"A Memory of Elephants" Wins Hemingway Foundation Short Story Contest

I'm thrilled to announce that my short story, "A Memory of Elephants" has been named the winner of the Ernest Hemingway Foundation of Oak Park's 2016 Short Story Contest. 

The results were announced at the Hemingway Foundation's recent gala fundraiser, and while I wasn't able to attend in person, I am delighted that I now have an excuse to use the word, "gala" in conversation.

Gala, gala, gala!

My entry, along with all the other finalists, will be included in an upcoming anthology. I'm looking forward to seeing the collected works, and I'm happy to say that the fundraiser was a huge success. For more details, here's a quick write-up about the event from The Chicago Tribune. 

Audio version of "Outpatient" now live!

I'm delighted to say that my short story "Outpatient" has been selected by the folks at the Nature Podcast as their favorite for July. They've produced an audio version of the story, and I couldn't be happier with it!

With a really fun reading by Shamini Bundell and direction by Adam Levy, the audio is now available free of charge here or on iTunes under the Nature Podcast.

"Outpatient" now up at Nature

The journal Nature was first published in 1869. It soon established itself as the pre-eminent interdisciplinary scientific publication in the world, and went on to become the first publisher of landmark findings such as the wave nature of particles, nuclear fission, the structure of DNA, and the cloning of Dolly the sheep. By 2010 it had become the most cited scientific journal in the world.

In short, it has an almost 150 year history of top-rate, quality content that incites thoughtful, cogent discourse... until today, when it published one of my short stories.

Click-through to read my story "Outpatient" at the Nature website, or pick up a physical copy at your favorite scientific-journal outlet.

(Go ahead and click--- it's free, and you need to at least pretend like you're doing something while you're at work.)

Interview on Strange Musings Press

I have a story in the new anthology from Strange Musings Press, Hysterical Realms.

As part of the release promotion I was interviewed me about my contribution, a short story called "Bath Time". The interview was fun to do, and I'm looking forward to reading the whole book as soon as it arrives.

The interview is here, if you'd like to read it.

Latest Article up on Columbus Underground

All Are Welcome at High Road Gallery & Studios Artists’ Reception is now available to read on Columbus Underground. 

It was a lot of fun meeting the artists who've come together to work in a collaborative space.

New Article in Columbus Underground

My write-up of the "It's Saturday Morning Somewhere" show at The Vanderelli Room is up at Columbus Underground. 

Check it out!

Read "The Bulldog Ant is Not a Team Player" for Free!

I'm happy to say that my short story "The Bulldog Ant is Not a Team Player" is available to read for free over at the Plan B website. The audio podcast, featuring my story as read by Darusha Wehm, is available as well.

Please check it out and let me know if you like it! And if you get a chance, look over some of the other great stories available on Plan B, and consider picking up one of their anthologies-- they're a great market and deserve the support.