Happy to return to Feminine Collective with a new short story, “The Open Window.” Glad to be a repeat contributor to this journal. As they say at FC, it’s a journal in which “powerful women” (and a few good men) share their inspiring stories of daily life….humanity, raw, and unfiltered. Check it out and enjoy.Continue reading “The Open Window”
Category Archives: 2018
Pennyblack Music
Happy to weigh in on the Pennyblack Music 20th anniversary (scroll down to the “H” artists). Pennyblack is a fine UK music zine run by fine folks who I met on my first gig run through Scotland (reminiscing enclosed). Check out the link, check out the zine and big congrats to John Clarkson and company.Continue reading “Pennyblack Music”
Hello It’s Me
Hello It’s Me (A Short Story) A black piece of plastic spun around and around, etched memories carved into grooves and transmitted into the ethers through diamond cut magic. Timeless. Better than digital. Warmer and somehow, more human. Vinyl never closed, it just cut its hours and came back with a vengeance in the newContinue reading “Hello It’s Me”
Downers Grove Sedoka
Here’s a new sedoka for your enjoyment. Thanks for the read, Doug Downers Grove Sedoka Isn’t it a club? Air conditioned day old smoke Disco balls that do not turn Chords ring. She passes Between my lips while dancing
This Hard Land
New essay entitled “This Hard Land” up at Ink 19. Thanks to James Mann for giving me the nudge to write this. Tried to weave a bunch of ideas together, to stack mirrors upon mirrors – but really, props go to the Boss for the inspiration. Doug https://ink19.com/2018/07/magazine/features/this-hard-land
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