“The Bear Paw Beat” at The Yard: Crime Blog

“The Bear Paw Beat”

My latest story live at The Yard: Crime Blog. “The Bear Paw Beat” is Cyber-Punk Horror meets Noir Detective fiction in an alternate reality. This cross-genre mashup is not a read for the faint-of-heart. For readers ready to plough into a strange new world, I’m very happy to open the door. Buckle-up, Skippy; this one is a rough ride. Huge shout-out and thanks to the editors of The Yard!

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“Old Talk” at The Dillydoun Review

“Old Talk”

My latest short story has just been published by The Dillydoun Review. “Old Talk” is the tale of two old friends, a hard past, and the news of a dead lover. Two old friends meet in a Viennese café. One of them is the bearer of bad news. “Old Talk” explores a shared past, a shared grief, and two friends moving on with their lives.

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“Hell-Cat laid Low” at Literally Stories

“Hell-Cat Laid Low”

What if Hell-Cat Maggie and Gallus Mag, the two toughest women in the Five Points of historic New York City, ended up in the same story? You might end up with “Hell-Cat Laid Low,” my latest short story — just published by Literally Stories. This tough little story battled it out on the mean streets of submission hell and finally won.

A history of the history…

A diligent reader may point out that they have seen these characters before. Well… not quite.

Scorsese had an amalgam character in the movie “The Gangs of New York,” a blending of Gallus Mag and Hell-Cat Maggie. He based his movie on the book of the same title written by Herbert Ashbury. The subtitle of the book, published in 1927, is: “An Informal History of the Underworld.” Mr. Ashbury’s book is indeed often long on the informal and, unfortunately, often a stranger to fact. Lurid crime sells copy.

Gallus Mag and Hell-Cat Maggie were both historical figures, two distinct women, each from overlapping time periods in the 1800’s of New York City. I admit to squeezing time a bit in order to bring them together, but that’s as far as any mea culpa is going to go.

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“A Palisade Not Made of Gargoyles” at the After Happy Hour Review

A Palisade Not Made of Gargoyles…

My short story “A Palisade Not Made of Gargoyles” has just been published in the great literary magazine After Happy Hour Review (Issue 13). This dark but ultimately hopeful tale is the story of a man trapped into servitude by the dark nightmares of his past, and how he breaks the chains that bind him.

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“A Litany of Rumination” at In Parentheses

A Litany of Rumination…

My short story “A Litany of Rumination” has just been published in the great literary magazine In Parentheses (Volume 6, Issue 2). “A Litany of Rumination” is a dark tale of human obsession that reads like Sci-Fi but isn’t. A disturbed man believes he has found the secret to time travel. He hopes to go back through his life and undo every mistake he has ever made.

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Stay tuned to the MEF posts and newsletter for updates and publishing announcements. You may even see the news of a short story collection coming out some time in the winter of 2020. Unless of course the mice decide that the experiment is over and that the answer to everything really is 42. As this crazy year moves on, anything seems possible. Stay safe, stay well, be kind, and thanks for being readers!!