I pick her up from the airport in the early afternoon. She's bubbly, mid-fifties, professionally dressed. I help her put her suitcase in the trunk and when we get moving I ask where she's coming from. "Las Vegas," she tells…
Social Media Cleanse, Day 13
Just about two weeks in. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, they're all deleted. Not that Twitter or Instagram were really addictions for me. But it seemed worth deleting them all so that the Facebook addiction didn't just resurface as a Twitter addiction…
Memoirs of an Uber Driver, Vol. 2
She's in the middle of telling me a story about an Instacart employee who was friendly but had a naive quality about her. "You know, one of those young people without a lot of life experience," she says, then asks,…
Memoirs of an Uber Driver, Vol. 1
I pick him up just after midnight on a bridge overlooking the river. He's far away from any businesses or residences, and he's alone. One wonders what brought him out here tonight. He leans in through the window to check…
The Exposure Addiction Trap
(a version of this post first appeared in my monthly subscriber-only newsletter) "There won't be any money, but it will be great exposure," says some suit to a hungry artist, and she rolls her eyes because it's become such a…
My Pizza Horror Story Will Go Out To Newsletter Subscribers on June 1st
The headline kind of says it all, especially for those who already know what I mean by "pizza horror", but for those not in the know, oh please, let me be the first to spin this amusing tale for you.…
On (My) Social Media Addiction
At the beginning of the pandemic, just for a few weeks, there was a moment when I felt a sudden love of social media I hadn't felt in years. We were being told to go home, to stay inside, and…
New Short Story and Newsletter
In the post that I put up last month, I mentioned that I want to get away from social media over the course of the next few months and have this blog be my online home instead. My last month…
The 8-year journey of “In Nightmares We’re Alone”
On March 15, my novel In Nightmares We're Alone will be released from Off Limits Press (it is currently available for pre-order from their online store). This marks a finish line (or at least the latest milestone) for a project that has had…