I'm pleased to share that my short story, "The Night the Billado Block Burned Down," has been published in the July 29th edition of Metaworker Literary Magazine. The impetus for the story was a 2005 fire in my hometown of Enosburg Falls, Vermont that destroyed one of the downtown blocks. I've written about two of … Continue reading Publication: “The Night the Billado Block Burned Down”
The Chet Arthur Five Play Jeffersonville: Some Thoughts on Verisimilitude
And here I thought I had this verisimilitude thing down. I even remember Tony Ardizzone's lecture on it from the first fiction workshop I took with him at Old Dominion University. (Never mind how long ago that was.) For straight realistic fiction to engage the reader, it needs to be like real life, to suggest … Continue reading The Chet Arthur Five Play Jeffersonville: Some Thoughts on Verisimilitude