Even New York City is a Small Town at Blue Hour

I grew up in a small town. Really small. Too small to have a McDonalds until I was in high school. The highlight of life was the movie theater with the ripped screen, the diner and driving around doing nothing but waiting to grow up. When I started looking at colleges I only wanted one… Continue reading Even New York City is a Small Town at Blue Hour

Eternal Recurrence

I’ve been reading a lot of Nietzsche lately – both his own writing as well as people writing about him. My books are filled with little post-it-notes with quotes like this: But then it [the individual] discovers that it is itself something changing and has a changing taste. It discovers in its freedom the mystery… Continue reading Eternal Recurrence

Simply, Yes at Gutter Eloquence

Many thanks to Jack Marlowe at Gutter Eloquence for accepting the poem, Simply, Yes. I think it’s kind of cool that this poem was published now because I’ve been reading Nietzsche and his theory of Eternal Recurrence for novel research and I found this quote. I feel like he said, what I was trying to say in… Continue reading Simply, Yes at Gutter Eloquence

Movie Death and My Comic Book Problem

Hola kids. How’s life? Me? I’m good. Had an AMAZING weekend which included heading over to Citi Field (still almost typed Shea) on Saturday to see the Mets beat the Marlins for the mister’s birthday weekend. Sunday was a lazy happy snuggly wine in bed sort of day. I love those days. Had a pretty… Continue reading Movie Death and My Comic Book Problem

Interview at Dab of Darkness

Hi folks. I’m over at Dab of Darkness talking about  poetry and fiction and goats and why I’m obsessed with Robert Falcon Scott and this: Paper Heart which was published by Jersey Devil Press, was a story I was very proud of mainly because I had adopted a completely different writing style for that one and… Continue reading Interview at Dab of Darkness