April 10, 2010. Sententia is out and includes "After the Lovin'" from CUL DE SAC in time for The Enge's 74th birthday. For proof, see me and my trippy shirt alongside Sententia publisher Ryan W. Bradley at the AWP convention in Denver.

May 4, 2009: The Spring issue of Third Coast is out and includes my award-winning essay, which judge Patricia Hampl says sketches a "devastating picture of contemporary American culture," which proves once again that I'm a glass half-full sort of guy.

Sep. 18, 2008: If you can find the four embedded Engelbert Humperlinks on this website, you could win a classic Rex of Romance 8-track tape, "Last of the Romantics" which includes The Enge's hard to find remake of Debbie Boone's emotional hit, "You Light up my Life"!

May 15, 2008: I won the 2008 Third Coast Creative Nonfiction contest. The essay will appear in the Spring 2009 issue.

Mar. 14, 2008: "The Absence or Addition of Fish," from Cul De Sac, appears in March's Word Riot.

Oct. 1, 2007: Read "Peckers" in Night Train and "Storage" in The Rake.