Guest Post on LongShortStories

Earlier this week, Wayne C. Long posted a piece I wrote on his blog, Long Short Stories. I go on at a bit of length about the process involved in writing and publishing an ebook. Wayne's produced a number of short story collections of his own and you can learn more at his main web site. As always, check it out and let me know what you think.

Battlepug on Black Gate

Last week, I posted a review of Mike Norton's web-comic, Battlepug, on Black Gate. Check it out.

Midnight Cappuccino on Bad Grammar

Brendan Detzner posted an interview with me on his Bad Grammar podcast. The interview was conducted late last year, so there might be some dated references. Besides the interview, I read "Midnight Cappuccino", which also appears in Dead Boys.

For those looking through the backlog of Bad Grammar interviews, many of those named appear regularly at the Bad Grammar open mic event as well (second Friday of every month at 1743 S. Halsted).
So it's a half-hour talking about the trials of tribulations of getting published, performing at open mic events and getting a college degree; followed by a story. There's also hookers and Star Trek.

It's Dark Inside on Black Gate

My review for Karen Heard's story collection, It's Dark Inside, went up on Black Gate today. Let me know what you think.

The Worst Was Yet to Come

My story, The Worst Was Yet to Come, is now on Black Gate. You can view the complete story online here. As always, let me know what you think.

TAPE on Black Gate

My review of the short video TAPE was posted on Black Gate on Tuesday.

Dead Boys

They're not hard to find, if you know where to look. In the back of a pub after happy hour. In a dorm room between semesters. In a dog park after sunset. In a hospice room on Christmas Eve. Dead boys.

Michael Penkas brings you four stories about the dead who refuse to leave and the living who refuse to let them go.

Parable of the Lazy Rooster - A priest offers consolation and the most exotic drink on Earth.

Cold Comfort - A prostitute visits the scene of a tragedy in order to render her own brand of absolution.

Wet Dog Perfume - A lonely man mourns the death of one friend as he makes another.

Midnight Cappuccino - Christmas Eve brings together a family separated by more than miles.

Dead Boys is available now through Amazon and Smashwords for $2.99. These are four of my earliest published pieces. If you like what you read, leave a quick review where you ordered your copy. And if you don't like it, leave a quick review anyway, so I'll know where I need to improve in my next collection.

Oh yes, this is only the first.