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Old Man, Look at My Life*
Literary Themes Subconsciously Rooted in Childhood
My father and his "Mama" on the family farm, early 1940s.
Insecurity and salvation.
These two themes recur often, yet unplanned, in the fiction and poetry I write. They usually emerge from a character's self-doubt, countered by an unrealistic belief that situations, no matter how awful or threatening, will eventually turn out okay, that adversity will ultimately surrender to peace. But why do these particular themes keep showing up?
A few years ago, a political disagreement with my father ignited in him a firestorm of condemnation of other cultures and races—never mind the mixed racial heritage of my spouse and our daughter. Communication ended abruptly in mutual expletives. After more than five decades, he and I were finally done. I figured I'd never hear from him again, that the next time I visited him would be at his graveside.
The relationship with my father has always been tenuous at best. I felt safe with him only once—in 1958 as he carried me through the hospital parking lot on my way to a tonsillectomy. I was two. Fear soon obliterated that initial sense of safety, thanks to repeated episodes of rage, from verbal abuse and an eagerness to fight, to animal cruelty and domestic violence, a few incidents recounted in my published fiction.
My parents separated when I was twelve. I'd spent that summer of 1968 working in my father's Phillips 66 service station in Crestview, Florida—sometimes alone and always under order to wear a "Wallace for President" Dixieland hat and campaign necktie. Dad's small, two-pump station had three restrooms in back, designated as "Men," "Women," and "Restroom," the third to which he directed people of color.
My father, age 18, holding me, mid-1956.
In the station's front window, he'd hung a hand-drawn recreation of an auto tag that read "Put your (heart symbol) in Dixie, or get your (donkey symbol) out." One hot day, a traveller from a northern state noticed the sign after I'd gassed his car. "If I'd seen that damn thing," he snarled, "I wouldn't have stopped." I was glad my father was away at the time. Otherwise, a fight would have certainly ensued.
Bizarrely hot-tempered, my father was quick to violence. I witnessed such fury that crippled and killed animals and bruised and broke people both emotionally and physically. I felt a flood of relief and freedom when my parents split and I ended up in Pensacola, Florida, fifty miles from Crestview and my father. Marrying his second wife shortly after the divorce finalized the following year, he moved some forty-five miles north to his hometown, Andalusia, Alabama. With his wife's deft support, he established a used car dealership that provided a good income, even though he faced legal problems at one point for buying and selling stolen cars. Due more to his wife's business savvy than his public charm or honesty, he skirted prosecution and became wealthier than he'd ever imagined he would, though it had no effect on his refusal to pay child support, doling out only small portions when I visited him.
During my visits that never exceeded two days, he appeared to have mellowed since the divorce—specifically, his propensity to violence had apparently evaporated. I became jealous of his wife's two sons whom he'd adopted. They, I believed, enjoyed the father I craved, a reasonable man who respected them enough to do what a parent should do. The emotional distance between us increased while the frequency of my visits decreased. Only after his death did I become aware of the psychological and physical violence he waged against his new family.
Fast forward four-and-a-half decades.
My father's wife died in April 2015, succumbing to cancer. During her decline, her children visited her at home, but not without consequence. When his wife's daughter said she would not move into my father's home to take care of him after her mother's death, he became so livid he threatened to kill her if she ever returned for any reason. She didn't. When his oldest adopted son visited his mother a few days before she died, my father accused the son of plotting to steal his money and slugged him. The son responded instinctively, knocking my father to the floor.
The Phillips 66 station where I worked summers, afternoons, and Saturdays when I was age 9 to 12.
"Get out!" my father raged. "Get out before I kill you! I'll put you in the ground you ever come here again!"
Increased paranoia followed his wife's death and led to rabid accusations that relatives were constantly plotting to steal his land and money. He threatened to kill many and alienated all but one, a cousin whose tolerance ensured the care he needed.
Already receiving thrice-weekly dialysis treatment before his wife's death, my father had developed a notorious reputation among Andalusia's medical workers for verbally abusing doctors and dialysis personnel. In early August 2016, he suffered a mild heart attack that placed him in a hospital where doctors determined he'd require rehabilitation center placement upon release. Facilities in his hometown, thanks to his reputation, refused to take him, necessitating placement in a Crestview facility where he required sedation most of the time. Shortly after placement, my cousin informed me that his condition had begun to deteriorate rapidly, that he suffered from advanced diabetes, kidney disease, and increasing dementia.
Living in New Mexico, I decided not to visit him. Any possibility of reconciliation, no matter how remote, had surely vanished within sedation and the distortions of dementia. Then my wife's brother in Pensacola died unexpectedly, and we made the 1,350-mile drive to attend his memorial, placing us within forty minutes of the Crestview rehab facility.
On a rainy Wednesday morning in a town that's grown unrecognizably large since my childhood, the nurse in the rehab facility's locked wing pointed out my father at the end of a line of wheelchair-bound patients parked along one wall. The greasy pompadour he'd worn most of his adult life had been replaced by shorter hair, brushed into a faux mohawk, the result of a nurse's playfulness. He stared blankly toward the opposite wall, murmuring. I knelt before his chair and took his hand.
"Dad?"
He slowly turned his gaze.
"You know me?"
My father in his prime.
After a moment, he nodded almost imperceptibly.
He smiled slightly. "Ray," he whispered.
"No, not Ray." I have no idea who Ray is. "Try again."
Something clicked. His face tightened, his lips parted slightly, and he began to cry. "Chris…"
Just as quickly, his expression muddled, and the stare returned. He nodded. And nodded.
I engaged him in talk as best as possible and took a few photographs.
He held my hand off and on, muttering things like, "I used to have lots of money. No more. It's okay, it's okay. Madelyn [his deceased wife] is coming soon."
Aides began wheeling patients to the dining room for lunch.
"You seen Mama?" he asked. His mother had died some forty years earlier. "She ain't been by."
"No, but you'll see her soon," I said. "She's waiting."
A shadow of a smile played on his lips. He nodded once. "I love everybody." He nodded again. "Everybody loves me."
"I'm sure they do."
He leaned slightly forward. "I'm proud…"
My breath caught with hope that, at last, he'd express something he'd never before expressed.
"I'm proud," he whispered again, "real proud of my life."
I let the breath go. "Yes, you should be."
He sat back.
An African-American nurse arrived to take him to the dining room. My father, whose racist rants were legendary, reached for her hand and grinned.
My father (right) discussing one of his used cars with a potential customer.
"She's nice," he said. "People…people's the same everywhere."
The nurse positioned herself behind the chair.
"We need to go," I said. "Time for you to get some lunch."
He raised a hand toward my wife—that unsuitable, racially-diverse person who married me thirty-eight years ago.
"I love you," he whispered.
She hugged him.
He then held his hand out to me. His face twisted momentarily as though he might cry again.
"I love you," he said. And he nodded.
"Yeah, I love you, too, Dad."
His eyes glazed.
I lowered his hand to his lap and let go.
The nurse said, "Y'all can wait or come back after lunch if you'd like."
We thanked her and stepped aside, and she wheeled him away.
Six days later, the day after our return to New Mexico, he died. My cousin said that he had been en route from dialysis to the rehabilitation center when he went to sleep for the last time.
I didn't travel to Andalusia for the funeral, but my cousin filled me in. The preacher of the church my father attended—designated as a primary recipient of Dad's estate after he disinherited his wife's children and me—delivered a glowing tribute that had some attendees wondering who the hell the preacher was talking about.
Southern preachers consider eulogies sacred opportunities to exploit insecurity and harvest souls by lobbing sizable chunks of fire and brimstone while praising the exceptional life of the dearly departed, now cozied up in heaven with Jesus.
My father six days before his death. (May 11, 1938 – August 16, 2016)
What does it hurt?
Most of us—kind or cruel—reach for higher standards at some point. And we all fail in different degrees. It's okay to remember people as better than they were. It's okay to grant a little salvation.
At some point, I'll stand at my father's graveside, keenly aware of how he influenced me to strive to be his opposite, of how he will always affect the characters and themes in my fiction and poetry.
Perhaps I'll thank him.
Perhaps not.
* from Neil Young's "Old Man"
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Creative writing workshops can be tailored for beginner-to-advanced writers, addressing the needs of specific groups. Workshops incorporate interactive exercises to encourage students to develop skills specific to their writing goals. Students engage in various activities to improve ability and inspire confidence within a fun, nonjudgmental environment. Workshops cover fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry, exploring story and poetic elements such as plot, character, voice, dialogue, description, setting, pacing, and point of view. Some of the techniques utilized include:
Exploring events in students' lives as inspiration
Exploring writing as a positive outlet
Examining situations through multiple points of view
Focusing on subject development
Developing a story from first draft through final revision
Chris has served as a fiction writing instructor for Writer's Digest School and has conducted numerous workshops for continuing education programs. Chris offers free single-class workshops to K-12 public schools.
For more information, please contact Chris.
Native American Flute
Educational presentations and musical performances on Native American flute explore the mythology, history, crafting, and music of the ancient and modern versions of the flute, dispelling popular but erroneous information of the flute's development and true place in history.
Popular mythology portrays the Native American flute as an instrument used solely by men to court women, but the flute was and continues to be an instrument played by both men and women in numerous activities, from simple enjoyment of playing to use in fertility rituals honoring gods of harvest and more.
The presentation includes an overview of existing flute creation myths, flute history and use, crafting and structure information, and performance. Presentation length can be tailored to needs.
Chris is a craftsman and musician of the Native American flute. He has published two books on the history and crafting of the instrument and recorded/released three CDs of native flute instrumentals currently available under the WindPoem title. For more information or to arrange a presentation, please contact Chris.
Walking after Midnight now available
~ A Vietnam veteran whose mother's love proves worse than captivity…
~ A musician who employs music to resurrect his dead wife…
~ A boy who flees an abusive father to land in a circle of demented faeries…
~ An Iraqi War vet who discovers compassion in a tortured, decaying phooka…
~ A sexual assault victim who burns for her victimizers…
~ An angel, wounded and imprisoned by a father desperate for divine healing of his physically and mentally deformed daughter…
~ A suicidal woman who discovers salvation in a Tokyo street vendor's box…
More than 30 years in the making, Walking after Midnight is a literary trove, collecting 61 tales of critically acclaimed dark fantasy, southern gothic, science fiction, horror, and mainstream fiction that mine the depths of character–how we fail and triumph, accept and reject others and ourselves, and light the darkest recesses of our souls.
On sale now at Amazon.com in paperback and Kindle formats and soon to be available in paperback through most bookstores. Get a 20 percent discount if you order through Createspace. Use the code NA8BMLHK at checkout.
Hush, Puppy! A Southern Fried Tale
"Who doesn't love a good children's book encompassing a sweet message, exquisite, color imagery, and a dog gifted with the ability to whip up southern cuisine! Not only is [Hush, Puppy!] a delightful read of fantasy and enchantment, but [readers] will be astounded by the illustrations provided by Beth Young, who uses brilliant color to enhance the author's story." ~ Suzie Canale, Three Lights in the Attic book reviews
Ever wonder how fried cornbread came about? I did… Thus begins the story, Hush, Puppy! A Southern Fried Tale. "In celebration of good people and tasty food," the book is appropriate for all ages, available from most bookstores.
The iBooks version features full print-book layout AND read-along audio, perfect for iPad and other devices.
Beth Young is an award-winning artist with an extensive background in commercial, creative, and instructional art.
Big Daddy's Fast-Past Gadget
It can take a long time to grow up. For Josh, six centuries isn't enough. Enabled by Big Daddy's fast-past gadget—a 1966 Mustang—and a device for communicating with the dead, 16-year-old Josh and companion Keala flee into a bizarre future six centuries hence that ends up looking a lot like home.
"Wry wit on socio-political problems … a refreshing look through the eyes of a youngster on the verge of manhood." ~ MyShelf.com
"A special novel that will captivate readers and linger in the mind." ~ Two Lips Reviews
"Action alone will keep you reading. The story contains a moral, but will humanity learn its lesson? A fun read." ~ Coffee Time Reviews
White Trash & Southern
Spanning nearly three decades of C.S. Fuqua's literary career, White Trash & Southern collects 232 poems—an exploration of life's challenges and rewards. Download an excerpt.
"With an eye for the particular and an ear for the music of everyday life, C. S. Fuqua shares with readers his brave and lyrical view of human experience. An unflinching examination of the sorrows and joys we experience while moving through the world, White Trash & Southern is a fine collection of poems." ~ Dr. Wendy Galgan, Editor, Assisi
"White Trash & Southern is an exhaustive book of powerfully emotive poems that explore a lifetime of wounds still present and gaping. By not looking away, by taking stock and inventory of all that we've been through, we come to discover that we've become strong, hardened, and wise for all of our hardships. This is a wonderful book of poetry, and a fine achievement that will greatly enrich its readers."~ Devin McGuire, Editor of the Unrorean and author of After the Hunt (Encircle Publications 2013)
"… gritty, insightful, humorous, tragic, and celebratory … begin anywhere, skip around, or read it from back to front … a well-written, coherent collection … however you read it." ~Jonathan K. Rice, Editor/Publisher, Iodine Poetry Journal
"A poignant, very strongly emotional collection of poems ~ one I intend to return to …" ~ Judith B. Glad, author of Improbable Solution
In 2009, cancer took two friends. Joe had a good job that provided health insurance, but the insurance company refused to fund "experimental" procedures that might have saved his life. Rob was a waiter, working for low wages and tips, unable to afford insurance and not covered by an employee insurance program. Both men experienced inexcusable desperation and suffering–one because he had no insurance coverage, the other because he did. Many of the poems in this collection explore Joe's experiences over the last year of his life and his family's experiences the year following his death. All are meant to honor these two friends, both deeply cherished and missed.
Native American Flute: A Comprehensive Guide ~ History & Craft
Interest in crafting the Native American flute has grown steadily since the 1980s, but reliable, specific crafting instruction has been as scarce to come by as reliable accounts of its history and development. Native American Flute: A Comprehensive Guide ~ History & Craft updates and combines into one volume the two previous books, The Native American Flute: Myth, History, Craft and Native American Flute Craft, to present a comprehensive history of and crafting guide to the native flute.
The Native American flute is popularly known as a "love" flute, an instrument used by males in courting, but it is much more and has been played throughout history by children, women, and men. The commonly accepted mythology of the native flute does nothing but reinforce the negative view of native women as subservient to the male. Take, for example, entries on various internet sites that claim that only men played the flute—no matter the culture or tribe—that its power is completely destroyed by the slightest touch of a woman. Such stories make for appealing chauvinistic myth, but not for accurate history. While hunting and courtship were, indeed, associated with the flute, its uses numbered many more than courting, were more diverse in intent, and certainly were not restricted to the male.
Native American Flute explores the documented history and mythology of the Native American flute, debunking the popular belief that the flute is only a man's instrument.
Native American Flute provides an in-depth, fully illustrated, step-by-step manual for crafting one of the most stirring instruments ever invented. Learn the flute's celebrated history and build it in all its forms, from the ancient end-blown flute to the modern two-chamber flute, drone, and more.
Native American Flute's detailed history and thorough, easy-to-follow crafting instructions provide novice and pro alike the tools and understanding to craft personalized Native American flutes from a variety of materials, including wood, bamboo, PVC, and more while honoring the flute's cherished journey from ancient times to present day.
Discover the true history and mythology of the Native American flute and learn to make your own, including the ancient and modern versions.
Explore. Craft. Play.
Muscle Shoals ~ The Hit Capital's Heyday & Beyond
From Dexter Johnson's garage studio to James Joiner's "A Fallen Star," Tune Records to FAME and Muscle Shoals Sound studios, Aretha Franklin to the Rolling Stones and the Black Keys, from the beginning to present day—Muscle Shoals: The Hit Capital's Heyday & Beyond is an updated, expanded version of Music Fell on Alabama, the original book-length history of the Muscle Shoals music industry, first published in 1991, chronicling the cooperation of black and white producers and artists during one of the most volatile times in U.S. race relations, cooperation that produced many of the most celebrated and enduring songs of all time.
Much has been written about the Muscle Shoals music industry and even a movie produced since publication of Music Fell on Alabama, most accounts crediting the area's phenomenal success to some mystical power divined from the Tennessee River. Myth makes for good drama, but Muscle Shoals: The Hit Capital's Heyday & Beyond details the true source of the industry's success: the tenacious determination of talented individuals obsessed with the desire to make a difference in music.
And what a difference they made…
Notes to My Becca
"C. Stephen Fouquet writes about his newborn daughter with sensitivity and grace. This is a compelling, honest book."~ Bob Keeshan, TV's "Captain Kangaroo"
In 1995, Notes to My Becca introduced a wide audience to the societal trend of at-home fathers. NTMB is a touching, practical look at parenting on the wonder—and anxiety—of becoming a father. All editions are currently out of print, but the book may be offered as a free digital download in the future. If interested, please contact C.S. Fuqua by clicking on the email icon.
The Swing: Poems of Fatherhood
The collection of poems documents intimate moments of the author's daughter from birth into adolescence, contemplating the challenges, sacrifices, and rewards of parenting, The Swing elicits "thoughts and feelings from many experiences. A must for any (parent)." ~ Willie Elliott for Myshelf.com.
The Swing: Poems of Fatherhood, Uncial Press, 2008, EPIC winner for Best Poetry Collection.
If I Were, I Would!
Embark on fantastic adventures in a whimsical universe of poetry and art where everything is possible. Explore and celebrate the wonderful and diverse world through imagination!
"…a charming and heart-warming journey." ~ Joanna Dreiling, M.Ed., reading specialist
"…a feeling of hope and the certainty that happiness and goodness are still out there." ~ Cynthia Harris, author
If I Were, I Would! is available in trade paperback and digital formats. The audio enhanced iBook, available from iTunes for iPad and other devices, features print-book layout and full read-along audio to assist in vocabulary expansion for young readers. If I Were, I Would! is available in print and other formats digital formats through most bookstores.
Selected awards & honors
The Swing: Poems of Fatherhood: Uncial Press, 2008 EPIC winner for Best Poetry Collection.
"Contact is Everything": Honorable mention in Year's Best Fantasy & Horror 19.
"Magic": Best of the Net selection, 2006.
"Mama's Boy": Honorable mention in Year's Best Fantasy & Horror 6.
"Mama's Boy": Year's Best Horror Stories XXI selection.
"Old Lady Campbell, She is Dead": Honorable mention, 1990 Year's Best Horror & Fantasy.
"The Sharps and Flats Guarantee": Year's Best Horror Stories XX selection.
"Undertaker II: Drowning": Honorable mention in Year's Best Fantasy & Horror 7.
"Walking After Midnight": Year's Best Horror Stories XIX selection.
Novels & Fiction Collections
Walking after Midnight, Cooperative Ink, October 2016. More than 30 years in the making, Walking after Midnight is a literary trove, collecting 61 tales of critically acclaimed dark fantasy, southern gothic, science fiction, horror, and mainstream fiction
Big Daddy's Fast-Past Gadget, Cooperative Ink, 2015. First published by Awe-Struck Publishing in eBook format as Big Daddy's Gadgets, 2006. Republished in 2011 in paperback and eBook formats by Mundania Press. "For some, it takes a long time to grow up. For Josh, six centuries isn't enough." Big Daddy's Fast-Past Gadget is science fiction social satire, set in present-day Hawaii and six centuries into the future. Available from online bookstores and most local bookstores by order.
Hush, Puppy! A Southern Fried Tale, Cooperative Ink, 2013. Ever wonder how fried cornbread came about? I did… Thus begins the story, Hush, Puppy! A Southern Fried Tale, the fictional history of how an excitable puppy and a tiny baker create the southern treat, hushpuppies. Hush, Puppy! A Southern Fried Tale is available in paperback and Kindle formats from Amazon.com and in Nook/ePub format from Barnes & Noble. Full production read-along audio for both print and eBook editions is available as an mp3 download from Amazon.com.
Rise Up, Mundania Press, 2012. C.S. Fuqua's second collection of short fiction, collecting two dozen short stories that span nearly thirty years of Fuqua's career, features ghosts and faeries, the macabre and mundane, rich and poor, and distraught and jubilant, exploring the motivations, actions, and consequences that force ordinary people to become extraordinary. Sometimes we recognize evil's approach; sometimes we don't. Rise Up explores the consequences. Out of print.
Trust Walk, short fiction collection, Mundania Press, 2010. The 35 stories collected in Trust Walk explore the motivations of the human spirit, the qualities that lead us into temptation as well as deliverance, that make even the most ordinary among us extraordinary. The unabridged audio version was published in 2013. Out of print.
Butterflies Die, audio novel, Books in Motion, 2001. Currently unavailable.
Flight of the Omni, audio novel, Books in Motion, 1998. Currently unavailable.
Deadlines, audio novel, Books in Motion, 1998. Currently unavailable.
Death in Service, audio novel, Books in Motion, 1997. Currently unavailable.
Cancer, Cooperative Ink, 2015. A collection of poems celebrating two friends who died from different forms of cancer in 2009.
White Trash & Southern ~ Collected Poems, Volume I, Cooperative Ink, 2014. Collects more than 200 previously published poems, spanning three decades of C.S. Fuqua's writing career.
If I Were, I Would!, Cooperative Ink, 2014. (A different version, entitled If I Were, was published in eBook format by SynergEbooks, 2011.) Promoting vocabulary expansion and parental interaction, If I Were, I Would! inspires deeper awareness and respect as it takes readers on an extraordinary ride into imagination. Embark on fantastic adventures in a whimsical universe of poetry and art where everything is possible. Explore and celebrate the wonderful and diverse world through imagination! And if you see the authors there, wave!
The Swing: Poems of Fatherhood, Uncial Press, 2008, EPIC winner for Best Poetry Collection. Poems that document intimate moments of a child from birth into adolescence, contemplating the challenges, sacrifices, and rewards of parenting, The Swing elicits "thoughts and feelings from many experiences. A must for any (parent)." — Willie Elliott for Myshelf.com.
Native American Flute: A Comprehensive Guide ~ History & Craft, Cooperative Ink, 2018. Native American Flute explores the documented history and mythology of the Native American flute, debunking the popular belief that the flute is only a man's instrument. Native American Flute provides an in-depth, fully illustrated, step-by-step manual for crafting one of the most stirring instruments ever invented. Learn the flute's celebrated history and build it in all its forms, from the ancient end-blown flute to the modern two-chamber flute, drone, and more. Native American Flute's detailed history and thorough, easy-to-follow crafting instructions provide novice and pro alike the tools and understanding to craft personalized Native American flutes from a variety of materials, including wood, bamboo, PVC, and more while honoring the flute's cherished journey from ancient times to present day.
Native American Flute Craft ~ Ancient to Modern, Cooperative Ink, 2015. Interest in crafting the Native American flute has exploded since the 1980s, but reliable, specific crafting instruction has been as scarce to come by as reliable accounts of its history and development. In 2012, Cooperative Ink published C.S. Fuqua's The Native American Flute: Myth, History, Craft, which explored the instrument's true history and mythology while also providing a section on crafting, geared primarily to experienced woodworkers. In response to the continuing success of that book, Fuqua has written Native American Flute Craft, an in-depth manual for crafting the Native American flute in all its forms, from the ancient Anasazi flute to the modern two-chamber flute, from the traditional to the drone and more. Easy-to-follow illustrated instructions provide thorough instruction on crafting personalized instruments from a variety of materials, including wood, bamboo, and PVC.
Muscle Shoals ~ The Music Capital's Heyday & Beyond, Cooperative Ink, 2014. From Dexter Johnson's garage studio to James Joiner's "A Fallen Star," Tune Records to FAME and Muscle Shoals Sound studios, Aretha Franklin to the Rolling Stones and the Black Keys, from the beginning to present day–Muscle Shoals: The Hit Capital's Heyday & Beyond is an updated, expanded version of Music Fell on Alabama, the original book-length history of the Muscle Shoals music industry, first published in 1991, chronicling the cooperation of black and white producers and artists during one of the most volatile times in U.S. race relations, cooperation that produced many of the most celebrated and enduring songs of all time.
Notes to My Becca, Second Edition, Cooperative Ink, 2013, features an update, new photographs, and expanded entries, offering a touching, practical, and thoughtful look at parenting from a dad's viewpoint while addressing the miracle, anxiety, fear, and wonder of becoming a parent. Notes documents the fear of a possible third miscarriage, tumultuous extended-family situations, and normal post-birth parenting stress. But more, the book describes the joy of father regarding his new daughter, from first breath to first feedings, first words, and first steps.
The Native American Flute: Myth, History, Craft, Cooperative Ink, 2012, separates flute myth from flute fact to provide a better understanding of the Native American flute's true place and function in history and in today's culture. The book details the development and use of the native flute by both women and men, as well as the myths that have grown up around its use. The book's final section provides readers with detailed instruction on crafting both the ancient, end-blown native flute and the modern native flute.
Alabama Musicians: Musical Heritage from the Heart of Dixie, The History Press, 2011. Alabama Musicians details the history of "musical" Alabama, from the state's contributions to folk music, jazz, country, rock and more from the 1800s through the present, featuring biographies of dozens of Alabama music stars who have had and continue to have profound effects on music. Although much of the book's information is now outdated, the publisher refuses to take it out of print or contract an update.
Notes to My Becca, First Edition, Fairview Press, 1995, charts a new father's concerns, feelings, and hopes during his wife's pregnancy and through the first year of their daughter's life. The late Bob Keeshan, TV's "Captain Kangaroo," wrote, "C. Stephen Fouquet [C.S. Fuqua] writes about his newborn daughter with sensitivity and grace. This is a compelling, honest book."
Divorced Dads: Real Stories of Facing the Challenge, Fairview Press, 1996, is an unusual glimpse into the lives and relationships of some extraordinary divorced fathers, providing an intimate portrait of fatherhood beyond marriage, an exploration and examination of post-divorce failures and successes as "Dad." Out of print.
Music Fell on Alabama, Crane Hill Publishers, 1991; reprinted by New South Books, 2007. The first book-length history of the Muscle Shoals, Alabama, recording industry from its inception through the 1980s. These two editions are now out of print. The content has been updated and expanded, published as Muscle Shoals ~ The Hit Capital's Heyday & Beyond
"The Addict," 3PBS Radio, Melbourne, Australia; Rick Kennett, producer; 1986.
"All the Brave Soldiers," Something Wicked, Inkless Media, P.O. Box 15074, Vlaeberg, Capetown 8018, South Africa; Issue #8, Nov. 2008-Jan. 2009.
"Ants," Eloquent Stories (Defunct), Volume 2, Issue 5, June-August 2006.
"Big Daddy's Fast-Past Gadget," Starsong (Defunct), Rt. 2, Box 260-B, St. Matthews, SC 29135; No. 2, Dec. 1987.
"The Bridge," Widow of the Orchid (Defunct), 2101 Hazel Ave., Virginia, MN 55792-3730; September 1996.
"The Bridge," Bare Bone, 1742 Madison St., Kingsport, TN 37665; Issue 3, December 2002.
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"The Chair," Southern Beat (Defunct), P.O. Box 11454, Norfolk, VA 23517; Winter 1993-1994.
"Chips Man, Act I," Fright Depot (Defunct), 15519 Domarat Ave., Norwalk, CA 90650; No. 1, Spring 1988.
"Circle," Tall Tale TV, June 25, 2018.
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"Contrition," Brutarian, P.O. Box 25222,Arlington, VA 22202-9222; No. 39, Summer 2003.
"Demons," Something Wicked, Summer/Fall 2012.
"Dogs," Transcendent (DNVH) anthology, 2018.
"Doing Time," Tale Spinner, P.O. Box 336, Bedford, IN 47421; Summer 1996.
"Driving," Constellate Literary Journal, 20
"DTs," Gas (Defunct), P.O. Box397, Marina, CA 93933; No. 4, Summer 1987.
"Eyes of a Child"; Dark Regions, P.O. Box 6301, Concord, CA 94524; Issue 11, Winter 1999.
"Eyes of a Child"; The Dark Krypt webzine, C.L. Carnley, Editor; January/February 2006.
"Eyes of a Child"; Tall Tale TV, March 23, 2020.
"Garbler," Serendipity (Defunct), 4295 Silver Lake Road, Pinson, AL 35126-3307; Vol. 1, No. 1, Oct. 1988.
"Glass Displays," Collages & Bricollages, P.O. Box 360, Shippenville, PA 16254; Issue 15, 2002.
"Graduation," Grue, P.O. Box 370, Times Square Station, New York, NY 10108; No. 12, Winter1991. Also appeared in the on-line magazine Creatio Ex Nihilo, April 1997.
"Hope," Cabal Asylum, P.O. Box 24906, Denver, CO 80224; 1998.
"Hunting," Pinehurst Journal, P.O. Box 360747, Milipitas, CA 95036; Spring 1992.
"Hurricane," Theme of Absence, June 6, 2015; includes author interview.
"Interview with the Witch," Cyber-Psychosis Aod; P.O. Box 581, Denver, CO 80201; Issue 3, February 1993.
"Interview with the Witch," Goblin Muse webzine (Defunct), Australia; Issue 2, 2000.
"Interview with the Witch," 3PBS Radio, Melbourne, Australia; Rick Kennett, producer; 1989.
"Irene and Mother," Spelk Fiction, September 2019.
"Kid Stuff," Shock Treatment, Peak Output Press, Box 325, Stacyville, IA 50476; Anthology,1988.
"The Last Mystic," Today's Fantasy/Future Technology, 5111 Hillrose Drive, Baxter, TN 38544; March/April 1992.
"Liberation," Midnight Zoo, 544 Ygnacio Valley Road, #A273, P.O. Box 8040, Walnut Creek, CA,94956; Vol. I, Issue 3, May/June 1991.
"Luau," Deathrealm, 3223-F Regents Park, Greensboro, NC 27405; No. 5, Spring 1988.
"Magic," Cezanne's Carrot, P.O. Box 6037, Santa Fe, NM 87502; Summer Solstice edition, July 2006.
"Magic," Best of the Net selection, 2006, Jaimee Wriston Colbert, 2006 judge; Erin Elizabeth Smith, editor; 501 S. Elm St #1, Champaign IL 61820.
"Mainstream," The Provo Canyon Review, Volume 2, Issue 2.
"Mama's Boy," Cemetery Dance, P.O. Box 18433, Baltimore, MD 21237, Spring 1992. (Honorable mention in Year's Best Fantasy & Horror 6, edited by Ellen Datlow.)
"Mama's Boy," Internet electronic magazine Knightmares, an MDG Publications publication; April-May 1997.
"Mama's Boy," Tall Tale TV; Youtube and Podcast, September 14, 2018.
"Mama's Boy," Year's Best Horror Stories XXI, edited by Karl Edward Wagner, Box 1064, Chapel Hill, NC 27514; October 1993.
"Modesto 60," Co-authored with Michael Kelly; Thirteen Stories, c/o Twilight Writers,102-1111 Jervis Street, Vancouver, BC CANADA V6E 2C5; Issue 10, June 2003.
"Obon," The Big Book of Erotic Ghost Stories, hardback, Suspect Thoughts Press, 2215-R Market Street PMB #544, San Francisco, CA 94114-1612, on behalf of Bookspan and Venus Book Club; 2004.
"Obon," The Big Book of Erotic Ghost Stories, trade paperback, Suspect Thoughts Press on behalf of Blue Moon Books, Avalon Publishing Group Incorporated, 245 West 17th St., New York, New York; 2005.
"The Occasional Demon," Terminal Fright, P.O. Box 100, Black River, NY 13612; Number 6, 1994.
"The Occasional Demon," Three Lobed Burning Eye, 3LBE; online issue 7; Three Lobed Burning Eye, annual print edition; 1918 NE 48th Ave., Portland, OR97213; Annual Volume II, December 2004.
"Old Lady Campbell, She is Dead," 2AM, P.O. Box 6754, Rockford, IL 61125-1754; No. 12, Summer 1989. (Honorable mention, 1990 Year's Best Horror & Fantasy, edited by Ellen Datlow.)
"Old Lady Campbell, She is Dead," Gothic.net webzine, 431 Holloway San Francisco, CA 94112; 2003.
"The Pinpoint Tune," Over My Dead Body!; P.O. Box 1778, Auburn, WA 98071-1778; Vol. 2, Issue 4, Spring 1994.
"The Pinpoint Tune," Writers On The River, Mid-South Writers' Association, Memphis, TN; 1994 issue.
"Playing the Notes," Cabal Asylum, P.O. Box 24906, Denver, CO 80224; Summer 1996.
"The Poet," formercactus; Issue 10, July 2018.
"Poker Face," Short Story Digest, P.O. Box 1183, Richardson, TX 75803; No. 8, Nov. 1992.
"Primal Therapy," Onionhead Literary Quarterly, 115 N. Kentucky Ave., Lakeland, FL 33801; April 1991.
"Reconciliation," Sounds Of The Night, Sam's Dot Publishing, P.O. Box 782, Cedar Rapids, IA 52406; August 2010.
"The Recruitment," Midnight Zoo, 544 Ygnacio Valley Road, #A273, P.O. Box 8040, Walnut Creek, CA, 94956; Vol. 1, Issue 5, December 1991.
"Redemption," Ashe Journal, P.O. Box 363, Hulls Cove, ME; spring 2010.
"Responsibility," Space And Time, 138 W. 70th St., Apt. 4B, New York, NY 10023-4432; Issue 86, July 1995.
"Rise Up," A Sharps & Flats tale; Bull Spec, P.O. Box 13146, Durham, NC 27709; Issue 1, 2010, cover story.
"Rise Up," read by Jonathan Danz, Tales to Terrify 184, 2015.
"Sack Man," Alternate Realties webzine (Defunct); May/June 2002.
"Sack Man," The Edge, P.O. Box 341, Marion, MA 02738; Number 5.
"Samaritan," Crossroads, 478 Waters Road, Jacksonville, NC 28546-9756; February 1996.
"Scream of the Panther," Haunts, P.O. Box 3342, Providence, RI 02906; No. 15, Spring 1989.
"Screamer," Fear on Demand podcast; 2014.
"Screamer," The Horror Show, 14848 Misty Springs Lane, Oak Run, CA 96069; Summer 1986.
"Screamer," 3PBS Radio, Melbourne, Australia; Rick Kennett, producer; 1986.
"Screamer," 100 Lightnings, edited by Stephen Studach, Paroxysm Press, Sydney, Australia; 2012.
"The Sharps and Flats Guarantee," Atopos, 233 Lazy Acre Road, Wausau, WI 54401; No. 1, Winter 1991.
"The Sharps and Flats Guarantee," Knightmares, an MDG Publications publication; Volume 7, No. 2, November-December 1997.
"The Sharps and Flats Guarantee," Quick Chills II, 22910 Summit Road, Los Gatos, CA 95030; January 1992.
"The Sharps and Flats Guarantee," Year's Best Horror Stories XX, edited by Karl Edward Wagner, Box 1064, Chapel Hill, NC 27514; October 1992.
"Sibling Rivalry," Hardboiled Detective, P.O. Box 209, Brooklyn, NY 11228; No. 10, 1990.
"Side-Road Shack," Nøctulpa, P.O. Box 5125, Long Island City, NY 11105; No. 1, 1987.
"The Simple Sound of Dead Trees Singing," Co-authored with Michael Kelly, All Hallows, Ghost Story Society, PO. Box 1360, Ashcroft, British Columbia, Canada V0K 1A0; Issue 42, 2007.
"The Stain," Barbaric Yawp, 3700 County Route 24, Russell, NY 13684; March 2001.
"The Tenor's Wife," Shock Treatment, Peak Output Press, Box 325, Stacyville, IA 50476; Anthology, 1988.
"Time Now," Queered Fiction Science Fiction Anthology; P.O.B. 732, Gillitts, 3603, KZN, South Africa; September 2009.
"Towels," Arabesques, Agence de Presse et de Communications, Société Arabesque, Case Postale 75, Ctr. de TRI, Chlef 02000, Algeria; August 2006.
"Trust Walk," Grue, P.O. Box 370, Times Square Station, New York, NY 10108; No. 8, 1988.
"Trust Walk," Sounds Of The Night, Sam's Dot Publishing, P.O.B. 782, Cedar Rapids, IA. 52407; August 2009.
"Undertaker I: Ashes and Dust," Rictus, 2712 Wisconsin Ave. NW #408, Washington, DC 20007; No. 7, 1996.
"Undertaker II: Drowning," Cyber-Psychosis Aod, P.O. Box 581, Denver, CO 80201; No. 7, Autumn 1997. (Honorable mention in Year's Best Fantasy & Horror 7, edited by Ellen Datlow.)
"The Urinal," Bohemian Chronicle, P.O. Box 387, Largo, FL 34649-0387; February 1994.
"Walking After Midnight," Figment, P.O. Box 3566, Moscow, ID 83843-0477; No. 5, October 1990.
"Walking After Midnight," DAW Books' Year's Best Horror Stories XIX, edited by Karl Edward Wagner, Box 1064, Chapel Hill, NC 27514; October 1991.
"Walking After Midnight," Dunesteef audio podcast; http:/www.dunesteef.com; 2010.
"Walking After Midnight," online magazine Other Dimension (Defunct); March 21, 2002.
"What We Do," Big Pond Rumours, P.O. Box 182, Acton, Ontario, Canada L71 1117, Volume 2, Issue 7, March 2007.
"When I See You Again," Space And Time, 138 W. 70th St., Apt. 4B, New York, NY 10023-4432; Issue 83, Spring 1994.
[Duplicate titles, in most cases, refer to different works.]
"2 Haiku," Birmingham Arts Journal, Birmingham, AL; July 2012.
"21st Century Politics," Boston Poetry, June 2013.
"A Dime's Worth," Elk River Review, 606 Coleman Ave., Athens, AL 35611-3216; Autumn 1992.
"Absentminded," The Muse, Winter 2013; purchase the international collection, published in India, here.
"The Accident," Late Knocking, P.O. Box 336, Forest Hill, MD 21050; Vol. V, No. 1, October 1991.
"Acts of Importance," Askew Poetry Journal, P.O. Box 559, Ventura, CA 93002, final edition, 2017.
"Aeroplane," Fowl Feathered Review, February 2018.
"After the Fact," Boston Poetry, June 2013.
"Afterbirth," Abbey, 5360 Fallriver Row Court, Columbia, MD 21044; Issue 72, March 1994.
"Against the Fence," The Screech Owl, October 2012.
"Age," Houseboat, August 2015.
"Age," Writing Raw, July 2015.
"Aging," Poetry Super Highway, March 3-8, 2015
"Air," Bogg, Arlington, VA 22201-1424; 2008.
"All Part of It," Chrysalis, Box 812, Holualoa, HI 96725; October 1991.
"Always?," Poultry Broadside, Gunch Press, P.O. Box 544, Yellow Springs, OH45387; Issue No. 4, December 2005.
"And Music For Jeff," Chrysalis, Box 812, Holualoa, HI 96725; October 1991.
"And The Wife," Oasis, P.O. Box 626, Largo, FL 34649-0626; March-April 1993.
"Another Drunk," Abbey, 5360 Fallriver Row Court, Columbia, MD 21044; Issue 76, August 1995.
"Another Parental Death," Draconian Measures, 473 14th St., #A, San Francisco, CA 94103; Issue 2, 1990.
"Anyone," The Poetry Peddler, Box 250, West Monroe, NY 13167; Volume 2, No. 6, October, 1990.
"Apologies," Stuff, 546 Clairmont Circle, Apt. 3, Decatur, GA 30033; No. 9, July 1994.
"Armageddon Sky," Mind in Motion, P.O. Box 1118, Apple Valley, CA 92307; Issue 19, Autumn 1989.
"Armageddon Sky," Dark Metre, United Kingdom; January 2012.
"Ashes," Chiron Review, Rt. 2, Box 111, St. John, KS 67576; Vol. Xiii, Issue 3, Autumn 1994.
"As I Imagined," Fennel Stalk, 2448 W. Freeway Lane, Phoenix, AZ 85021; No. 6, 1988.
"Astral Dance," Cokefish, P.O. Box 683, Long Valley, NJ 07853; Volume 1, No. 7, 1990.
"Atalanta's Legacy," Omnific, Star Route, Box 21AA, Artemas, PA 17211; Vol II, No. 3, 1990.
"Atalanta's Legacy," The Triskelion (now defunct); No. 3, 1989.
"At 16," The Poetry Peddler, Box 250, West Monroe, NY 13167; October 1989.
"At Some Point," Misfit Magazine, Fall 2016.
"At the MRI," Howls from the Underground, Screaming Skull Press, 2018.
"at the point of too far," Poetry Forum, 5713 Larchmont Drive, Erie, PA 16509; Winter 1990.
"At the Tire Shop," Main Street Rag, P.O. Box 25331, Charlotte, NC 28229-5331; Vol. 8, No. 1, Spring 2003.
"At 30," Omnific, Star Route, Box 21AA, Artemas, PA 17211; Issue 14, October 1992.
"At This Distance," Lactuca, P.O. Box 621, Suffern, NY 10901; Issue 15, March 1992.
"At 12," Piedmont Literary Review, P.O. Box 3656, Danville, VA 24543; Vol. 10, No. 3, Winter 1986.
"Authority Challenged," Ink, Sweat, & Tears, March 2016.
"Bass," Poet Magazine, Box 54947, Oklahoma City, OK 73154; Summer 1991.
"The Bayou at Your Back Door," Confetti, Peak Output Press, P.O. Box 325, Stacyville, IA 50476; 1988.
"Beach," CaKe, A Journal OF Poetry & Art, Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, FL; 2010.
"The Beat," RE:AL, The Journal of Liberal Arts, College of Liberal Arts, Stephen F. Austin State University, Box 13007-Sfa Station, Nacogdoches, TX 75962; Issue 30.2, Fall/Winter 2005.
"Beauty," Wilderness House Review, 145 Foster St., Littleton, MA 01460; No. 6.2, 2011.
"Becoming," Lime Green Bulldozers, P.O. Box 4333, Austin, TX 78765; 1998.
"Between Friends," Stuff, 546 Clairmont Circle, Apt. 3, Decatur, GA 30033; No. 9, July 1994.
"The Bird," Oasis, P.O. Box 626, Largo, FL 34649-0626; March-April 1993.
"Bleep," Chiron Review, 522 E. South Ave., St. John, KS 67576; 2011.
"Blood Moon," Adelaide Literary Magazine, May 2020.
"Bloodline," Howls from the Underground, Screaming Skull Press, 2018.
"Bonnie's Garden," Thrift Poetic Arts Journal, 2541 Commonwealth Ave., Charlotte, NC28205; Issue 2, March 2003.
"Bottom of the Glass," Impetus, 4975 Comanche Trail, Stow, OH 44224; Male 1, Jan. 1989.
"Boundless," Main Street Rag, P.O. Box 25331, Charlotte, NC 28229-5331; 2007.
"Brother and Sister," Fauquier Poetry Journal, P.O. Box 68, Bealeton, VA 22712; October 2000.
"Bruise Me," amulet, P.O. Box 884223, San Francisco, CA 94188; San Francisco, CA; July 2010.
"Bruised," The Vein Literary Magazine, October 2012, number XII.
"Bulletin," Howls from the Underground, Screaming Skull Press, 2018.
"Bumpers" in The Poetry Bus, Ireland; PB5, 2014. Issue includes CD of poets reading their work.
"Burial Ground," Williwaw, P.O. Box 607, Brockport, NY 14420, Vol. 2, No. 1, Winter 1989.
"Business," Mobius, P.O. Box 674, St. Clair Shores, MI 48080; Spring-Summer, 1995.
"Buzzard," Powhatan Review, 4936 Farrington Drive, Virginia Beach, VA23455; Winter 2006.
"Cabinet," Green Zero; 416 N. Duke St., #7; Lancaster, PA 17602; Issue 3, 1990.
"The Calm," Spirits, Indiana University Northwest's literary magazine; Indiana University Northwest, Gary, IN 46408; Spring 2010.
"Candy that Wayne," Kalyna Review, March 2016.
"Cards," Sin Fronteras/ Writers Without Borders, Issue 23.
"Career," Abbey, 5360 Fallriver Row Court, Columbia, MD 21044; 2013.
"Carmel," Hunger Magazine; P.O. Box 505, Rosendale, NY 12472; 2000.
"Catch Phrase," The Green Muse (defunct), Canada; July 2006.
"Celebration," Moronic Ox, September 2016.
"Celluloid," The Poetry Peddler, Box 250, West Monroe, NY 13167; August 1991, Vol. 2, Issue 4.
"Changes," Artistica literary magazine; Issue 2, 2012.
"The Chant," Rattle, 13440 Ventura Blvd. #200, Sherman Oaks, CA 91423; Issue 14, 2000.
"Cheap Grace," Lunarosity Literary Magazine, Spring 2010.
"Child and Man," Illya's Honey, Dallas, TX; Vol. 5, No. 2, 1999.
"Choshi," Bohemia, Waco, TX; July 2012.
"Churning," Thorny Locust, P.O. Box 32631, Kansas City, MO 64171; August 1998
"Closets," Devil Blossoms, P.O. Box 5122, Seabrook, NJ 08302-3511; Number 3, 1999.
"Closets," If Poetry Journal, Rockville, MD., Issue 2, Nov. 2008.
"Collectible" in The Milo Review, Fall 2014, print & online.
"Compromise," Thrift Poetic Arts Journal, Charlotte, NC; Issue 4, 2004.
"Connected," Fade Poetry Journal, July 2011 & in the first year collection, 2012.
"Connecting Lots," Chiron Review, Rt. 2, Box 111, St. John, KS 67576; Vol. Xiii, No. 2, Summer 1994.
"Counselor's Office" poem in Aji Literary Magazine, August 2014
"Counting Change," Chrysalis, Box 812, Holualoa, HI 96725; March 1991.
"Cows," Event Horizon Magazine, Issue 3, March 2018.
"Crane," Erete'S Bloom, 2980 Cathedral Drive, Tallahassee, FL32310; Spring 2003, No. 3.
"Crane," In the Eye anthology by Thunder Rain Publishing Corp., P.O. Box 87 Alamogordo, NM 88311-0087; 2007. Proceeds from this anthology went to "Habitat for Humanity" to benefit those affected by Hurricane Katrina.
"Cronkite's Nightmare," Pudding Magazine; Winter 2013.
"Crow," The Green Muse (defunct), Canada; July 2006.
"Currents Scattering," Piedmont Literary Review, P.O. Box 3656, Danville, VA 24543; Vol. XVI, No. 3, March 1993.
"Dadhood," Stuff, 546 Clairmont Circle, Apt. 3, Decatur, GA 30033; No. 9, July 1994.
"The Dark Side," Up Against The Wall Mother, 6009 Edgewood Lane, Alexandria, VA 22310; Vol. Viii, No. 3, July 1987.
"Darts," Devil Blossoms, P.O. Box 5122, Seabrook, NJ 08302-3511; Number 3, 1999.
"Daughters," Pearl, 3030 E. Second St., Long Beach, CA 90803; 1997.
"The Day the Trailer Park Vanished," The Macguffin, Schoolcraft College, 18600 Haggerty Road, Livonia, MI 48152; April, 1997.
"Debating the Problem of Simple Sores," Blank Gun Silencer, 1240 William St., Racine, WI 53402; 1997.
"Decisions," Words, Pauses, Noises, January 2015.
"Deep Space," Protea Poetry Journal, P.O. Box 876, Sutter Creek, CA 95685; Issue 5, Spring 1990.
"The Deepest Part," Backspace, 25 Riverside Ave., Gloucester, MA 01930-2552; Fall, 1997.
"Deja Vu," Event Horizon Magazine, Issue 3, March 2018.
"Denial," Misfit Magazine, Fall 2015.
"Diamond," Stuff, 546 Clairmont Circle, Apt. 3, Decatur, GA 30033; No. 9, July 1994.
"Dignity," Howls from the Underground, Screaming Skull Press, 2018.
"Dimming Wit," Poetry Super Highway, March 3-8, 2015.
"Directions," Crack the Spine; Issue 35, July 2012.
"Discipline," Blood And Fire Review, P.O. Box 89, Cassville, GA 30123; Volume II, Issue II.
"Distracted," Perceptions, Mt. Hood Community College, 26000 SE Stark St., Gresham, OR 97030; Summer 2011.
"Doug-Squared," Laldy!, Clochoderick Press, Scotland, 2018.
"The Drunk," Minnesota Ink, P.O. Box 9148, N. St. Paul, MN 55109; July/August 1991.
"Driving with James," Onionhead Literary Quaraterly, 115 North Kentucky Ave., Lakeland, FL 33801; January-April Issue, 1997.
"Dragster," Busting and Droning Magazine, March 2014
"Dream," Busting and Droning Magazine, March 2014.
"Drought," (one of two different poems with same title) Erete'S Bloom, 2980 Cathedral Drive, Tallahassee, FL32310; Summer 2003, No. 4.
"Drought," (one of two different poems with same title) Random Sample Review, January 2019.
"Education — For Tegan, Age 7," Lonzie'S Fried Chicken, P.O. Box 189, Lynn, North Carolina 28750; Issue 3, 1998.
"Emeute," Chiron Review, Rt. 2, Box 111, St. John, KS 67576; Vol. Xiii, No. 2, Summer 1994.
"Encounters," Subtle Tea; September 2005.
"End," Fowl Feathered Review, February 2018.
"Enemies," Miller's Pond, RR 2 Box 241, Middlebury Center, PA 16935; 1999.
"Escalator," Abbey, 5360 Fallriver Row Court, Columbia, MD 21044; Issue 122, June 2010.
"Estate Sale," Green Hills Literary Magazine, 2019.
"Evil,"Busting and Droning Magazine, March 2014.
"Expertise," Misfit Magazine, Fall 2015.
"Eyes Wide," Event Horizon Magazine, Issue 3, March 2018.
"Fade," PoetryRepairs.com, Fall 2015.
"Fairytales," Grub Street, Towson University's Literary & Arts Magazine, 8000 York Road, Towson, MD 21252; 2012.
"Faith," Words, Pauses, Noises, January 2015.
"Familiarity," Thirteen Poetry Magazine, Box 392, Portlandville, NY 13834; Vol. IX, No. 3, April 1991.
"Father and Son," Howls from the Underground, Screaming Skull Press, 2018.
"Father's Day," Stuff, 546 Clairmont Circle, Apt. 3, Decatur, GA 30033; No. 9, July 1994.
"Feed," Houseboat, August 2015.
"Feed," Writing Raw, July 2015.
"The Final Stroke," Protea Poetry Journal, P.O. Box 894, Pine Grove, CA 95665; Vol.7, Spring 1991.
"The First Stroke," Raw Bone, P.O. Box 120661, Nashville, TN 37212; No. 11, June 1988.
"Flesh and Blood," River Poets Journal, Lambertville, NJ; Spring 2009.
"Flight," In Concert, Peak Output Press, P.O. Box 325, Stacyville, IA 50476; 1989.
"Flyer," Askew, P.O. Box 559, Ventura, CA 93002; Issue #9 Fall/Winter 2010.
"Flying," The Village Idiot, P.O. Box 66, Harrison, ID 83833-0066; 1 April 1990.
"The Following Days," Gertrude, P.O. Box 83948, Portland, OR 97283; Winter 2008.
"For a Moment, I Shall," Poetic Voices, P.O. Box 1684, Durant, OK 74702-1684; September 2000.
"For Angie, Waving," The Village Idiot, P.O. Box 66, Harrison, ID 83833-0066; 1 April 1990.
"For Cathy, Growing," Vice Versa, P.O. Box 10432, Chicago, IL 60610-0432; Vol. 4, No. 1., 1989.
"For Doug, RIP," Laldy!, Clochoderick Press, Scotland, 2018.
"For No One," In Concert, Peak Output Press, P.O. Box 325, Stacyville, IA 50476; 1989.
"For the New Order," Chrysalis, Box 812, Holualoa, HI 96725; October 1991.
"For the Old Man," Howls from the Underground, Screaming Skull Press, 2018.
"Fort Morgan," Chili Verde Review, Box AL, 1 Camino Santa Maria, San Antonio, TX 78228-8608; Fall 1998.
"Full Coverage," UP Dare?, P.O. Box 100, Shartlesville, PA 19554; January 1999.
"Fumble into Fancy," The Green Muse (defunct), Canada; July 2006.
"The Gaza Zoo," Delinquent, 92 Elm Road, Kingston, Surrey, KT2 6HU; Issue 15, 2011.
"Genealogy," Fowl Feathered Review, February 2018.
"Generations," Wandering Hermit Review, 317 Harvard Ave. E, #B, Seattle, WA98102; Issue 2, April 2006.
"Gibson," New Mexico Review; May 2018.
"Gibson," Howls from the Underground, Screaming Skull Press, 2018.
"God," Tight, P.O. Box 1591, Guerneville, CA 95446; Vol.3, Issue 3, 1992.
"Goodbye," The Green Muse (defunct), Canada; July 2006.
"Grains," Falling Star Magazine, Mcgee4468@aol.com, Los Angeles, CA.; Summer 2007.
"The Grand Illusion," The Blind Man's Rainbow, P.O. Box 18219, Denver, CO 80218-0219; Fall 2002.
"Growing," Iodine, P.O. Box 18548, Charlotte, NC28218-0548; Spring 2003.
"Gulls," Tripwire, P.O. Box 5122, Seabrook, NJ 08302-3511; Number 4, 2000.
"Gulls," The Plastic Tower, P.O. Box 702, Bowie, MD 20718; Number 34, 2000.
"Harmony," The Rockford Review, 7721 Venus St., Loves Park, IL61111; Winter 2004-2005.
"Harvest," Mind in Motion, P.O. Box 1118, Apple Valley, CA 92307; Issue 9, Spring 1987.
"Have patience," ZiggyZag Arms Poetry Journal, February 2017.
"He Said Wishes are as Good as Prayers, but His Friend Has Walked a Thousand Dreams," U.S. 1 Worksheets, U.S. 1 Poets' Cooperative, P.O. Box 127, Kingston, NJ08528; Volume 51, Spring 2006.
"Hidden Inside," Protea Poetry Journal, P.O. Box 894, Pine Grove, CA 95665; Vol. 7, Spring, 1991.
"His Bed," Kalyna Review, March 2016.
"History," The Screech Owl, October 2012.
"Holes," Fauquier Poetry Journal, P.O. Box 68, Bealeton, VA 22712; October 2000.
"Holiday Traffic," Inky Blue, P.O. Box 385, Comptache, CA 95427; December 1991.
"Holidays," Chiron Review, Rt. 2, Box 111, St. John, KS 67576; Issue 48, Autumn 1996.
"Holy Days," Not One of Us 23, 12 Curtis Road, Natick, MA 01760; Spring 2000.
"Home Movies," The Green Muse (defunct), Canada; July 2006.
"Houses," Event Horizon Magazine, Issue 3, March 2018.
"Hunchback," Chiron Review, Rt. 2, Box 111, St. John, KS 67576; Issue 48, Autumn 1996.
"Hurricane," Pinehurst Journal, P.O. Box 360747, Milipitas, CA 95036; Summer 1991.
"Images," Brev Spread, Issue 15, 2015.
"The Immigrant," Elk River Review, 606 Coleman Ave., Athens, AL 35611-3216; Autumn 1992.
"Immigration," South Florida Poetry Journal, November 2016.
"Immortality," Odin's Eye, 301 Lee St. SW #21, Tumwater, WA 98501; 1999.
"In Memoriam," Indian River Review, Issue 1, 2012.
"In Shadows, They Cry," Tipton Poetry Journal, P.O. Box 804, Zionsville, IN 46077; No. 8, Fall 2007.
"In the End," Gertrude, P.O. Box 83948, Portland, OR 97283; Winter 2008.
"In the End," Kalyna Review, March 2016.
"In the End," Zuzu's Petals Quarterly, P.O. Box 4476, Allentown, PA 18105; Vol. 2, Special, Issues 2 & 3, November 1993.
"Instrument Show," Pennine Ink, c/o Mid Pennine Arts, The Gallery Downstairs, Yorke St., Burnley BB11 1HD, UK; Issue 29, December 2007/January 2008.
"Integration," Adelaide Literary Magazine, May 2020.
"Intimacy," Abbey, 5360 Fallriver Row Court, Columbia, MD 21044; 2013.
"The Iron Bed," Lactuca, P.O. Box 621, Suffern, NY 10901; Issue 15, March 1992.
"It ain't the same, Casey," ZiggyZag Arms Poetry Journal, February 2017.
"I Was Young," Mobius, P.O. Box 674, St. Clair Shores, MI 48080; Spring-Summer, 1995.
"Jennifer," Oxygen, 535 Geary St. #1010, San Francisco, CA 94102-1633; Issue 18, February 1998.
"John," Seedhouse, P.O. Box 883009, Steamboat Springs, CO 80488; September/October 2001.
"John on the Gridiron," Z Miscellaneous, P.O. Box 20041, New York, NY 10028; Vol. 2, No. 3, May 1988.
"Johnny," Empirical Magazine; October 2012; Year's best edition, December 2012, available in print and eBook formats.
"Journey," Veil, 4729 E. Sunrise Drive, #326, Tucson, AZ85718; Premiere Issue, October 2003.
"Key of G," James River Review; P.O. Box 11454, Norfolk, VA 23517-0454; Spring 1994.
"Killers," Howls from the Underground, Screaming Skull Press, 2018.
"Kimono," Snow Monkey; P.O. Box 127, Edmonds, WA 98020; No. 18, 2006.
"Kiss Me Onward," Protea Poetry Journal, P.O. Box 894, Pine Grove, CA 95665; Issue 2, Winter 1989.
"Knees," Iodine, P.O. Box 18548, Charlotte, NC28218-0548; Fall/Winter 2005/2006.
"Last Date," Leapings, 2455 Pinercrest Drive, Santa Rosa, CA 95403; Volume 3, No. 1, Spring 2001.
"The Last Nail," Adelaide Literary Magazine, May 2020.
"Last Rite," Williwaw, P.O. Box 607, Brockport, NY 14420, Vol. 2, No. 1, Winter 1989.
"Last Rites Revisited," Just West of Athens; Winter/Spring 2007.
"Late," Moronic Ox, September 2016.
"Late Night," Stuff, 546 Clairmont Circle, Apt. 3, Decatur, GA 30033; No. 9, July 1994.
"Layers," The Cannon's Mouth, Issue 54, December 2014.
"Leaves," The Autumn Sound, October 2012.
"Legends," The Green Light Journal, 2020 issue.
"Lessons," Lonzie'S Fried Chicken, North Carolina 28750; Winter/Spring 1999.
"Lift," Open Cut summer broadside from Iodine, Charlotte, NC28218-0548; Summer 2005.
"Light," Sisyphus, 8 Asticou Road, Boston, Ma 02130-3517; Sept.-Oct. 1991.
"Living Room Fire," Pinehurst Journal, P.O. Box 360747, Milipitas, CA 95036; Fall 1991.
"Lit Club," In Parentheses; Aug. 8 2012 web version, October 2012 print version.
"Lovers," Abbey, 5360 Fallriver Row Court, Columbia, MD 21044; Issue 95, September 2002.
"Lump," James River Review; P.O. Box 11454, Norfolk, VA 23517-0454; Spring 1994.
"Lunch," Abbey, 5360 Fallriver Row Court, Columbia, MD 21044; No. 56, June 1988.
"Machine," James River Review; P.O. Box 11454, Norfolk, VA 23517-0454; Spring 1994.
"Make-Believe," Main Street Rag, P.O. Box 25331, Charlotte, NC 28229-5331; Volume 10, No. 3, Fall 2005.
Making Ants Pop," Impetus, 4975 Comanche Trail, Stow, OH 44224; Jan. 1989.
"Manipulation": The Subterranean Literary Journal, United Kingdom; Issue 2, October 2011.
"The March," Mobius, P.O. Box 674, St. Clair Shores, MI 48080; Spring/Summer 1994.
"The Mark," The Screech Owl, October 2012.
"Marked," Boston Poetry, June 2013.
"Matters," Laldy!, Clochoderick Press, Scotland, 2018.
"Mattresses," Doggerel, 1010 Mamie St., Hattiesburg, MS 39401; Issue 6, 2002.
"The Medic," Cokefish, P.O. Box 683, Long Valley, NJ 07853; Volume 1, No. 7, 1990.
"Melodies," Wilderness House Review, 145 Foster St., Littleton, MA 01460; No. 6.2, 2011.
"Metallic Wisdom," Lactuca, P.O. Box 621, Suffern, NY 10901; #15, March 1992.
"Minnow," amulet, P.O. Box 884223, San Francisco, CA 94188; January 2010.
"The Minotaur's Last Meal," The Triskelion (now defunct); No. 3, 1989.
"Mistakes," Protea Poetry Journal, P.O. Box 894, Pine Grove, CA 95665; Issue 2, Winter 1989.
"Modern Arts," Miller's Pond, Fall 2015.
"Modern Arts," Unrorean, Volume XIII, Issue 1, July 2013.
"Monkey See," Bottomfish, De Anza College, Cupertino, CA 95014; Vol. 13, Winter 1992.
"Monroe," Main Street Rag, P.O. Box 25331, Charlotte, NC 28229-5331; Volume 6, No. 2, Summer 2001.
"Monument," High Altitude Poetry, a publication of the Simon Fraser University's High Altitude Poetry Club, 888 University Drive, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada; Number 14, September 2006.
"Morning Fog," The Arden, P.O. Box 326, Lafayette Hills, PA 19444; Vol. I, Issue 1, 1993.
"Mortality," Thirteen Poetry Magazine, Box 392, Portlandville, NY 13834; Vol. VI, No. 4, July 1988.
"Mortgaged," Moronic Ox, September 2016.
"Mother's Lover," Abbey, 5360 Fallriver Row Court, Columbia, MD 21044; No. 56, June 1988, and No. 100, anniversary issue, 2010.
"Moving," Cellar Roots, Eastern Michigan University, 18b Goddard Hall, Ypsilanti, MI48197; Personal Pronouns issue, April 2004.
"Moving" (different from preceding poem); Grub Street, Towson University's Literary & Arts Magazine, 8000 York Road, Towson, MD 21252; 2012.
"Mr. A and Mike," Grub Street, Towson University's Literary & Arts Magazine, 8000 York Road, Towson, MD 21252; 2011.
"Music," The Contemporary Review, 2000 North Court, #12E, Fairfield, Iowa52566; July 2002.
"My Father's Deer," The Screech Owl, October 2012.
"My Father's Wife," Oasis, P.O. Box 626, Largo, FL 34649-0626; March-April 1993.
"Neighborhood Watch," Omnific, Star Route, Box 21AA, Artemas, PA 17211; Issue 13, September 1992.
"Nesting Empty," PoetryRepairs.com, Fall 2015.
"New Orleans TV, 2005," Literature Today, Volume 2, 2015.
"'Night," Transcendent Zero Press, July 2015.
"Night Beats," Omnific, Artemas, PA 17211; Vol. II, No. 4, 1991.
"1963," Lactuca, P.O. Box 621, Suffern, NY 10901; Issue 15, March 1992.
"No Good Thing," The Higginsville Reader, P.O. Box 141, Three Bridges, NJ 08887-0141; Vol. 11, No. 1, Winter 2001.
"No, Really?" Houseboat, August 2015.
"No, Really?" Writing Raw, July 2015.
"Normal," Howls from the Underground, Screaming Skull Press, 2018.
"Not quite right," ZiggyZag Arms Poetry Journal, February 2017.
"Now," Stuff, 546 Clairmontar "Mistakes," Protea Poetry Journal, Pine Grove, CA 95665; Issue 2, Winter 1989.
"The Oddest Moments," The Blotter, Durham, NC 27705; August 2008.
"Oddities," echolocation, University of Toronto, Canada, Graduate English Program.; September 2011.
"The Odor of Dust," The Muse, P.O. Box 45, Burlington, NC 27216-0045; Vol. 2, No. 1, July/August 1988.
"Of Mortal Creation," Twisted, 22071 Pineview, Antioch, IL 60002; No. 6, 1991.
"Of Mortal Creation," Dark Metre, January 2012.
"Oh that Conscience," FLARE: The Flagler Review, Fall 2012.
"Old," Adelaide Literary Magazine, May 2020.
"Old Cat," The Archer, 2285, Rogers Lane, NW, Salem, OR 97304; Vol Xxxiii, No. 4, Autumn 1988.
"Old Friend," Main Street Rag, P.O. Box 25331, Charlotte, NC 28229-5331; Volume 10, No. 3, Fall 2005.
"Old Games," Bogg; Arlington, VA 22201; No. 60, 1988.
"Old Man and the Bike," The Armchair Aesthete; Rochester, NY 14609; Number 17, Summer/Fall 2002.
"Old Wife," Laldy!, Clochoderick Press, Scotland, 2018.
"One by One," Houseboat, August 2015.
"One by One," Writing Raw, July 2015.
"One Moment," Transcendent Zero Press, July 2015.
"One Last Caress," The Muse, P.O. Box 45, Burlington, NC 27216-0045; Vol. 2, No. 1, July/August 1988.
"One of a Kind," Houseboat, August 2015.
"One of a Kind," Writing Raw, July 2015.
"One Thought," Illuminations, Dept. of English, College of Charleston, 66 George St., Charleston, SC29424-0001; 2005.
"On Reading Emeute to the College Girl," Chiron Review, Rt. 2, Box 111, St. John, KS 67576; Vol. Xiii, No. 2, Summer 1994.
"Opportunity," PoetryRepairs.com, Fall 2015.
"Oriented," Howls from the Underground, Screaming Skull Press, 2018.
"Over a Long Time Ago," PoetryRepairs.com, Fall 2015.
"Parent/Child," Chiron Review, Rt. 2, Box 111, St. John, KS 67576; Vol. Xiii, No. 2, Summer 1994.
"The Park at One," Oak Square, P.O. 1238, Allston, MA 02134; No. 13, Late 1988.
"Part of Her," Omnific, Star Route, Box 21AA, Artemas, PA 17211; Vol. II, No. 2, 1990.
"Parting," Impetus, Implosion Press, 4975 Comanche Trail, Stow, OH 44224; Issue 23.
"Parts," Riggwelter, April 2018, Issue 8.
"The Path," Bogg; 422 N. Cleveland St., Arlington, VA 22201; No. 73/74, Summer 2007.
"Penney," Empty Sink Publishing, June 2015.
"Pennies," SubtleTea; March 2006.
"Pensacola Beach," The Poetry Peddler, Box 250, West Monroe, NY 13167; Vol. 3, No. 2; February 1991.
"Photograph," FourXFour 29, Poetry NI, July 2019.
"Pill," Howls from the Underground, Screaming Skull Press, 2018.
"Playground Boy," Pearl, 3030 E. Second St., Long Beach, CA90803; Issue 35, Summer 2006.
"Poet Slammed," Busting and Droning Magazine, March 2014.
"The Pool Game," Spank the Carp, 2018.
"Portrait," Abbey, 5360 Fallriver Row Court, Columbia, MD 21044; Issue 84, March 1998.
"Possum Eyes," River King, P.O. Box 122 Freeburg, IL 62243, Autumn 2000.
"Predator," Concho River Review, Vol. 29, No. 1, Spring 2015.
"Prey," Lonzie'S Fried Chicken, P.O. Box 189, Lynn, North Carolina 28750; Issue 6, February 2001.
"Private Tables," Daring Poetry Quarterly, 2020 9th St., SW, Canton, OH 44706; Summer 1986.
"Prosthetics," Askew Poetry Magazine, Ventura, California; Fall 2012/Winter 2013, Issue #13.
"Protest," Grub Street, Towson University's Literary & Arts Magazine, 8000 York Road, Towson, MD 21252; 2012.
"Puzzles," The Maynard, with audio reading by the author, 2013.
"Quake," The Muse, P.O. Box 45, Burlington, NC 27216-0045; Vol. 2, No. 1, July/August 1988.
"Quarter," Stuff, 546 Clairmont Circle, Apt. 3, Decatur, GA 30033; No. 9, July 1994.
"A Question of Balance," Impetus, 4975 Comanche Trail, Stow, OH 44224; Issue 21, January 1993.
"Quittin' Time," Chrysalis, Box 812, Holualoa, HI 96725; March 1991.
"Radical," Middle Gray Magazine, March or April 2014.
"Rattler," Empty Sink Publishing, Issue 4, 2014.
"Ready?," The Vein Literary Magazine, October 2012, number XII.
"Reconnecting," Abbey, 5360 Fallriver Row Court, Columbia, MD 21044; Issue 98, July 2003.
"Reconnecting," Moronic Ox, September 2016.
"Recycling," Chiron Review, St. John, KS; Vol. X, Issue 2, Summer 1991.
"Relics," samizdada, Austin, Texas; February 2, 2007.
"Religion," Adelaide Literary Magazine, May 2020.
"Remember, Please," The Screech Owl, October 2012.
"Respect," Tripwire, P.O. Box 5122, Seabrook, NJ 08302-3511; Number 4, 2000.
"Resurrection," Exact Change Only, winter 2012-2013.
"Ringing Out the Old," Tight, P.O. Box 1591, Guerneville, CA 95446; Vol. 4, Issue 1, 1993.
"Road," Assisi, St. Francis College, Brooklyn, NY; Fall 2011/Winter 2012 issue.
"Rob Ending," Misfit Magazine, Fall 2016.
"Rocking," Illuminations, Dept. of English, College of Charleston, 66 George St., Charleston, SC29424-0001; August 2002.
"Rocks," In Concert, Peak Output Press, P.O. Box 325, Stacyville, IA 50476; 1989.
"Ross," Howls from the Underground, Screaming Skull Press, 2018.
"Rows," PoetryRepairs.com, Fall 2015.
"Running," Sulphur River Literary Review; P.O. Box 402087; Austin, TX 78704-5578; Vol. Viii, No. 1, Spring 1997.
"Saturday," Amelia, 329 E Street, Bakersfield, CA 93304; January 1986.
"Scribbles," Limestone Circle, P.O. Box 178484, San Diego, CA 92177-8484.
"Sea Roar," Onionhead Literary Quarterly, 115 N. Kentucky Ave., Lakeland, FL 33801; January 1991.
"Sand," Iodine, P.O. Box 18548, Charlotte, NC28218-0548; Spring/Summer 2004.
"Scenes," Miller's Pond, Fall 2015.
"Scrap from an Old Notebook," The Blotter, 1010 Hale Street, Durham, NC 27705; August 2008.
"Scotland," Empty Sink Publishing, June 2015.
"The Second Stroke," Coal City Review, University of Kansas, English Dept., Lawrence, KS 66045; No. 8, April 1994.
"Second Thoughts," Moronic Ox, September 2016.
"Second Thoughts," Nebo Literary Journal, Arkansas Technical University, Vol. 33, No. 2, Spring 2015.
"Seconds," Piedmont Literary Review, P.O. Box 3656, Danville, VA 24543; Vol. Xix, No. 2, 1996.
"Seeking Middle Ground," The Paper Salad Poetry Journal, 627 E. 100 S. #A, Salt Lake City, UT 84102; Vol. 2, 1992.
"Self-Portrait," Backspace, 25 Riverside Ave., Gloucester, MA 01930-2552; Spring, 1997.
"Sentiment," Main Channel Voices, P.O. Box 492, Winona, MN55987-0492; Vol. 1, No. 2, Spring 2005.
"September," Pinehurst Journal, P.O. Box 360747, Milipitas, CA 95036; Summer 1992.
"Setting, Rising," The Green Muse (defunct), Canada; July 2006.
"Severed," Tight, P.O. Box 1591, Guerneville, CA 95446; Vol. 3, Issue 3, 1992.
"Shakes," Conceit Magazine, P.O. Box 884223, San Francisco, CA 94188; December 2009.
"Shakes," Empty Sink Publishing, June 2015.
"Shutterwinks," Paisley Moon, P.O. Box 2373, Santa Cruz, CA 95063; Summer 1991.
"Siblings" Poetry Super Highway, March 3-8, 2015.
"Simplicity," Subtle Tea; September, 2005.
"Sinking," Cube Literary Magazine, P.O. Box 5165, Richmond, VA 23220; Vol. 1, No. 3, Fall 1988.
"Slices," Main Channel Voices, P.O. Box 492, Winona, MN55987-0492; Winter 2006-2007.
"Slices Too," Main Channel Voices, P.O. Box 492, Winona, MN55987-0492; Winter 2006-2007.
"Slow Fans," Proof Rock, P.O. Box 607, Halifax, VA 24558, No. 8, Winter 1985-86.
"Smoke," Abbey, 5360 Fallriver Row Court, Columbia, MD 21044; Issue 122, June 2010.
"Soul," Edgz, P.O. Box 799, Ocean Park, WA98640; Issue 6, September 2003.
"Son," The Schuylkill Valley Journal of the Arts, 276 West Haines St. Philadelphia, PA 19144; Spring 2004.
"Space," Edgz, P.O. Box 799, Ocean Park, WA98640; Issue 6, September 2003.
"Spare Change," The Poetry Peddler, Box 250, West Monroe, NY 13167; Vol. 4, Issue 6, October 1992.
"Special Days," On the Rusk, Issue 4, March 2014.
"Specs," Chiron Review, Issue 97, Fall 2014.
"Spots," Spirits, Indiana University Northwest's literary magazine; Indiana University Northwest, Gary, IN 46408; Spring 2010.
"Squoze," Metropolis, Box 5192, Elm Grove, WI 53122; Vol. I, Issue One, Summer 1991.
"Stage 1," Laldy!, Clochoderick Press, Scotland, 2018.
"Stats," The Poetry Peddler, Box 250, West Monroe, NY 13167; Volume 2, Issue 4, June 1990.
"Stones," Lavender Wolves Literary Journal, June 2015.
"Stop Me," Howls from the Underground, Screaming Skull Press, 2018.
"Strains," The Blotter, 1010 Hale Street, Durham, NC 27705; August 2008.
"Stranger, We've Changed the War," Paisley Moon, P.O. Box 2373, Santa Cruz, CA 95063; Volume II, No. 3, Summer 1991.
"Strangers," Licking River Review, Northern Kentucky University, Northern Kentucky Univ., Highland Heights, KY 41099, Volume 42, 2011.
"Studebaker," Poet Magazine, Box 54947, Oklahoma City, OK 73154; Summer 1991.
"Studebaker," A Contemporary American Survey: The Unitarian–Universalist Poets; Pudding House Publications, 60 N. Main St., Johnstown, OH 43031; March 1996.
"Style," The Atlas Magazine; premiere issue; Sept. 1, 2012.
"Suburban Cow," Boston Poetry, June 2013."
"Such is a Good Man" in The Vermillion Literary Project, May 2014.
Suicide," The Pointed Circle, Portland Community College, 705 N. Killingsworth, Portland, OR97217; Spring 2002.
"Suicide," The Blind Man'S Rainbow, P.O. Box 18219, Denver, CO80218-0219; Winter 2003-2004, January 2004.
"Suicide," Chopper Journal, Norwich, CT; Issue 5, 2010.
"Surface Tension," Abbey, 5360 Fallriver Row Court, Columbia, MD 21044; Issue 95, September 2002.
"Survival," River King, P.O. Box 122, Freeburg, IL, 62243; Spring 2001.
"Symphony," The Christian Science Monitor, March 25, 1999.
"Take My Hand," Protea Poetry Journal, P.O. Box 894, Pine Grove, CA 95665; Issue 2, Winter 1989.
"Talking Head: Left & Right," The New Verse News, January 23, 2014.
"Taxing," Erete's Bloom, 2980 Cathedral Drive, Tallahassee, FL32310; Spring 2003, No. 3.
"Tell Me," Zuzu'S Petals Quarterly, Allentown, PA; Number 8, Fall/Winter 1994.
"The Test," Proof Rock, P.O. Box 607, Halifax, VA 24558, No. 8, Winter 1985-86.
"These Colors Run," The Binnacle, The University of Maine at Machias; Fall 2011.
"This Woman," Impetus, Implosion Press, 4975 Comanche Trail, Stow, OH 44224; No. 14, July 1988.
"The Third Stroke," Chrysalis, Box 812, Holualoa, HI 96725; March 1991.
"Third Generation," Sierra Nevada College Review; Sierra Nevada College Review, 999 Tahoe Blvd., Incline Village, NV89451; 2004.
"Thomas," Chiron Review, Rt. 2, Box 111, St. John, KS 67576; Issue 48, Autumn 1996.
"Three," The Macguffin, Schoolcraft College, 18600 Haggerty Road, Livonia, MI 48152; April, 1997.
"Tiddlywinks With Satan," Mobius, P.O. Box 674, St. Clair Shores, MI 48080; Spring/Summer 1994.
"Time Rings," Mobius, Orion Art Center, 115 S. Anderson, Lake Orion, MI 48035; Spring 1990.
"Tinfoil," Words, Pauses, Noises, January 2015.
"Tires and Tumors," Word Fountain Magazine, Spring 2018, #15.
"To Do-Do-Do," Magnolia Review, Volume I, Issue I, 2015.
"To Give A Child Choice," Chrysalis, Box 812, Holualoa, HI 96725; March 1991.
"Tokyo Fabric," The Rockford Review, 7721 Venus St., Loves Park, IL61111; Vol. XX, No. 1, Winter 2001.
"Tornado Season," The Macguffin, Schoolcraft College, 18600 Haggerty Road, Livonia, MI 48152; April, 1997.
"Toot-Toot," Melted Butter, Issue 1, August 2020.
"Trails," Main Street Rag, P.O. Box 25331, Charlotte, NC 28229-5331; 2007.
"Transplant," Houseboat, August 2015.
"Transplant," Writing Raw, July 2015.
"The Tree," Main Street Rag, P.O. Box 25331, Charlotte, NC 28229-5331; Volume 8, Number 4, Winter 2004.
"Trilogy In Stone," Late Knocking, P.O. Box 336, Forest Hill, MD 21050; Vol. V, No. 1, October 1991.
"Trilogy In Stone," Minnesota Ink, P.O. Box 9148, N. St. Paul, MN 55109; Vol. 13, No. 2, March/April 1992.
"Trinity," Cellar Roots, 18B Goddard Hall, Ypsilanti, MI48197; September 2004.
"Trinity," Leapings, 2455 Pinercrest Drive, Santa Rosa, CA 95403; Volume 2, No. 2, Summer 2000.
"Trinity," U.S. 1 Worksheets, U.S. 1 Poets' Cooperative, P.O. Box 127, Kingston, NJ08528; Volume 50, 2005.
"Trips," Middle Gray Magazine, March or April 2014.
"Trusting B.J.," Poet Magazine, Box 54947, Oklahoma City, OK 73154; Vol. 5, No. 1, 1993.
"Turtle Lawn," Williwaw, P.O. Box 607, Brockport, NY 14420, Vol. 2, No. 1, Winter 1989.
Two haiku: "Western clouds" and "Baghdad shrapnel," Kalyna Review, March 2016.
"Two Women," Otoliths, November 2015.
"Under a North Wind," Tight, P.O. Box 1591, Guerneville, CA 95446; Vol. 4, Issue 1, 1993.
"Under the Banyan," Protea Poetry Journal, P.O. Box 894, Pine Grove, CA 95665; Issue 3, Spring 1989.
"Under Sheets," Tripwire, P.O. Box 5122, Seabrook, NJ 08302-3511; 2000.
"Unk," Illuminations, Dept. of English, College of Charleston, 66 George St., Charleston, SC29424-0001; August 2002.
"Unscathed," Prole, Prolebooks, 15 Maes-y-Dre, Abergele, Conwy, England, LL22 7HW; Issue 7, 2012.
"Vacation," Exact Change Only, winter 2013.
"The Vapor King," Haight Ashbury Literary Journal, 558 Joost Ave., San Francisco, CA 94127; Vol. 14, No. 1, 1995.
"Veil," Conceit Magazine, P.O. Box 884223, San Francisco, CA 94188; Volume 2, Number 18, 2008.
"Waiting for the Post," Slipstream, Box 2071, New Market Station, Niagra Falls, NY 14301; Vol. 9, 1989.
"Waiting for the Old Man," Stuff, 546 Clairmont Circle, Apt. 3, Decatur, GA 30033; No. 9, July 1994.
"The Waiting Room," Minnesota Ink, P.O. Box 9148, N. St. Paul, MN 55109; Vol. 15, No. 1, January 1994
"Wasn't That a Party," Piedmont Literary Review, P.O. Box 3656, Danville, VA 24543; Vol. 14, No. 2, 1990.
"Waste," Boston Poetry, June 2013.
"Water," Event Horizon Magazine, Issue 3, March 2018.
"Waves," Iodine, P.O. Box 18548, Charlotte, NC28218-0548; Spring 2003.
"Webs," Protea Poetry Journal, P.O. Box 876, Sutter Creek, CA 95685; Issue 5, Spring 1990.
"Weekly Call," Empty Sink Publishing, Issue 4, 2014.
"Westworld," The Laughing Dog, 4729 E. Sunrise Drive, #326, Tucson, AZ85718; Issue 8, Winter 2003.
"What Really Matters," Chiron Review, Issue 97, Fall 2014.
"When a Neighbor Dies," Red Dancefloor, P.O. Box 7392, Van Nuys, CA 91409-7392; Vol. 3, Issue 1.
"When Jonathan Sings," Tipton Poetry Journal, P.O. Box 804, Zionsville, IN 46077; No. 8, Winter 2007/2008.
"When Hawaiian Girls are Grinning," Blue Light Review; P.O. Box 1621, Pueblo, CO 81002; Number 13, 1990.
"Willfully Ignorant," Howls from the Underground, Screaming Skull Press, 2018.
"Winter," The Muse, Winter 2013; purchase the international collection, published in India, here.
"Words," Stuff, 546 Clairmont Circle, Apt. 3, Decatur, GA 30033; No. 9, July 1994.
"Worms," Paisley Moon; P.O. Box 2373, Santa Cruz, CA 95063. Issue 9, October 1990.
"Worth," Protea Poetry Journal, P.O. Box 876, Sutter Creek, CA 95685; Winter 1992.
"Wounds," Main Street Rag, P.O. Box 25331, Charlotte, NC 28229-5331; 2007.
"X-Rays," Up Dare?, P.O. Box 100, Shartlesville, PA 19554; January 1999.
"Yard Sale," The Armchair Aesthete, available from Paul Agosto, 59 Vinal Ave., Rochester, NY 14609; No. 8, 1998.
"Your Funeral, For Mo…again," Curbside Review, P.O. Box 667189, Houston, TX 77266-7189; Volume 4, Issue 12, December 2003.
"Zen," Askew Poetry Magazine, P.O. Box 559, Ventura, CA 93002; Issue #9, Fall/Winter 2010.
Selected Nonfiction
[A sampling of articles…]
"A Clown Around Project for Fun," Creative Crafts, P.O. Box 700, Newton, NJ 07860; Vol. 7, No. 11, Oct 1981.
"Adding A Machine Shop Transforms this Jobber into a One-Stop Service Center," Eastern Automotive Journal, P.O. Box 373, Cedarhurst, NY 11516; March/April 1981.
"A Florida Wholesaler Says No to Walk-in Trade," Eastern Automotive Journal, P.O. Box 373, Cedarhurst, NY 11516; July/Aug 1981.
"Alabama Edisons," Business Alabama Monthly, P.O. Box 66200, Mobile, AL 36660; Aug 1989.
"Allen's Christian Store," Christian Bookseller, 396 E. St. Charles Rd., Wheaton, IL 60187; Aug 1981.
"Aloha from Aiea," The Pet Dealer, 567 Morris Ave., Elizabeth, NJ 07208; Nov 1983.
"A Primer on Painting," Maintenance & Building Management, 287 Mokauea St., Honolulu, HI 96819; Aug 1983.
"Atlanta Wholesaler Prospers in Tough Market," Beer Wholesaler, 75 SE 4th Ave., Delray Beach, FL 33444; Jan/Feb 1982.
"Australia's First Naval Casualty Remains a Mystery," Warship, Conway Maritime Press Ltd, 101 Fleet Street, London, England EC4Y 1DE; 1992.
"Australia's Stake in America's Civil War," Naval History, US Naval Institute, Annapolis, MD 21401; Vol. 3, No. 2, Spring 1989.
"Back to Basics Groceries," Business Alabama Monthly, P.O. Box 66200, Mobile, AL 36660; Feb 1989.
"Barn Style Increases Sales," Western & English Fashions, 2403 Champa St., Denver, CO 80205; Oct 1980.
"Beyond Star Wars," Business Alabama Monthly Magazine, P.O. Box 66200, Mobile, AL 36660; April 1989.
"Big Island Automotive Trades Association," Hawaii Automotive News, 1177 Kapiolani Blvd., Suite 201, Honolulu, HI 96814; June 1984.
"Bonus Bucks mean extra sales," Tack 'N' Togs Merchandising, P.O. Box 67, Minneapolis, MN 55440; Nov 1980.
"Boots, Bucks, Boost Two Stores," Army/Navy Store & Outdoor Merchandiser, 567 Morris Ave., Elizabeth, NJ 07208; July 1981.
"Bryson, Inc. of Oklahoma," Beer Wholesaler, 75 SE 4th Ave., Delray Beach, FL 33444; Jan/Feb 1982.
"Building the Prime Corner in Calhoun County," Business Alabama Monthly, P.O. Box 66200, Mobile, AL; Vol. 4, No. 10, Oct 1989.
"Cashing in on the Tourist Trade," Western & English Fashions, 2403 Champa St., Denver, CO 80205; May 1986.
"Circle H Carried Through Hard Times," Western & English Fashions, 2403 Champa St., Denver, CO 80205; Feb 1986.
"Colonial Creates a Huntsville Skyline," Business Alabama Monthly, P.O. Box 66200, Mobile, AL; Vol. 4, No. 10, Oct 1989.
"The Dark Side of Aloha," Honolulu Magazine, P.O. 36 Merchant St., Honolulu, HI 96813; Vol. Xxi, No. 4, Oct 1986.
"Dressing Up Friends," Western & English Fashions, 2403 Champa St., Denver, CO 80205; Feb 1987.
"Fort Book," Wilson Library Bulletin, 950 University Ave., Bronx, NY 10452; Vol. 63, No. 6, Feb 1989.
"Growing Alabama Wholesaler Diversifies to Meet Retailers' Needs," Beer Wholesaler, 75 SE 4th Ave., Delray Beach, FL 33444; 4th Qtr, 1979.
"Hawaii Store Marches with Military Market," Army/Navy Store & Outdoor Merchandiser, Elizabeth, NJ; April 1983.
"Hawaii Wholesaler Promotes Imports," Beer Wholesaler, 75 SE 4th Ave., Delray Beach, FL 33444; March/April 1983.
"Hawaii's Country Corner: Hard Times Success in a Limited Market Area," Western & English Fashions, 2403 Champa St., Denver, CO 80205; May 1983.
"Hawaiian Shop Owner Profits by Using Direct Mail Advertising," Brake & Front End, Akron, OH; Vol. 54, No. 1, Jan. 1984.
"High Rolling in Huntsville," Business Alabama Monthly Magazine, P.O. Box 66200, Mobile, AL 36660; Sept 1987.
"Hiking DeSoto State Park," The Great American Outdoors, P.O. Box 10069, Huntsville, AL 35801-3670; May 1987.
"Horne's Country Store," Western & English Fashions, 2403 Champa St., Denver, CO 80205; July 1984.
"The Huntsville Law Rush," Business Alabama Monthly, P.O. Box 66200, Mobile, AL 36660; May 1989.
"Is One Town Big Enough for Them?" Business Alabama Monthly, P.O. Box 66200, Mobile, AL 36660; April 1988.
"The Knockoff Pros," Business Alabama Monthly, P.O. Box 66200, Mobile, AL 36660; March 1989.
"Knowledge: The Key to Triangle C," Western & English Fashions, 2403 Champa St., Denver, CO 80205; Mar 1982.
"Mazy Dazy," Kids Fashions, 210 Boylston St., Chestnut Hill, MA 02167; Sept 1983.
"Mobile Practice Helped This Young Doctor Keep "Mobile Rolling," Veterinary Economics, Edwardsville, KS 66113; Dec 1983.
"Mocking as a Business," Business Alabama Monthly, P.O. Box 66200, Mobile, AL 36660; Aug 1989.
"Moving Management In House," Maintenance & Building Management, 287 Mokauea St., Honolulu, HI 96819; July 1983.
"Neural Networking," Ad Astra, 922 Pennsylvania Ave., Washington, DC 20003; Vol. 1, No. 4, April 1989.
"Neural Networking," Social Issues Resources Series, Inc., Applied Science, Boca Raton, FL; 1989.
Numerous articles (Associate Editor, writer, photographer Aug 1983 to Aug 1986), Hawaii Foodservice News, 470 N. Nimitz, Honolulu, HI 96817.
Numerous articles (Associate Editor, writer, photographer Jan 1983 to June 1986), Hawaii Remodeling Magazine, 470 N. Nimitz, Honolulu, HI 96817.
"Organizing a Writers Club that Works," The Writer, 120 Boylston St., Boston, MA 02116; July 1986.
"Painting in the '80s," Building Industry Digest, 287 Mokauea St., Honolulu, HI 96819; Aug 1983.
"Producing Apparel in Paradise," Apparel Industry Magazine, 180 Allen Rd., Suite 300-S, Atlanta, GA 30328; May 1985.
"Promotion Places Fernandez on Honor Roll," Play Meter, P.O. Box 24170, New Orleans, LA 70005; Vol. 9, No. 10, June 4, 1983.
"Quality and Appearance Boost Sales at the Perfect Touch," Bath & Domestics, Delray Beach, FL; 1st Qtr, 1980.
"Shirley's Birdies," The Pet Dealer, 567 Morris Ave., Elizabeth, NJ 07208; Oct 1985.
"Should Doctors Make Housecalls?," 1988 Old Farmer'S Almanac, Yankee Publishing Inc., Dublin, NH 03444; No. 196, 1988.
"The Soft Touch," Bath & Domestics, 75 SE 4th Ave., Delray Beach, FL 33444; 3rd Qtr, 1980.
"Sparking Revolution," Business Alabama Monthly, P.O. Box 66200, Mobile, AL 36660; Oct 1988.
"Suppository," The Writer's Exchange "Favorite Faux Pas," The Writer, posted on the magazine's website, September 2008.
"Staying Country in the Country," Western & English Fashions, 2403 Champa St., Denver, CO 80205; Jan 1981.
"This Alabama Wholesaler Works on a First Name Basis," Beer Wholesaler, 75 SE 4th Ave., Delray Beach, FL 33444; 2nd Qtr, 1979.
"Triumph's First Postwar Roadster," Car Collector/Car Classics, Box 28571, Atlanta, GA 30328; Vol. IV, No. 3, March 1981.
"Unattended Children: An Engagement Policy that Works," Wilson Library Bulletin, Bronx; Vol. 62, No. 10, June 1988.
Various basic reading stories; Critical Vocational Reading Series, Instructional/Communications Technology, Inc., Huntington Station, NY 11746; Sets VA*A, VA*B, VA*C, 1981.
"Water Heating in the 1980s," Maintenance & Building Management, 287 Mokauea St., Honolulu, HI 96819; May 1983.
"When One Man's Hometown Changes," Hometown Press, 2007 Gallatin St., Huntsville, AL 35801; March/April 1988.
"Yagoda: 45 Years of Success," Beer Wholesaler, 75 SE 4th Ave., Delray Beach, FL 33444; 4th Qtr 1978.
"Youth and Experience Pay Off at New Orleans Beer Wholesaler," Beer Wholesaler, Delray Beach, FL; Sept/Oct 1980.
Selected Nonfiction Periodicals
The Writer; Ad Astra; The Old Farmer's Almanac; Honolulu; Business Alabama Monthly; The Wilson Library Bulletin; Alabama Magazine; Hometown Press; Hawaii Remodeling; Naval History; Freelance Writer's Report; Hawaii Foodservice News; Hawaii Automotive News; Apparel Industry Magazine; Hawaii Real Estate Investor; Brake and Front End; Eastern Automotive Journal; Army/Navy Store & Outdoor Merchandiser; Professional Housing Management Association "Pronotes," Kids Fashions; Tack 'n' Togs; Western & English Fashions; Christian Bookseller; Bath & Domestics; Beer Wholesaler; Veternarian Economics; Pet Dealer; Pet Business; Car Collector/Car Classics; Creative Crafts; Play Meter; Hawaii Maintenance & Building Management; Hawaii Building Industry Digest; Hawaii Food Show Guidebook; Social Issues Resources Series, Inc.; Critical Vocational Reading Series; Hawaii Filipino News.
Rick Kennett, author
Rick Kennett is one Australia's best known and most talented writers of ghost stories, science fiction, and dark fantasy. One of his more widely available works is the story "Out of the Storm," a haunting tale involving the missing minesweeper-corvette HMAS Barrinji, appearing in Terror Australis, the Best of Australian Horror, available from Coronet Books, Hodder & Stoughton, 10-16 South Street, Rydalmere, NSW 2116, Australia. Please visit the Official Rick Kennett Website for more information and a complete listing of his work.
Mike & Joe Suchcicki, game designers
Former newspaper editor Mike Suchcicki (visit his personal website) and son Joe head Ghoulash Games, "an ever-so-tiny game design studio in Florida," creating wonderful family-oriented games. GHOULASH: The Last Game on Earth is an exciting, fast-paced battle game for 2-4 players in which you battle giant, green deadly monsters called Ghouls to determine the fate of the human race. Read all about the game at Ghoulash.com. Mike & Joe's Card Game is a fast-paced challenge for 2-6 players that combines THREE GAMES into one madcap session—a word-construction game, a card-battle game, and a board game! (The game board and dice are on the cards!) Read more about this unique game on Mike & Joe's Card Game website page.
Molly Haven, author
Molly Haven's debut novel The Signatures, a wild-and-madcap romp strictly for mature audiences, is a swinging tale of sweet, innocent, young attorney Stacee Pockett, who considers sex an unnecessary distraction from the work she loves. When given what appears to be a simple assignment by her boss and idol, the intimidating Greta Gable—get eight signatures crucial to The Big Case—Stacee finds it difficult at best to accomplish her task with the decorum demanded by Greta, especially since her clothes keep coming off. The Signatures is available at Amazon (print and Kindle), Smashwords, Barnes and Noble, and Kobo. Read a review here.
Dick Claassen, author/musician
Under the direction of master flautist and instructor Dick claassen, PlayFolkInstruments.com is dedicated to increasing accessability to the Native American flute. Dick has penned several instruction books on learning and playing the Native American flute, banjo, and ukulele, the most comprehensive, understandable, and fun books in the field. If you love folk music and want to know more about it, PlayFolkInstruments.com is the place to visit.
Richy Campbell, author
Richy Campbell capture's special moments in his poems with the goal to make sense of "all of this." His latest collection is Lovely Peripheries, available from Live Canon. A Staffordshire native, Richy is a coeditor of Sideways Poetry Magazine and resides in south Manchester. His work has recently appeared in Under the Radar, and Ink, Sweat and Tears. You can find more about him at www.richycampbell.com. He also exists on Twitter, specifically at @richyacampbell.
Yvon Hintz, author
Yvon has been writing stories since she was a child, starting her epic Half Horse series when she was nineteen. As much as weaving stories—as she describes it—she loves to edit. She has edited stories for others as well as her own.
Yvon is also an artist who illustrates some of her stories and creates covers for them, as well as covers for friends' novels.
Some of Yvon's favorite things include science fiction, cats, dragons, travel and watching movies and documentaries. She's published numerous novels, including Half Horse—The Quinolan Qhronicles (12 books), Hyper Space Key Trilogy: Skypuddle, Arim's Dark Star, Hyper Space Key, Blood Dr
agons, Bottle of Jin D.N.O., TANDDIS series (Time and No Damn Direction in Space), Creepy, Suki and Silk, and Pinhead of Angels.
Visit her on the web at https://blackdragonreads.weebly.com/ and http://members.iinet.net.au/~dominion_nbn/index.html.
J.D. Fox, musician
Jan De Vos, aka JD Fox, is one of Belgium's premier rockers, having served as drummer for The Machines, Belgium's number one pop band, from the late 1970s through the early 1980s. In 1989, he joined Derek & The Dirt, a heavy rock outfit that recorded four albums before his departure. In 1991, he became a singer-guitarist, combining American roots music with French lyrics, recording an album with the band Paris Texas and three solo records.
Shortly after what he thought would be retirement from the music business in 2007, Fox contacted Muscle Shoals songwriter Spooner Oldham and hooked up with the Sunset Travelers, Holland's finest roots band. Together, they recorded The Roadmaster, a tribute to Oldham with songs that speak for themselves—no sophisticated arrangements, no big production, no vocal acrobatics.
In 2016, Fox released My Friend, his homage to another Muscle Shoals legend, Donnie Fritts. This time, he decided to go further back to his musical roots. With friends from Belgium, he formed The Velvet Street Band (the name refers to the address of the home studio where the album was recorded), an outfit that primarily plays acoustic instruments. The album also features Bonnie Fuqua, performing the spoken vocal on the title song, "My Friend."
To purchase these albums, please visit the JD Fox website for more information.
John McVey, musician
John McVey, dubbed by one Texas journalist as "Houston's hottest guitarist," headed for Arkansas after graduating high school in 1974 and later migrated to Texas to establish himself and his band, the Stumble, as one of the state's most popular blues groups. Now he's taken his talent to Missouri where he's based in St. Louis. If you're in the neighborhood, check out John and his band in concert. Your ears will be glad you did. John's CDs are available at Amazon.com. Keep up to date by signing up at his website.
Screamin' Skull Press
Tony Nesca and Nicole I. Nesca have one question: Where have all the fearless artists gone? Unable to find a mainstream publishing outfit that suited their taste for grittier writing, the Nescas formed their own—Screamin' Skull Press. For the Beat Generation, controversy was the norm, not the exception. Living on the fringes of society was considered to be more exciting and fulfilling than conforming to the mainstream.
Tony and Nicole feel connected to that generation through their own work and an innate understanding of what it means to be artists whose work cannot be deemed "conventional" by anyone's standards. Tony and Nicole have cultivated distinct individual styles, publishing numerous works through Screamin' Skull as their journey toward a more rebellious future for literature continues.
Visit Screaming' Skull at http://screamingskullpress.com.
Rogue Press
Rogue Press is a boutique publishing house founded by a triumvirate of deviant writers who wallow in the melancholia of the scribe to elicit both dolor and cheer. Believers in the dialectic, aesthete, and absurd, Rogue Press subscribes to the principles of parrhesia.
Rouge isn't interested in privileged tones of voice or pious drivel. The world is Rouge's already, catering to the press's sensibilities. But Rogue is not intrigued by the trashy fatuity that permeates society. Instead, Rogue seeks honest, earnest prose from fractious souls and intriguing poetry from plebians—wry, contemporary voices that reflect our troubled times.
Visit the press for great works at http://www.roguepress.net.
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Determine clear objective and goals
Define remedy and plan of action to overcome obstacles
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The basic evaluation will assess a manuscript's overall readability, addressing:
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Background & Qualifications
I began writing professionally in 1979 while still in college, freelancing for magazines. In 1980, I became a newspaper journalist and later moved into magazine staff writing and editing. In the late 1980s, I turned to full-time freelancing, publishing nonfiction, fiction, and poetry in regional, national, and international publications. Please click here for a publishing bibliography. Click here to open and download my press kit.
Nearly two dozen books published by traditional large and small publishers, including novels, poetry collections, short fiction collections, and nonfiction books
Poetry and short fiction in hundreds of literary and genre magazines
BA in journalism/communications, University of West Florida
TEFL/TESOL certification, UCLA
Freelance line editor, Mundania Press, 2011-2013
Freelance editor, Awe-Struck Books, Inc., 2005-2009
Freelance copyeditor, Mahogany magazine, 2000-2009
Private ESL tutor and editor, 1998-2004
Writing tutor/coach, Smarthinking Inc., 2002-2003
Creative writing instructor, 1993-2000, Writer's Digest School
Contract writer, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, 1990
Writer/co-editor/photographer, Hawaii Remodeling and Foodservice News, 1983-1986
Public Relations Director, United Way of Escambia County Florida, 1982
Newspaper staff reporter/photographer, Atmore Advance, Gosport News, and Playground Daily, 1980-1982
Freelance writing, editing, production, 1979-present
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Professional Background: Chris has worked as a newspaper reporter, magazine editor, book editor, English tutor, substitute teacher, janitor, respiratory therapy technician, gas station attendant (when such things existed), salesclerk, musician in a Mexican restaurant, writing instructor, and more. After graduating college and a few stints as a daily and weekly newspaper reporter, Chris moved to Hawaii where he served as a magazine writer/photographer, both on-staff and freelance. In the mid-1980s, he turned to full-time freelance writing, specializing initially in nonfiction before transitioning primarily to fiction and poetry.
Chris's work spans a broad spectrum—historical, musical, and social nonfiction, and dark fantasy, literary, and science fiction and poetry—appearing in hundreds of publications worldwide as diverse as Bull Spec, Main Street Rag, Slipstream, Pearl, Bogg, Chiron Review, The Year's Best Horror Stories, Cemetery Dance, Christian Science Monitor, Honolulu Magazine, Naval History, and The Writer. His published books include Native American Flute Craft ~ Ancient to Modern, The Native American Flute ~ Myth, History, Craft, Trust Walk and Rise Up fiction collections, The Swing: Poems of Fatherhood, Big Daddy's Fast-Past Gadget, Muscle Shoals ~ The Hit Capital's Heyday & Beyond, Cancer, White Trash & Southern ~ Collected Poems, and Notes to My Becca.
Please visit Chris's Author Page at Amazon.com.
Birth: 1956 in Andalusia, Alabama, City Hospital, a two-story building on East Watson Street near the intersection of South Cotton Street, built in the early 1900s, later named Covington Memorial Hospital before being abandoned in the early 1960s. The hospital's now gone, razed, nothing remaining, not even a splinter. Chris swears he is not responsible.
Education: BA in communication arts/journalism from University of West Florida where he learned to write news articles shortly before 24/7 cable and internet "news" annihilated journalistic ethics, reliability, and professionalism.
Other Pursuits: Chris is an accomplished musician of several instruments, primarily guitar and Native American flute. He has recently produced the WindPoem series of CDs, featuring Native American flute meditations and World Fusion compositions. Other music projects are in pre-production. His music can be licensed through Pond5.com for use in other creative projects. He also crafts Native American flutes. For more information about his flutes and music, please visit the WindPoem page.
Contact: Reach Chris through Twitter or email.
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Latest release: Different Direction is the seventh WindPoem album release, representing a different direction in WindPoem music. The first six albums feature Native American flute meditations. Different Direction features multi-instrument compositions, blending the music styles of Native American flute, rock, bluegrass, blues, jazz, and folk into an inspirational World Music sound. Available from Bandcamp, iTunes, Amazon.com, and more, and streaming via Spotify, Pandora, Deezer, and most music streaming services.
Great stories, good music ~ no more, no less
[C.S. Fuqua] writes … with sensitivity and grace … compelling, honest. ~ Bob Keeshan, TV's original Captain Kangaroo
Working on the [New Mexico Review] is such fun as I get to read and review such great work like the poem "Gibson" from issue 7 by C.S. Fuqua. Just as the subject of the poem speaks out about life, line by line, so, too, does it speak to me. ~ Christina Litherland, New Mexico Review
Good horror … isn't about gore but about the unexpected … Fuqua is a master of prose. I found his writing crisp, filled with details that make a story come to life. ~ Diabolical Plots
…[R]eminded me a bit of Manly Wade Wellman's Silver John stories. I can think of no better praise than that. ~ SFRevu
…a lasting impression on the reader. ~ Sensawunda
Wry wit on socio-political problems … ~ MyShelf.com
C S Fuqua handles the themes of love and death with beautiful simplicity: what else is there to life? ~ Kalyna Review
With an eye for the particular and an ear for the music of everyday life, C. S. Fuqua shares with readers his brave and lyrical view of human experience. ~ Dr. Wendy Galgan, Editor, Assisi Literary Magazine
C.S. Fuqua's [poetry] paints an entire story with a Tom Waits brush. If you don't know what I'm talking about, google it. ~ Ken S., Editor, Spank the Carp literary magazine
… gritty, insightful, humorous, tragic, and celebratory … ~ Jonathan K. Rice, Editor, Iodine Poetry Journal
Fuqua's, then, is a mind that's not mired in or bogged down by horror, but one that appreciates the possibilities dark fantasy provides in terms of language and ideas, symbol and emotion. ~ David Bain, author/editor
…thought-provoking and interesting … ~ Suanne Schafer, Editor, Empty Sink Publishing
… a wonderful job of creating compelling, well-drawn characters… Mike Suchcicki, author/editor/digital designer & producer
C.S. Fuqua is a first-class [Native American] flute builder and flute musician … ~ Dick Claassen, Native American flute musician and author of numerous Native American flute instructional manuals
5-time winner Year's Best short fiction
4-time winner Year's Best "honorable mention" short fiction
EPIC winner Year's Best Poetry Collection
New Mexico Music Awards Finalist ~ WindPoem V ~ Infinite
Bestsellers & more:
Native American Flute: A Comprehensive Guide ~ History & Craft updates and combines into one volume the two previous books, The Native American Flute: Myth, History, Craft and Native American Flute Craft, to present a comprehensive history of and crafting guide to the Native American flute.
WindPoem I, II, III, IV, V, & VI ~ Native American Flute Meditations, Native American flute based instrumentals perfect for meditation and relaxation.
Walking after Midnight ~ Collected Stories, with eight "year's best" honors, has something for every reader in your life, from dark fantasy, horror, and science fiction to slipstream, southern gothic, and literary.
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Personal Experience Effect
No matter the effort to avoid it, personal experience—from the drama of relatives to political shenanigans—creeps into every writer's work, whether it's fiction or nonfiction. The Confederate flag hoopla and the fight for and against the rights of people of color, women, and homosexuals are examples of issues that have proved provocative, disruptive, even destructive in interpersonal relationships and a godsend for the political powers who use division as a control device. Buying into the propaganda of political and media organizations, we make extreme decisions that affect our interpersonal relationships for the rest of our lives. When those decisions involve a writer, you can bet the effects will be reflected in the writer's work.
Politics is naturally contentious, each generation viewing its own political tomfoolery as more contentious than what came before. Since the advent of 24/7 "news" channels, whose primary purpose is not to report news, but to stoke fear, frustration, hatred, and anger, politics has been exploited fully as a tool to divide and punish rather than to find compromise and serve the common good. I'm not so naïve to believe this use of politics is something new, but its in-your-face nature has strengthened exponentially in recent decades, thanks to technology. We're assaulted relentlessly through our televisions and radios, computers, smartphones, tablets—umbilically connected to designer "news" sites that feed our prejudice and fear to the point we lose grip on reality and rationality and strike out at all who differ in opinion, worldview, gender, sexuality, religion, lifestyle, or race.
I grew up in South Alabama and Northwest Florida during the late 1950s through the early 1970s. The region wasn't then nor has it become one of the most tolerant of diversity. Flaming midnight crosses lit up country pastures. Robed, hooded figures gathered like kids at a mega weenie roast, singing angry, hateful campfire songs about folks born of different race or religion, preaching the end of the world was nigh if lesser races acquired the same rights whites already enjoyed. Oh, save us, Jesus! It's Armageddon! Color me silly, but I don't think Jesus the Jew would be welcomed at such an event.
A close relative was then and remains a man of the white robe, flames flickering in his eyes, despite his interaction over the decades with a variety of people of color and cultures, thanks to his public sales business. He has never felt a need or desire to question the region's prevalent stereotypes and fears of people who're different, to overcome the hatred, to grow. Why, I don't know. To my knowledge, he's never suffered physically, financially, or mentally due to malicious acts by any person of color. And he certainly hasn't lost his rights to groups or individuals gaining their own. He has, however, been a willing, unquestioning consumer of the Wallace/Thurmond/Trump/Helms/Cruz/Santorum/Fox/et.al. stream of fear and hate mongering, never once seeking objective verification to even the most extraordinary claim, never once attempting to understand any issue through a viewpoint other than his own bigotry.
During a phone conversation four years ago, I voiced support for the Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare. "Don't you tell me," he growled, "you like what that communist nigger's done." I wasn't shocked by his response. We'd debated his use of such small-minded epithets on numerous occasions, especially this particular word which he uses not only in reference to anyone black, but also to persons of Middle Eastern, Mexican, and other cultural and racial backgrounds. I suspect he used the word this time simply to anger me as he began a litany of irrational charges against President Obama, that the President had "ruined" the economy, that he's Muslim, that he's waging war against Christians, that he's not even American—all the batty, right-wing talking points and conspiracy theories that even reality can't counter in the true believer's mind. Then he asserted that the U.S. should have never pulled out of Iraq, that Obama had secured the destruction of America by doing so.
"We never should have invaded Iraq in the first place," I said.
He took a breath. "That's something we agree on," he said. "We should've nuked the hell out of them because them A-rabs ain't even human."
We were done.
After a lifetime of shared, reluctant tolerance, our relationship had abruptly come to an end.
Earlier this week, my spouse received an email from one of her relatives, an email purporting that the factual histories of the Civil War and Rebel battle flag are instead myth, that the war had little to do with slavery, that the flag is a symbol of only southern heritage, not racism. The sender did not copy me on the mail, perhaps because she understands my view of such bigotry and did not want to risk rebuttal. When my spouse replied to the mail, she copied all to whom the original had been sent, and she copied me as well, addressing the original mail as though her relative had offered it as an example of how gullible people are when something supports their bigoted worldview:
"People will believe anything rather than admitting that it's been 150 years since the end of the Civil War and we still have racism. How sad and disappointing. As a nation we have made progress, but we still have far to go."
A day later, the following landed in my mailbox, thanks to my spouse's relative who hit "reply to all." It's presented unaltered:
"No one living today is a slave or has owned a slave, am I wrong in not liking group of people who have different views of life than I do? I have always been told 'your rights end when they intruded on mine' how much longer do we as Americans need to bend over and take it up the as…before these people realize they need to start to take care of themselves? This crap has been going on for years. The American public has, in my opinion done way too much to make amends for what has happened in the past and they still want more, work for it like the rest of us have done and quit asking for a hand out."
It would have been wise not to reply to the rant, but I'm not a wise man. I thought that, by engaging the writer in a rational, fact-based discussion, he might look beyond the hyperbole of pundits, might change his mind. So I responded, copying all on the list:
"Thanks for your entertaining mail. If you would like to engage in a rational debate on specific issues, backing your points with objective, valid sources (not political organizations such as Fox News or DailyKos), I'd be happy to debate you. However, specifics are required. For example, instead of generalizations such as 'these people,' define whether they are black, of Mexican descent like yourself, Jewish, Middle Eastern, East Indian, Asian, etc., since the average southern white lumps all races of color into the same lesser-than category. Another example would be 'handouts' and the group to which the so-called handout is provided–social security, Medicare, food stamps, housing assistance, etc.–and how it affects you and how or why it is right or wrong. Back your argument with objective sources. Another example is 'your rights end when they intrude on mine.' Be specific. For example, do you mean you have the right to fly a Nazi flag on your property, but you don't have the right to demand government or public entities to fly the flag on their buildings or property since that property represents all people? Or I have the right to worship the Flying Spaghetti Monster but not to force you to say my prayers in school?
"You get the idea.
"If you and the others in this mail exchange do not desire a rational debate but would prefer to vent anger and frustration over issues based on the 'factual' nonsense regarding the Confederate flag that began this exchange, I prefer to be left out of the loop.\
A few moments later: "Fuck you."
My response: "Okay."
Then: "Just forget my email address and I don't ever want to see you or any of your family again. Chris you are a looser."
"For future reference," I replied, "it's 'loser,' not 'looser.'"
When we refuse to engage in rational discussion, when we set our minds so rigidly based on irrational hatred and fear, when we refuse to consider another point of view unless it agrees with our own, when we refuse to grow, all of us are losers.
From fiction to poetry, creative nonfiction to straight reporting, personal experience colors my work in some way. One example of experience influencing my nonfiction work began with intervention in three on-the-street domestic violence incidents in Hawaii in the early1980s, which led to an article for Honolulu Magazine on the state's problem of domestic violence, what police termed "local love." The article helped in a small way to push a mandatory arrest bill through the state legislature to become law, requiring police to arrest aggressors when responding to domestic violence calls. In fiction and poetry, the above relatives, as well as others, have provided models for characters in stories such as "Side-Road Shack" and "Luau," the novel Big Daddy's Fast-Past Gadget, and in many of the poems in White Trash & Southern ~ Collected Poems, Volume I.
We writers are grateful to the relatives who manufacture drama, the politicians who stir the pot of fear and hatred, the citizens in our communities who fuel suspicion and discontent. By simply being who they are, these people prove an ironic benefit to writers. We thank them for helping us to explore the irrational, the hateful, the destructive through the characters they inspire. If, by chance, our work benefits the reader or society at large in any measure, we owe them that much more gratitude.
Yes, we're deeply indebted to them.
I wish we weren't.