Sadly, The Ardent Writer Press has closed shop, removing The Blue House Raid from normal distribution (Amazon, B&N, and so on). I’m working on a second edition through an alternate publisher. You can query me directly (using the Contact button) for a first edition ebook (free) or paperback ($10).

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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 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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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