Books for Gifts

Books make great gifts. They’re easy to buy, a snap to wrap and ship, and there are millions to choose from. But I’ve got…

Report from the colony

I have been at VCCA (the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts) for a week now. It has been a relatively productive week, and…

2018 Literary Magazine Rankings

NOTE: The 2019 Literary Magazine Rankings are available here. Below are links to the 2018 Perpetual Folly Literary Magazine Rankings for Fiction, Poetry, and Non-Fiction. Scroll…

2018 Perpetual Folly Literary Magazine Ranking — Non-Fiction

NOTE: The 2019 Literary Magazine Rankings are available here. Below is the 2018 Perpetual Folly Literary Magazine Ranking for Non-Fiction. Go here to read about…

2018 Perpetual Folly Literary Magazine Ranking — Poetry

NOTE: The 2019 Literary Magazine Rankings are available here. Below is the 2018 Perpetual Folly Literary Magazine Ranking for Poetry. Go here to read about…

2018 Perpetual Folly Literary Magazine Ranking — Fiction

NOTE: The 2019 Literary Magazine Rankings are available here. Below is the 2018 Perpetual Folly Literary Magazine Ranking for Fiction. Go here to read about…

VCCA Residency

After a busy election week–with mostly favorable results, from my point of view–I have now retreated to the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts,…

A Day Off . . . to protect the vote

I usually write every day (although I may shake things up a little on the weekend and put my current project aside to work…

Reading Submissions: International Stories Wanted

Submissions have been open for about a month for Volume III of Everywhere Stories: Short Fiction from a Small Planet and I’ve begun reading….

Happy Anniversary to Press 53!

Last weekend I had the pleasure of visiting Greensboro, NC, to participate in a group reading in celebration of Press 53’s 12th anniversary, part…