La Brèche de Roland, from the French side, snapped by the author before starting his ascent

Happenings

I’ve put together a collection of 17 previously published stories (with cover art by Alejandra Mandelblum). The general theme is resilience.

The collection is available through Amazon and other distributors as listed by Books2Read.

No End in Sight

Robert Roth plumbs the depths of sexual harassment, sexual aberration, sexual deprivation, and more, as only Robert can, wandering off point as fancy takes him before swooping back to the central topic. As the title suggests, this is a topic that flows and continues beyond the termination of a single book. Any conclusions are necessarily based on incomplete data.

Home Planet News

Issue 9 of Home Planet News is now available. I have a flash there at F.16. But the big news for me is Kang Euigoo’s review of The Blue House Raid at R.9. Thirteen reviews, two essays, five memoirs, one nonfiction piece (Robert Roth), two plays, 34 fiction pieces, and 91 pages of poetry, plus several features. And the artwork! Kudos to Frank Murphy for a marathon effort under duress.

Preparing the Apology -- Poems by Mike Graves

If you enjoy the combination of technical excellence and raw emotion, I highly recommend this slim volume of poetry by Mike Graves with cover design by Vivian Tsao. Besides being a pleasure to read, it’s delightful to hold and turn the pages. Available on Amazon.

A Walk in the Woods

The Fictional Café has published my short story, “A Walk in the Woods.” A 10-minute read. A bit on the dark side.

Two stories

Check out two stories from Bill Greenhut’s formative years in Queens. Bill served with the 2nd Infantry on the Korean DMZ around the same time I did (our tours overlapped). Bill was wounded in action on this “safe” tour (it got us out of Vietnam). Bill participates in the Veterans Writing Workshop at Fordham University.

So Flows the Han

Adelaide Literary Magazine has published my short story “So Flows the Han” in its 2020 Adelaide Literary Award Anthology: Short Stories, Vol. II. Available in print only here.

Killing Hitler, a novel by Gerald Williams

Killing Hitler is a fictionalized account of an early attempt to assassinate Hitler, by Gerald Williams, who died last summer (2020). The book is beautifully typeset and bound by Michael Coughlin, owner of Letterpress Book Publishing.

Reader' Favorite gives The Blue House Raid 5 stars

Check out their facebook entry or go to their review page for the complete report.

Sapling interview

Sapling interviewed me about writing and publishing The Blue House Raid. Sapling is a curated weekly e-newsletter highlighting the best of the small press world for writers looking for new venues for their work. This article appeared in Sapling #582. You can reach them at sapling@blacklawrencepress.com.

Korea Times Article

I’ve yet to make the New York Times :-( but my novel has made the New York edition of the Korea Times :-).

The Blue House Raid available in Korean

The Blue House Raid is available in Hangul (Korean language) on Amazon and other vendors in hardcover and paperback. Translated by Kang Euigoo.

The Rage of Aquarius

Read Robert Roth’s insightful essay, a remembrance of friends past, and a meditation on lives lived and their meaning.

Romance from Rich

Check out Richard Federico’s two recently published books under the Riccardo Cordileon Collection.

Emerald Dress Seduction, a novella

Why Me, Nadine, a novel

The Blue House Raid goes live

The Blue House Raid is officially released and available at Amazon (Kindle, hardcopy, paperback), Barnes & Noble, and Book Depository (hardcopy, paperback).

The Pugilist

The Bombay Review has published my short story, “The Pugilist.” A quick, fun read.

The Blue House Raid: Robert Roth interviews Euigoo Kang and me

Robert Roth, Euigoo Kang, and I meet on zoom to discuss The Blue House Raid.

John Toland's In Mortal Combat

John Toland has just released an excellent history of the Korean War.

The Blue House Raid: an Interview with Robert Roth

Robert Roth and I meet on zoom to discuss The Blue House Raid.

The Blue House Raid: Kindle format

The Blue House Raid is now available for pre-order in Kindle format on Amazon for a very affordable $3.99 (free with Kindle Unlimited).

Gerald Williams: In Memorium

Gerald Williams, New York literary icon and longtime contributor to And Then, died on July 17.

Opposite Sides of the Barricades

In the “Readings” section, Robert Roth encounters an old friend, now in blue. Read it here.

Forgotten Riot—May Day, 1970, New Haven Green

In the “Readings” section, Richard Federico recalls an anti-war demonstration in 1970 from the point of view of a National Guardsman. Poignant memoir especially in light of recent events. Read it here.

Korean War started 70 years ago

As noted by the Korea Defense Veterans Association and others, June 25 is the 70th anniversary of the start of the Korean War.

Robert Roth Reading

Yesterday I caught a reading by Robert Roth at the Writers Salon hosted by Gabriela Jurosz-Landa.

The Blue House Raid: Cover Design

The cover design for The Blue House Raid (release date 1 October 2020) is by Steve Gierhart of The Ardent Writer Press.

The Blue House Raid

My debut novel, The Blue House Raid, will be released on October 1, 2020.

Wasteland

Wasteland is a shortlist winner nominee for the Adelaide Literary Award 2019 - Best Short Story.

AND THEN Volume 21

Just finished the first proof of AND THEN Volume 21.

Hippasus of Metapontum award

Hippasus of Metapontum nominated for Houghton Mifflin Harcourt’s annual Best American anthology series.

debut novel

The Blue House Raid: American Infantry and the Korean DMZ Conflict, The Ardent Writer Press, October 1, 2020.

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The Blue House Raid was a lesser-known conflict of the Vietnam era that played out in Korea, testing American and South Korean resolve when North Korea launched a daring attack to assassinate south Korean President Park Chung-hee in his residence near Seoul. However, this novel of the same name is more than a description of a failed incursion. Author Robert Perron, a former U.S. Army soldier who spent 13 months along the DMZ, culls from his vivid familiarity of the time to paint...a gripping and sometimes tragic story.

Learn more about the novel and its historical setting.

Published Stories

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Azaleas

Love and loss following the devastation of the Korean War.

First published by Korea Lit, April 1, 2016.

Reprinted by Front Porch Review, Vol. 10 October 2018.

So Flows the Han

Life after death.

First published by Adelaide Literary Magazine in its 2020 Adelaide Literary Award Anthology: Short Stories, Vol. II.

A Joke for Chong

Life in the trenches.

First published by The Icarus Anthology, Issue 2, August 2017.

Class of '65

After action report, Korean DMZ.

First published by and then, Volume 19, 2017.

Government Issue

Law and order, military style.

First published by Podium Literary Journal, Issue 15, September 2016.

Men at War

Not all fun and games.

First published by As You Were: The Military Review, Vol. 6 Spring 2017.

Low Speed Jet

After action report, Vietnam.

First published by New Zenith Magazine, Volume 1, Summer 2016.

Rearguard

The enemy within.

First published by The Fictional Café, October 8, 2018.

Wasteland

Shortlist winner nominee for the Adelaide Literary Award 2019 - Best Short Story.

First published in Adelaide Literary Award Anthology 2019, SHORT STORIES, Volume One and Adelaide Literary Magazine No. 34, March 2020. Available in the Adelaide Literary Magazine Store.

What About India?

Making ends meet in the global economy.

First published by The Manchester Review, Issue 16, June 2016.

Team Player

Marketing meets engineering.

There You Go

Downsizing.

First published by TIMBER A Journal of New Writing, 9.2 Summer 2019.

A Prayer for Miriam

Her golden years.

Hippasus of Metapontum

The sea of knowledge.

First published by Lowestoft Chronicle, June 2019, Issue 38.

Aquarius

A snapshot of the ageless process of aging.

First published by Adelaide Literary Magazine, Year III, Number 15, August 2018.

Next to Normal

Survivors and perpetrators.

First published by Storgy Magazine, February 25, 2018.

Negative Entropy

Time travel as a defense.

First published by The Wayward Sword, Vol 2 Issue 1, Writing Knights, Grand Showcase 2018.

One for the Books

The eye of the beholder.

First published by London Journal of Fiction, November 19, 2016.

The Spruce Trap

A walk in the woods.

First published by Icarus Down, Vol. III March 2016.

Mind Over Matter

Did she or didn’t she?

First published by Prick of the Spindle, Issue 8, Print Edition, Spring/Summer 2015.

Street Scene

Written from a prompt.

First published by And Then, Volume 20 under the pseudonym Linda Lacroix.

Aches and Pains

Missing in action.

First published by Mom Egg Review, Volume 17 (2019).

Water and Wine

Holier than thou.

First published by Home Planet News Issue 12.

The Pugilist

In his dreams.

First published by The Bombay Review in Issue 34 (September, 2020).

A Walk in the Woods

A long walk.

First published by The Fictional Café, July 12, 2021.

A Twist of Pedigree

Of dubious paternity.

First published by Frontier Tales Issue # 169 October 2023.

Sunrise Cliff

A moment of clarity.

Navajo Nation

East meets west.

A Push in the Dark

O beware, my lord, of jealousy.

Ole Ned

A winnowing of the masses.

First published by Pif Magazine, Issue No. 230, July 1, 2016.

Richard, Richard

Are you an essential worker?

First published by STORGY Magazine in Fiction on April 15, 2019.

Exodus

The future is ours, or not.

First published by Sweet Tree Review, Volume 2 Issue 3, Summer 2017.

Poems

The author dabbles in poetry.

Readings from Friends

Robert Macdonald • Missing Person

Robert Roth • The Wolf at the Door

Roger Shepherd • Once Upon a Time When Tigers Smoked Long Pipes

John Silver • Twelve Poems

Laura Geringer Bass • Only Me

Lore Segal • Death of the Water Bug

Ken Sandbank • The Spoils

Judith Lichtendorf • The Rubber Bands Are Back

Michael Graves • Villanelles

Kang Anna • The Beginning, and Life

Richard Federico • Forgotten Riot – May Day, 1970, New Haven Green

Robert Roth • Opposite Sides of the Barricades

Robert Roth • The Rage of Aquarius

Myrna Nieves and Robert Roth • The Dreamer and the Agent

Bill Greenhut • Two Stories

Robert Roth • Day Care Center

Rozsa Kovesdi • Letters in a Suitcase

Robert Roth • Five Stories That Have Never Made Their Way into the Pages of And Then

Eddie Lew • Tears to Snow

Robert Roth • The Genius of 10th St.

Wasteland and other stories

La Brèche de Roland, from the French side, snapped by the author before starting his ascent

debut novel

Learn more about the novel and its historical setting.

Published Stories

Readings from Friends