Author: Cliff

I am the author of three novels--THE LAST BIRD OF PARADISE, OLIVER'S TRAVELS, and THE SHAMAN OF TURTLE VALLEY--and three story collections--IN AN UNCHARTED COUNTRY, HOUSE OF THE ANCIENTS AND OTHER STORIES, and WHAT THE ZHANG BOYS KNOW, winner of the Library of Virginia Literary Award for Fiction. I am also the co-founder and former editor of Prime Number Magazine and the editor of the award-winning anthology series EVERYWHERE STORIES: SHORT FICTION FROM A SMALL PLANET.
January 11, 2006

>Hannah and the Mountain

>My review of Hannah and the Mountain by Jonathan Johnson is up at MoorishGirl.com
January 9, 2006

>Novel

>By George Singleton Singleton’s comic stories seem to be everywhere, and I guess in a short form they are tolerable. Stretch that out into…
January 8, 2006

>What do you think?

>New year, new look. Reactions?
January 8, 2006

>When is a dog lost?

>I made a friend when I went out to get the mail this afternoon. Meandering around the neighbors’ yard was a Black Labrador, who…
January 6, 2006

>An Arboreal Mystery

>Recently, when I was in residency at VCCA, I think, I saw several gingko trees in various stages of undress. I found it curious…
January 3, 2006

>Books in the Valley

>To put it mildly, the Shenandoah Valley is no literary paradise. Not that it doesn’t make an attractive setting for fiction (at least I…
January 3, 2006

>Worth a look . . .

>They Shoot Poets.
January 2, 2006

>New England Review

>The current issue of New England Review (Vol. 26 No. 4/2005) has one outstanding story in it (sadly, not the one that is in…
January 2, 2006

>Smoke-free Staunton
January 1, 2006

>Lit Mag Reviews at New Pages

>Check out the latest reviews of literary magazines at New Pages.