The eclectic interview site Van Gogh's Ear has published the first new creative work of mine to appear in 2015, my poem "Sad Wisps of Empty Smoke." It certainly nestles well with the dark work I've had published of late. For all its baroque imagery, it's a pretty personal poem.


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Sharing some of the entertaining consequences of my big ole Goodreads/Kindle giveaway (details here):


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A big announcement coming (though you might be able to guess what it is) … but first, catching up on some print publications that have arrived chez moi.


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Strange Horizons today released an all-poetry issue, complete with an extensive two part podcast, and I’m honored that my new poem “The Paper Boy” - the only new poem I produced last year - gets to be part of it. (You can read it here.)

Prompted by my buddy Dominik Parisien, this is a poem distilled from years covering the crime beat. I’ll share a ( Read more... )

I’m thrilled to be able to show off Paula Friedlander’s amazing cover art for my next poetry collection, Hungry Constellations.


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