NOVELLAS:
My most recently published novella, ESCAPE YOUR LIFE, appeared in Confetti Magazine. It's the story of a straight man and lesbian woman who escape to an isolated island where they forge a deep friendship while being stalked by a mysterious specter (hint: I wrote it during covid). Here's the free link: confettimag.org/fiction/escape-your-life/
CLIMBING THE STAIRS
was released by Fanny Press in August, 2012. It is about a woman torn between her boring but stable fiancé and a passionate but aloof older man. Part of the SEX AND LOVE collection under the title Single Woman.
SHORT STORIES
CELL, part of the collection SEX AND LOVE, was first published in August, 2010 as part of an anthology called SEX IN THE CITY/NY, edited by Maxim Jakubowski, and published in the UK by Accent Press, Ltd.
Zoe is a Manhattan girl in her late twenties who boys won’t keep.
“In my early twenties I let it swarm over me and carry me into a grateful rush during the times a boy got it right, or the chemistry seemed to be there, or my feelings were just too strong. But I’ve learned. After the fuck can be danger time. After the fuck is when you find out what really went on.”
Zoe is a Manhattan girl in her late twenties who boys won’t keep.
“In my early twenties I let it swarm over me and carry me into a grateful rush during the times a boy got it right, or the chemistry seemed to be there, or my feelings were just too strong. But I’ve learned. After the fuck can be danger time. After the fuck is when you find out what really went on.”
SHORT STORIES
WRITERHAMPTON was published as part of an anthology called HAMPTON SHORTS, edited by Barbara Stone and published by Hampton Literary Publications, Inc.
The main character is a young writer housesitting in the Hamptons and searching for his first big break. He does a reading at a local bookstore and a famous writer takes an interest in him. But is the interest in his writing, or in something else?
“This is worse than the time an agent rejected a novel, but in the letter said he wanted to meet me but never returned my phone calls to set up an appointment; the time I sent a relationship story to one of the upscale men’s magazines and the editor called me to say it might work for him if I added a “fuck and a suck scene”; the time my screenplay got sent back from an independent producer who very carefully outlined the changes she wanted and I spent six months working on it, sent her the new draft, got it back unread with a letter saying there was currently no interest in movies about normal people. It’s worse because Anthony Pfister is a face who gave me hope and then instantly took it away.”
The main character is a young writer housesitting in the Hamptons and searching for his first big break. He does a reading at a local bookstore and a famous writer takes an interest in him. But is the interest in his writing, or in something else?
“This is worse than the time an agent rejected a novel, but in the letter said he wanted to meet me but never returned my phone calls to set up an appointment; the time I sent a relationship story to one of the upscale men’s magazines and the editor called me to say it might work for him if I added a “fuck and a suck scene”; the time my screenplay got sent back from an independent producer who very carefully outlined the changes she wanted and I spent six months working on it, sent her the new draft, got it back unread with a letter saying there was currently no interest in movies about normal people. It’s worse because Anthony Pfister is a face who gave me hope and then instantly took it away.”