My normally unruly beard has become downright mutinous in the wake of my summer vacation from teaching. He has gained significant traction in the southern territories and threatens to overtake the border from chin to neck. It won’t be long before Beard and Chest Hair form an alliance. Precautions have been taken. I’ve sent in […]
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All the work I’ve had accepted is quietly waiting to be published. The stories I’ve submitted to magazines are quietly waiting to be read. My novel is quietly waiting to be written. My homebrew is quietly waiting to be bottled. And I’m quietly waiting for Autumn. I’m not a big fan of summer, and this,
It’s been two weeks since I’ve made any additions to my novel. Two weeks of house repairs. Two weeks of company and holiday barbeques. Two weeks of my summer gone. But no writing. If you’ve ever been in one of these situations, you know that the longer you go without writing, the harder it is
I received some great news this morning (as many of you no doubt already know from my twitter feed). My short story “Destination Unknown” was accepted for publication to Arcane Magazine. *Tony begrudgingly pulls out a dusty wood box with fading black letters on its side: SOAP. He tests the rotted wood with one foot,
Good afternoon, gentle readers. I come today bearing gifts. Two or three months ago I posted about my series of hint fiction stories being published in The PR. At the time the magazine was being sold for $2.99. As I checked my links today, ensuring none were broken, I found that the issue is now
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Good day, friends and foes. I may have mentioned, oh once or twice, that I can be a tad lazy. This post is a testament to that fact. Very recently the wonderful Amanda Borenstadt from A Fortnight of Mustard awarded me with “The Irresistibly Sweet Blog Award.” This reminded me that not-so-recently the equally wonderful
I had to tell you something important. Something you shouldn’t go another instant without hearing, because if you do, you may not make it to the instant after. This piece of information is a lifetime’s worth of nourishment. To go without it means starvation. Your suddenly skeletal body will shuck and jive for a few
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It’s 100 degrees outside, close to 80 in my office, and I have a hot cup of coffee staring me down. I need to drink it. I don’t care that sweat is carving trails down my face, taking strands of hair and plastering them to my neck. I don’t care that for the past five
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Hello fellow readers and writers. It’s always nice to have some legitimate news to announce, and today I have two juicy bits. My new story, “Inside the Walls of East Lombard Street,” is now available to read at Electric Spec. Here’s what they had to say in the Letter from the Editors: Anthony J. Rapino
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In my short story, “Uprooted,” there is a magnificent thunder storm that causes a tree to become uprooted in the woods behind the main character’s house. Last night, I experienced a storm close to the magnitude I had previously written about. We lost electricity and the high winds whipped around the treetops, tearing branches and
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