I read ‘How the Days of Love & Diphtheria’ by Robert Kloss, a violent, nightmarish book, and I enjoyed it so much that I wrote a review. That review is now up at PANK, so you should get over there, read it and then go buy Robert’s book, because it’s awesome.

I wrote a review of Ethel Rohan’s staggeringly excellent Hard to Say, published by PANK. This little book of short stories had a dramatic impact on me, not only because of the quality of the writing, but because of the questions it made me ask of my own writing.

I have a new story up at Metazen today. This story has a plot. It was actually adapted from a 500 word flash fiction piece that was about a guy being buried alive by his lover. When I began re-writing it as a longer story, somehow it just switched to being from the woman’s perspective. [...]

A brief update on what I’ve been up to since the dawn of 2011. A good year so far for my writing with a few new acceptances and pieces published, and the beginning of a new adventure as I try to start a business. It’s been busy so far, but I guess that’s how the year is going to be.