A Good Day

Radnor Lake in Nashville is one of my happy places, a beautiful state park in the middle of town, close to my house. It’s always beautiful, it’s always different. A couple months ago, I went out for a hike late afternoon on a Friday, it’s a less crowded time than the weekends, and lately, thereContinueContinue reading “A Good Day”

Red Cathedral – The Ravens Perch

Pleased to have new work of mine “Red Cathedral,” featured in the latest edition of “The Raven’s Perch,”  a wonderful and well-respected literary zine. It’s a piece of creative non-fiction, falling in the world between story and scenario, poetry and prose. Enjoy. https://theravensperch.com/red-cathedral-by-doug-hoekstra Nearing the end of the trail, I began to ascend, as itContinueContinue reading “Red Cathedral – The Ravens Perch”

Red-Tailed Hawk

Chuffed to have a flash fiction of mine, “Red-Tailed Hawk,” in the latest edition of Ambush Review, a fine San Francisco based literary zine. It arrived in the post today, looks/reads great, and makes me think of City Lights and so much great literary history from the city by the bay.  Enjoy the read (reprintedContinueContinue reading “Red-Tailed Hawk”