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Silkworms Ink has published a 10 story chapbook, "Maybe I Should Sit Quietly In A Dark Room For A While."

 

Stories published in June in LONG STORY SHORT, BURST & (short) FICTION COLLECTIVE.

 

Upcoming stories in THE VIEW FROM HERE, CLEAN SHEETS & ABE'S PENNY: a micro-magazine.

 

 

 

I coined the term "Briefs" to describe my short fictions under 70 words.

 

 

In January I was one of the winners of the 6 word memoir stories about New York City, sponsored by the creator of the 6 word memoir site SMITH(Smith Magazine). The highlight of being one of the winners was reading our work at the 92nd St. Y. The judges chose 3 stories of mine, the most of anyone, to be read and after we read our work the audience participation part of the program came on. It was a well planned fun evening and for me, reading at the 92nd St. Y was a long held desire.

 

 

My six word stories can be found under SMITH in the "Other Stories Categories" and besides the ones included in their wesite are some others I submitted that I'm not ready to let go of.

They have other catagories: Momoirs, six-word on the Food life, Love and Heartbreak, and new ones and contests ongoing.

 

 

Also in January I was one of the winners of the Schott Vocab contest in the New York Times. The contest was to see who could give the best erroneous advice to tourists.

 

 

 

I received a Pushcart Prize nomination for my story in The New Haven Review, "Another One of His Punishments".

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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