A romantic shtetl fairy tale, featured in the wonderful PodCastle fantasy podcast, episode 847, hosted by Eleanor R. Wood, narrated by Rebecca Fraimow.
https://podcastle.org/2024/07/09/podcastle-847-the-golem-lover/
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A romantic shtetl fairy tale, featured in the wonderful PodCastle fantasy podcast, episode 847, hosted by Eleanor R. Wood, narrated by Rebecca Fraimow.
https://podcastle.org/2024/07/09/podcastle-847-the-golem-lover/
A sci-fi poem about a sentient self-replicating swarm of nanobots struggling with its own appetites and ecology, appearing in Penumbric Magazine of Speculative Fiction, April 2k24
My flash fiction, “Love Like a Guitar in the Road“, appearing in Syncopation Literary Journal’s Guitar Issue (vol. 3, no. 1)
A sci-fi poem about doom and memory, published in Abyss&Apex Magazine.
My short story, appearing in Mythaxis Magazine, Winter 2022 issue 32.
Based on a tragic event at the steps of the US Supreme Court, this piece of satire is kind of a sick burn.
What’s the opposite of analysis paralysis? I got a bit obsessed with the beginning of a short story I found at a writing conference and went a little too far with it. I knew better but I couldn’t help myself.
The result ended up in The Masters Review.
https://mastersreview.com/starting-a-short-story-a-craft-essay-goes-too-far-by-j-howard-siegal/
My short story, “Rocks and Snow”, appearing in Lamplit Underground volume 6.
This story was nominated for a 2021 Pushcart Prize.