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.
November 13, 2016

2017 Perpetual Folly Literary Magazine Ranking — Fiction

  Below is the 2017 Perpetual Folly Literary Magazine Ranking for Fiction. Go here to read about the methodology. If you find the list useful,…
November 13, 2016

2017 Perpetual Folly Literary Magazine Ranking — Overview

Below are links to the 2017 Perpetual Folly Literary Magazine Rankings for Fiction, Poetry, and Non-Fiction. Scroll down for a discussion of the rationale and methodology…
November 12, 2016

The Rankings are coming, The Rankings are coming!

This weekend I am putting together the 2017 Perpetual Folly Literary Magazine Rankings, based on the Pushcart Prize. All three lists–for Fiction, Poetry, and…
September 4, 2016

Book Launch! Everywhere Stories: Short Fiction from a Small Planet Volume II

The official publication date for Everywhere Stories: Short Fiction from a Small Planet Volume II is September 26, but it’s available for pre-order now from…
August 1, 2016

Pre-order Everywhere Stories Vol. II

On September 26, 2016, Press 53 will publish Everywhere Stories: Short Fiction from a Small Planet Volume II. Like the first volume, which came out in…
April 20, 2016

Me, Interviewed, Again

I recently did this interview with David Alan Binder, who has interviewed lots of other people. Check out his blog.
April 20, 2016

The Museum of Extraordinary Things by Alice Hoffman

The Museum of Extraordinary Things by Alice Hoffman I listened to the audio version of this book, which I didn’t like much. This was…
March 31, 2016

Ghost Image by Ellen Crosby

Ghost Image by Ellen Crosby Scribner, 2015 I had heard of Ellen Crosby’s Wine Country Mysteries (The Merlot Murders, The Chardonnay Charade, etc.) but had…
March 27, 2016

Dreams of the Red Phoenix by Virginia Pye

Dreams of the Red Phoenix by Virginia Pye. Unbridled Books, 2015 My friend Virginia Pye’s first published novel, River of Dust, centered on a group…
March 26, 2016

Love for Love at the American Shakespeare Center

As part of the 2016 Actors’ Renaissance Season at the American Shakespeare Center‘s Blackfriars Playhouse, the company is performing Love for Love by William Congreve….