Many long years ago, I posted this story on my blog. It got slammed with views periodically, particularly from India. The search terms were variations on the title, which is “Personal Essay — My Mother.” I finally figured it was from people studying English, trying…

Here’s an excerpt from “The Christmas Pool,” one of my short stories in the Southern Indiana Writers‘ HOLIDAY BIZARRE anthology, which has stories for all manner of holidays from New Year’s Day to New Year’s Eve. In this excerpt, a single woman with a dog…

Here’s another holiday anthology in which I have a story: Let It Snow! Seasons Readings For A Super-Cool Yule! How’s that for a title? My story in this one is “The Pratty Who Saved Chrissmuss,” a Holly Jahangiri story (about the one I made up,…