WERU “Talk of the Towns” 12/11/24

Being interviewed for "Talk of the Towns" with Carl and Kara was sort of like landing in heaven for me. I am a HUGE fanboy of WERU, a community supported radio station based in Downeast Maine. Here we talk about our essays in Alive to

Positivity Bias

In the words of editor Gillian Burnes, these stories have "defiantly happy endings." But what is your definition--or bias toward--what a happy ending means? I have two stories in this anthology, "Waiting for the Rapture" and "Not So Far, Far Away." Even my own interpretation

Rock Salt Journal Spring 2023

"Most of the large bird’s feathers had been stripped off, but frozen near the tips of its wings was a sparse collection peppered with short black dashes. Gnarled black talons looked to be grasping for some invisible prey but were tangled in fishing line. The