My Short: “We, The Dead” at Danse Macabre 59: Noctturno, An Online Literary Magazine

This was an honest surprise, as I’d forgotten I’d submitted a short story to this online magazine specializing in speculative fiction, fantasy, horror, the odd and strange, to receive an email that my work had been published in Adam Henry Carrière’s latest issue. This was a situation I’d never encountered before, a point A to […]

Thank You to Assaracus Magazine, Sibling Rivalry Press: For Acceptance of My Poetry

It’s part of a writer’s life, more so than non-writers or those who’ve never submitted or aimed to make writing a profession: R-E-J-E-C-T-I-O-N, all caps. For every one acceptance you receive, most writers have had hundreds of “no’s” for that same work(s), even some of the authors who’ve gone on to be listed as some […]

Photos from Berlin & Scenes from “The Agony of Joy”

Winner of the 2013 Global Ebook Award for Best LGBT Novel. Background about the novel: The partially finished manuscript of “The Agony of Joy” had been “on pause” on my computer, in a folder within a folder. I do that occasionally when I have a story or idea I’m still meditating on, yet don’t want […]

The Discrimination Persists: Gay Fiction Pubs, Promos & Reviews

My entry for the YAM 2012 LGBT Blogathon Event. To read more about it, please visit their website. As it reflects my own life and experiences, my writing, both fiction and non-fiction, often naturally have gay, bisexual or trans/intergender characters and situations.  But what might be a misnomer to some: they often contain comparatively little […]