June 23, 2025 Art mirrors life—or is it the reverse? For Brian and Kate, reality and fiction spin a complicated web in my new story, “Wildwood Nights: The Prologue.” Just after Kate's infidelity nearly wrecks their marriage, her illness forces them into an uneasy truce at their beach house on the Gulf of Mexico. Amid… Continue reading New short story: “Wildwood Nights: The Prologue”
Tag: life changes
Farewell to a friend
The dragonflies were coming out at the beach last week, a new cycle of life beginning with the season. For my wife and me, a stage of life was ending, as we cleared out and sold the beach house we’d owned and cherished for the last sixteen years. Growing up in the Midwest and not… Continue reading Farewell to a friend