Back in 2016, there was a news article about a herd of 323 reindeer in Norway that was struck down by lightning. That image kind of stayed with me for a while and sparked the beginnings of the poem “The Lightning Demise of 323 Reindeer” which is now on page 97 of Cirque Vol. 10 No. 2.
Read MoreWhile hyped up on affogatos (ice cream + espresso, highly recommended), Sylvia Santiago and I sat down to answer a few questions from Luna Station Quarterly about the logistics of co-writing a story, the inspiration behind our ship The Veronica Speedwell , and what our next collaborative efforts might be.
Read MoreI wrote “Observations at an Obligatory Dinner Party” back in early January. Now that this piece has found a lovely home in Vol. 2.4 of Thimble Literary Magazine, I’m realizing how much the world has changed in these last three months since the mackerel in this poem first started to work their way onto the page.
Read MoreThe Beach Hut may sound like a lovely summer place to spend some time away from winter, but it’s actually an online journal for coastal themed poetry and fiction.
It’s also home to a new flash fiction piece of mine called “The Drowning Venetia”.
Read MoreI’ve got a new story (the second published collaboration with Sylvia Santiago) in the latest issue of Luna Station Quarterly. Set aboard a starliner (think space cruise ship), there’s a little bit of crime, a purr-fic cat, and an empanada or two.
Read MoreEvery once in a while, old work can get a second life.
“A 1990’s Phenomenon” was originally published last year in Vallum 16.1: Connections and I’m very excited that it was recently selected for Vallum’s online blog feature Poem of the Week.
Read MoreMy last publication of the year appears in the very lovely winter issue of Whale Road Review. I’ve been wanting to get into this journal for a while now. They publish great poetry and also send tea and thank-you cards to contributors which is very cool of them.
Read MoreOne of the bigger things I did this year for the writing was attend the Surrey International Writers’ Conference. It was an intense three days of workshops with talks ranging from the practical (traditional vs. indie publishing) to the useful (there actually is a formula for creating good endings), to the just plain fun (fashion in science fiction). The highlight, and where I subsequently actually got some work and inspiration from, was in Ian Williams’ poetry workshop. This was just before he blew up famous by winning the Scotiabank Giller Prize a few weeks later. So cool.
Read MoreMost of the inspiration for my poems is drawn from a feeling of place. In the case of “The Sunday Ruins of La Chiesa”, it was a small abandoned church in Salerno, Italy. Read a little bit more about this poem and the church that inspired it…
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