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Chuy didn’t fit the surfer mold

This must be what writer’s block feels like

Imagine if Dr. Phil sought help from Stuart Smalley

So I’m finally going to meet your parents

I’m a demigod of metaphors

Excerpt from the novel, Storm Riders, to be published in 2022

Excerpt from the anthology, Oddballs and Other Folks

In the attic I lay on the old bed

Elves with tiny knives?

We were a family Free to roam

Late at night I get into the car and drive

Mists of memories

I read poetry as I walked

Both ways have dangers and pitfalls Both offer success of a sort.

Fall 2021

I won't write about ten favorites because I really don't have ten favorites. I like the things I read. If I don't, I put the books...

Boo-hoo. There were no contest entries.

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