Birdhouse in the Birches
A quiet scene from the Reiffel Bird Sanctuary on the Fraser River Estuary, near Vancouver, B.C.
In cemento veritas
Paintings and sculptures.
Garcia Lorca
Drawing of Garcia Lorca.
Ribbon
White paper clay sculptures, various designs.
A vein of gold in Paris
Using a tilt-shift lens and post-processing for the colors, I created this photo of a Paris street that looks like a vein of gold.
Clay Sculptures
Assorted paper white clay sculptures.
Floral Ecstacy
After the long, cold, dark winters I find the spring so invigorating. I finally started photographing budding flowers and green city views again.
Hitler Clone (60)
There are 88 Hitler clones in total, every clone being the source material for the subsequent one.
Dock of the Bay
Stunning boat and dock photography.
Virtual Detroit
Photography from around Detroit.
By the Window Sill
These photographs are the result of an accident. While cleaning up a barn, I found three broken, and abandoned windows.
A review of On Earth We Are Briefly Gorgeous
Review of Ocean Vuong’s debut novel On Earth We Are Briefly Gorgeous
Hunter S. Thompson: Fear and Loathing in utero
This article is respectfully dedicated to my friend Paul Clements (1964-2017), another good Doctor sorely missed.
Review of Sandra Arnold’s Soul Etchings
I first met Sandra Arnold through a Facebook group, and we became friends, reading each other’s stories and never having met in person.
Author Eva Wong Nava
I would like to introduce Eva Wong Nava, a very talented writer, contributor to Literary Heist, and novelist.
Review of Flare Up!
Flare Up! Written by: Gary Beck
Review by: Rhonda McClam
Does Your Horse Have A Saddle?
Why Writing Groups Work
Jumping Stanley Bridge
Jumping off the Stanley Bridge in to the bay, Stanley Bridge, Prince Edward Island.
Nick Hornby: On using Spotify for fuel, Jigsaws, and more
Nick Hornby, best known for his memoir Fever Pitch and his novels High Fidelity and About a Boy, all of which were adapted into feature films.
Interview with Ellie Douglas
Interview with Ellie Douglas, author of Death O Death, The Dead Undone, Fear Inducer, Hounded, Hounded 2, Toxic Desire, and the Dead Awake.
Circling Around Writing
Creative nonfiction article that muses about my relationship with writing, conceptualizing it as a dance between the story and myself.
Should an artist be medicated?
A discussion of whether an artist should be medicated or not.
Insert Family
The frustrations of shopping for the perfect family.
Whilst on Vacation.
A story about a young couple on vacation who discover that the world is not as nice as they thought.
The Golden State
Generations collide, minds are open, and stereotypes are vanquished, inside the crossroads of The Golden State.
Promises, Hearts, & Other Breakable Items
“I’ll run errands after the meeting,” Sybil said, as she stood in the kitchen doorway,“ so I’ll see you this afternoon.”
Dark and Damp
A tree grows in a woman’s house and she struggles to get it outside.
Mr. Flipper’s Mistress
They have all been gathered. It is time to name a killer or two. The only problem is the killer has already been named or has she?
Thrift Store
In the tradition of “Twilight Zone,” we read about Tony the trucker and his quest to get home in time for Christmas.
Angels of Tiburon
History provides a pathway to cultural self discovery in San Francisco Bay.
Lost in Pepperland
A middle-aged man learns the true meaning of growing old.
Something Black
Dick said that after a while he just sat in the road at 55 miles an hour.
Theories of Forgetting
The trauma a soldier suffered at war and how he tries to cope after returning home.
2020 Night Vision
Tyranny Tastes Terror.
Reactionary Roars Resound
The Heart’s Exhaustion
Stripped of all the colors that create me,
Bare as the bones beneath my skin
The Choice
This poem hopes to combine compression with metaphors that achieve a resonance so as to offer the reader a trip into the indefinite.
Pain Cuts Deep Into Our Lives
There are times when sadness creeps in,
filling the space that love left empty.
a matter of taste
A short meditation on the chemical properties of chocolate.
Alone Woman
A blatant depiction of loneliness, and isolation enmeshed with a longing desire to belong somewhere; even if only for a little while
Intimacy
A poem about everyday love.
Painted Room
In memory of my late Father who passed away suddenly and the long night that I have made home.
Minefield
The world revolves,
sun casts the fields pink and yellow.
How to preserve freedom?
Meditating on Aboriginal women’s tragedy and the issue of law regarding prostitution and ultimately freedom.
magnetron
Who is the butterfly, who the flower?