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Books Make Great Gifts!

After Thanksgiving has come and gone, people commence a search for holiday gifts for family members, relatives, friends, acquaintances, in-laws, outlaws, colleagues, and sometimes total strangers. If you’re looking for fun, sophisticated, lively, intense, flamboyant, and otherwise variegated literary fare, … Continue reading

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“Sink or Swim” Is Now Available!

My novelette “Sink or Swim: A Near-Future Tale” is available as an e-book from various online bookstores or in print as part of my short story collection Road Signs: Tales of the Surreal and Fantastic. It is especially prescient in … Continue reading

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Getting to Know SAM

Poverty has its advantages, among them the ability to snag a free ticket to the Seattle Art Museum through the national Museums for All program. So it was that I ventured forth into the chill morning fog to take a … Continue reading

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Road Signs Is Now Available!

I’m pleased to announce that Road Signs: Tales of the Surreal and Fantastic, my thirteenth short story collection and thirty-seventh book, has just been published and is available at numerous online venues. Links to some of the major booksellers are … Continue reading

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The Nemesis of Content Creators

When I moved back to the United States from Greece, it was not my initial intention to become a self-employed freelance writer. I looked for a job. Any job. Well, almost any job. I drew the line at flipping burgers … Continue reading

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Check Out My Book Recommendations!

I was invited to promote my novel The Misadventures of Mama Kitchen and suggest some of my favorite related books on a new recommendation site. Follow this link to check out The Best Books Celebrating the Psychedelic Sixties!

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A Summer Treat for My Blog Followers

As a summer gift to readers, I have enrolled electronic editions of some of my books and stories in the Smashwords Summer Sale, which runs through the month of July. Complete books are half price, marked down from $3.99 to … Continue reading

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Thoughts from the Aerie: Memoirs and Essays Is Now Available!

My latest book, Thoughts from the Aerie: Memoirs and Essays, has just been published by Astaria Books and is available from numerous online outlets, including the venues listed below. Here’s a summary from the back cover: After living abroad for … Continue reading

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“The Hospice” Has Just Appeared in Illustrated Worlds Magazine

I am pleased to announce that my short story “The Hospice” has just been published in Illustrated Worlds Magazine: Volume 6, Summer 2024. It is a meticulously rendered slick magazine with innovative and attractive layout and interior artwork to illustrate … Continue reading

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About Love Children: A Novel

It is the mid-1970s.  The Summer of Love and the Woodstock Music Festival have come and gone.  Into the atmosphere of cynicism and doubt following the wild optimism of the youth revolution the Love Children, raised from birth by benevolent … Continue reading

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