• The Purity of Imperfection

    The Purity of Imperfection

    On a humid September evening, in the astonishingly not-well-air-conditioned children’s section of a cozy San Francisco…

  • All We Need is a Writer Who Writes

    All We Need is a Writer Who Writes

    There are points in a writer’s life when the creative juices are not flowing. The juices…

  • Something To Say

    Something To Say

    What is there to say that hasn’t already been felt? I can create nothing new, only…

  • Fiction: Human Obligations

    Fiction: Human Obligations

    In supplication the queen and king had knelt at the bottom of the steps, their foreheads…

  • On Bookstores and Plastic Chairs

    On Bookstores and Plastic Chairs

    Although online shopping is amazing, the thrill of finding something unexpected in a bookstore is unmatched…

  • The Written Advantage

    The Written Advantage

    Why even bother? That’s a question perhaps worth asking of the written word. We have movies,…

  • The Faceless Artist

    The Faceless Artist

    Who is the artist behind this piece? Is the individual male or female? What ethnicity? If…

  • Short Story: The Starfish

    Short Story: The Starfish

                Robert,                         Another day, another hundred errands. Could you please…

  • Ego-Less Writing

    Ego-Less Writing

    A writer, above all other professionals, ought to be self-aware. Nothing is more detestable than writing…

  • Short Story: It Comes in Threes

    Short Story: It Comes in Threes

    The world was churning, churning, churning. Not the real world, but the world in my mind.…