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I spent about an hour last night scouring Amazon.com for books I contributed to so I could add them to my Amazon author page, which now lists a half-dozen in-print books, one digital story, and another several titles that are available used through Amazon.

I was actually a bit shocked as to how many books have run my stories and poems over the ( Read more... )

Ack! Cobwebs and dust all over this blog! Cough! Cough! Where's the Swiffer?

(Yes, I Swiff.)

Okay, so I haven't updated this thing in a long time. I repeat, A LONG TIME. But that doesn't mean I don't love you!

In fact, to make up for the long delay between entries, here are two, yes, two!, free online stories for your entertainment and perusal.

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Check out the free short story GROWTH, over at Flashes in the Dark.

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At last, a new Platt short story! My tale "Dream Girl" is the first story in the new anthology, Dark Territories
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Completing a bit of news I hinted at several weeks ago, my short story "Dream Girl" will appear later this year in Dark Territories, the next anthology from the Garden State Horror Writers. I'll let you know when it's available for order.

Meanwhile, a previous GSHW anthology, Tales from a Darker State, containing my story "Growth," is still ( Read more... )

Now this should be fun -- podcast publisher Pseudopod has accepted my short story "That Old Black Magic" (first seen in the out-of-print anthology Bell Book & Beyond). They'll record an audio version of the story and then release it back into the world of cyberspace for all of you iPodders out there. (You'll also be able to listen to it directly on ( Read more... )

I don't submit all that much fiction these days, which is why there hasn't been a lot of news to report lately. But lo and behold, all of a sudden there actually is news to report!

Today's news: My short story "The Sweet Smell of Success" has been accepted in Amazon.com's Shorts program. It will be available in the near future as a digital download ( Read more... )

Five years after I first promised to do so, I have collected all of my old "Plattitudes" writing advice columns (plus a few new items) into an exciting new eBook -- Plattitudes: 177 Tips & Tricks to Make YOU a Better Fiction WriterAnd yes, it really does contain 177 tips and tricks. Most writers would only give you 170, 175 tips, tops. That just ( Read more... )