Those of you familiar with some of my typical stories in the noir and horror realms might not be expecting the flash story I have appearing in the new Tiny Revolutions: A Flash Fiction Anthology, released less than two weeks ago by Fresh Words, which has really been upping its game this year. Anyone who …
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The Rang Yan Review is new and already badass! Their intro to their About section reads: The Rang Yan Review is an independent literary and philosophical journal devoted to critical thought, humanist culture, and the life of language. Their Editor-In-Chief, Aleksey Porvin, is both legendary and badass too. And a pretty cool individual. Who was …
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This is about an old grad school classmate/writer friend back in Long Beach years ago. Many thanks to the kind editors at The Piker Press for running this poem, simply titled "Memoir (Poem for Bill)." It's weird how and when we remember certain things... There's now a little section where you can see my bio …
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If you haven't noticed the new tab in the menu running across the top of this website titled Holstad — Conversations With AIs, consider checking it out. I've had a lot of downtime this year because of injuries, post-op complications and a host of other horrors, and while that hasn't eliminated all of my various obligations, …
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Many thanks to Som, the editor at Fresh Words, for including three of my haiku poems in the newly released book, RAIN AND ROOTS: A Nature & Earth Haiku Anthology. I think this is at least my 3rd Fresh Words haiku anthology & I always enjoy them, enjoy seeing new & familiar names. A paperback …
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