Am I surprised while watching Academic Challenge this morning that it's crickets every time there's a literature question?

Here's a new #shortstory I wrote. Hope you enjoy it. open.substack.com/pub/allperso...

My 2026 so far

My favorite books of 2025 Fiction: Angel Down by Daniel Kraus Nonfiction: The CIA Book Club by Charlie English

Here's a list I put together of some of the media I liked and consumed this year. open.substack.com/pub/workingc...

Check out #GoodreadsYearinBooks @goodreads to discover the 57 books I read in 2025! www.goodreads.com/user/year_in...

At home, drinking Goose Island Bourbon County Brand Stout after a Christmas party.

Preparing the mix for this year's #Christmas cocktail: classic hot buttered rum.

Here's a brand new holiday-themed short story I wrote. God Jul! #shortstory #literature #holiday open.substack.com/pub/allperso...

Deck the Hall at Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens (Akron, Ohio)

Getting festive

this book, NORTH SUN or The Voyage of the Whaleship Esther by Ethan Rutherford, is very good and weird. I would be happy to see it win the National Book Award for Fiction this year.

Here’s a new story I wrote. Note: there’s stuff here about kids and school and violence here. Consider the whole thing a trigger warning, literally and figuratively. #shortstory #fiction #literature allpersonsfictitious.substack.com/p/shelter-in...

Thankful for NM editions of albums from 1987 available on Discogs for 20-some dollars. Today’s #Thanksgiving listening.

Here’s a very short and previously unpublished story I wrote back in 2021 #shortstory #fiction #literature substack.com/home/post/p-...

Enjoying this: Swearing at Motorists' first album since 2014. They're a Hamburg, Germany-based lo-fi indie rock band originally from Dayton, Ohio, who, as the title indicates, have been at it for 31 years.

Here’s a new story just before Halloween. Some of it is autobiographical, but I’ve, of course, taken some liberties. Hope you all enjoy it. #shortstory #horror #fiction open.substack.com/pub/allperso...