FICTION

WHEN ANNIE FELL OFF THE MOUNTAIN she
didn't make a sound. We were hiking deep in the
woods and had stopped at a waterfall. Annie,
in typical fashion, decided to scale the nearly
vertical rocks to enjoy the view .....


Read the love story about a young couple's search for an abortion before Roe V. Wade

HUMOR AND SATIRE

NOW THAT THE NEW YORK LITERARY REVIEW
(formerly Etheria) has ceased publication,
I feel free to reveal the true story behind
its life and death, a story that will surely
astonish the legions of fans ...


Read The  Life and Death, of a Literary Legend, about a struggling writer who gets famous by creating a magazine that doesn't exist

POETRY

A POEM ABOUT SEX

Now that I've got your attention
Let me say that this poem thinks it's about sex
But it's really about itself
It's a poem, staring in the mirror  ......

Read a poem  about the similarities between a pickup bar and a poem

ESSAY

WHEN MY PARENTS RETIRED TO FLORIDA,  my father fulfilled a lifelong dream: he learned to ride a bicycle . Every morning he and other men from the condo would pedal off over the flat, Florida landscape, unfurling like a series of flags along the dirt roads that wound through empty fields and brooding palms

 Read The Bicycle Club, a meditation on summer, fathers, and the meaning of life