Here is a wonderful review of Empty Rooms Lonely Countries from Good Reads:
It says a lot about the sad state of the modern cult-of-personality publishing industry we’re faced with today when books like ERLC aren’t being fought over by editors. This book is full of true events told through fiction, it’s a novel told in short stories. The protagonist Christian engages in a dreamlike but nonetheless relentless search for love — something in the context of this book that is both all-pervasive and frustratingly elusive. The language is simple, the …

Some have asked how sales of EMPTY ROOMS LONELY COUNTRIES have been. Considering that there is a contest to win $1000 based on my selling 1000 copies of the book by the end of the year, I think it’s a fair question. As of today, I’ve sold 27 copies of the book through Amazon. This means I need to sell 973 more copies of the book to meet my goal.
I won’t pretend that this will be easy. Nor will I pretend that I don’t need your help. If you’ve purchased …

EMPTY ROOMS LONELY COUNTRIES is now available for your Kindle. Buy it today through Amazon for only $4.

“Geneva Street” art by Nick Pendleton

Last month, writer-artist extraordinaire Nick Pendleton of Museion made a podcast of my short story “Geneva Street” which is available right here. I’m always a little apprehensive when someone else adapts my work (especially since my collection of haikus was turned into a disastrous interpretive dance cabaret back in 2004), but Nick is someone who really seems to understand how these things work. The final result is something that surprised me, and upon my first listen, really spooked me.
If you want to read along, you …

Hello, and welcome to the official website for my new book EMPTY ROOMS LONELY COUNTRIES.
EMPTY ROOMS LONELY COUNTRIES collects a decade’s worth of short stories, wandering through two continents, five countries and multiple universes to explore love, loss and redemption in the 21st century. This collection brings together for the first time many of my previously published stories, including “Mad Dogs” and “Counting Nuns” from GUD Magazine, as well as some never before seen pieces.  There are twenty-seven stories in all, with maybe a surprise or two. 
Click here for more information about the …