The first short story publication of 2025

Today my flash fiction piece “The Bad Like” became my first published short story of the new year. It was published by the literary humor magazine Witcraft. My thanks to Witcraft editor Doug Jacquier for accepting this story.

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‘Lower Strata’ nominated for Spillwords’ Publication of the Month

At the risk of turning this blog into one long series of brag posts, I’m happy to share that my short story “Lower Strata” is in the running for Spillwords‘ Publication of the Month. The story is one of sixteen nominees, each selected, according to the literary magazine, “100% based on the popularity within the last 30 days.”

Now, the decision to decide which publication earns this distinction falls to the readers, who can cast their votes here. (To vote, you’ll need to sign up for Spillwords. But it’s a fine little literary magazine, and unlike other publications, the Spillwords folks don’t pelt you with emails, so signing up won’t burden you much and will help the magazine grow its audience.)

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