers: The Oakland Center for the Arts announces its third annual Free Open House and Season Announcement Party on Saturday, August 29, from 6:00-9:00 pm. Hosted by the Oakland Board, the...
View ArticleThe Ghost Hunter’s Beautiful Daughter
In the October/November issue of Asimov’s, on magazine shelves now, you will find a new story penned by me, entitled “The Ghost Hunter’s Beautiful Daughter”. It’s set in Warren, Ohio, just a twenty...
View ArticleBest Beer Store in the World
Hello, World. Did you know a Youngstown area retailer/pub is rated the best beer store in the world? I didn’t until today, when my friend Peter Oresick sent me this link to the Pittsburgh...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Introducing “jenny”
“jenny” is something my students in the Literary Arts Association at YSU have been busily preparing as a new online literary magazine. This is a radically energetic and creative group of students,...
View ArticleAnother piece of the map
For those of you who may have read the vignettes in Map for a Forgotten Valley that I published last month, another piece of that map has recently been published by Muse, a Cleveland magazine. You can...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Map for a Forgotten Valley and 631
Dear Locals (and those traveling nearby) who will be around Youngstown on February 15th. I am giving a reading from my series of creative nonfiction vignettes called “Map for a Forgotten Valley”,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
One for Sorrow AKA Jamie Marks is Dead
I have good news at the end of 2012. My novel One for Sorrow‘s film rights have officially been sold, and filming will begin shortly in the new year, from what I understand. This has been a long-term...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Sneak Peeks of Before and Afterlives (The Ghost Hunter’s Beautiful Daughter)
Today’s preview from Before and Afterlives is the opening of my story, “The Ghost Hunter’s Beautiful Daughter,” which originally appeared in Asimov’s Science Fiction. It’s a story about a young girl...
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