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News Items Various and Sundry

Posted on November 6, 2019 by Rusty

So it’s been some time since I updat­ed. It’s been a hell of a year. My health went to hell in a hand-bas­ket, and I wrote a ton of poems as a result. I read many books, and bought many … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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Hello Again

Posted on May 27, 2019 by Rusty

I promised to post more dur­ing this peri­od of time, but…stuff got away from me. On the pub­lish­ing news front, I've man­aged to place poems in four jour­nals over these last few months, Plumb, Ginosko, BEAT to a PULP amd … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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Happy New Year!

Posted on January 3, 2019 by Rusty

I pledge to post a lit­tle more, which means I have to have news to share or per­ti­nent info. You can find two recent sto­ries, one in Goli­ad Review, a long sto­ry I'm par­tic­u­lar­ly proud of at 9000 words, and … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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In the House of Wilderness, by Charles Dodd White: Q&A

Posted on October 3, 2018 by Rusty

What were the orig­i­nat­ing images in this nov­el? I imag­ined as I was read­ing it had to be the open­ing eight pages, where you set up the con­flict beau­ti­ful­ly, but I'm pre­pared to be wrong, as you could have writ­ten … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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Jesus in the Ghost Room Reviewed & Other Incidentals

Posted on August 13, 2018 by Rusty

Hi all. Zvi Ses­ling wrote a short review of Jesus in the Ghost Room over on Doug Holder's Boston Area Small Press and Poet­ry Scene. I'm pleased to say he found it worth read­ing, and I hope you do too. If … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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Personal and Publication Updates

Posted on June 27, 2018 by Rusty

Hi all. I usu­al­ly don't post much per­son­al stuff here except book announce­ments and the like. There's been so much going on late­ly, though, I feel as if I should post some­thing. I've tak­en time off from new stuff only … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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Books to Look For: Blood in the Hills, ed. Bruce E. Stewart

Posted on May 8, 2018 by Rusty

This is one to check out. RB. From Appalachi­an Today's Jes­si­ca Stump: BOONE, N.C. — “Blood in the Hills: A His­to­ry of Vio­lence in Appalachia,” which is edit­ed by Dr. Bruce E. Stew­art, asso­ciate pro­fes­sor in Appalachi­an State University’s Depart­ment of His­to­ry, … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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Mystery Tribune Issue No. 4

Posted on April 23, 2018 by Rusty

Mys­tery Tri­bune Issue No. 4 Win­ter 2018 The Mag­a­zine for Mys­tery and Sus­pense 236 pages Edit­ed by Ehsan Ehsani The first sto­ry in the Win­ter 2018 issue of Mys­tery Tri­bune, "A Friend Indeed" by Bren­dan DuBois, effec­tive­ly sets a tone.The dis­cur­sive nar­ra­tor, soft­ware … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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The Balkan Route by Cal Smyth

Posted on March 13, 2018 by Rusty

  Fahren­heit Press ISBN 978–1979517591 Novem­ber 2017 280 pages Ital­i­cized text from the Fahren­heit Press site: After a busi­ness­man is bru­tal­ly mur­dered in Bel­grade, Inspec­tor Marko Despo­tović digs into the web of cor­rup­tion that con­nects the police, politi­cians, drug deal­ers and spir­i­tu­al heal­ers … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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The Lousy Racket: Hemingway, Scribners & the Business of Literature

Posted on February 17, 2018 by Rusty

The Lousy Rack­et: Hem­ing­way, Scribner's and the Busi­ness of Lit­er­a­ture Robert W. Trog­don The Kent State Uni­ver­si­ty Press 2007 307 pages $30.00 While read­ing the first vol­ume of Hemingway's let­ters pub­lished recent­ly (they're up to vol­ume IV now) I came across men­tion … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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