Fan Mail

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Last weekend I received the second piece of fan mail I’ve ever received in my life. I was touched and flattered, of course, but it reminded me of a long-ago resolution I’d made–when I received my first fan mail–and failed to keep. I remembered that I have never once reached out to another author myself.

I can think of many, many authors whose work has meant a great deal to me but who haven’t received the kind of attention that Cormac McCarthy or Ursula LeGuin get. Kij Johnson and John Crowley come immediately to mind. One of them will get an email from me this week–I resolve it. Or re-resolve it.

New Stories Up

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After a little self-googling, I’ve learned some bad news and some good news about my fiction (at least from the perspective of someone who wants people to read my work). The bad news: most of the stories I’ve written are no longer available for free on the internet (if they ever were available). The good news: some stories have a remarkably long shelf-life online, longer than Twinkies.

I’ve put the four stories you can get for free under the “My Fiction” link at the top of the page. I have another story forthcoming, and I’ll be spending part of the Xmas break sending new stories (and maybe even some reprints) out for consideration at other magazines. I hope you’ll see more stories here soon.

A Place for my Stuff!

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There are many reasons I make a bad blogger. For one, I write slowly, and much of what I write is tough to read until it’s been revised and revised again, put through the rock tumbler of my brain for days or weeks or months. Also, I’m wary about taking on a writing project that might suck away precious time that I could be working on stories, poems, songs–basically writing that isn’t blogolalia.

But I’ve set up this site anyway because a few people have asked me where they can find my writing. So, here it is: The Subway Test. This is, as George Carlin so wisely put it, a place for my stuff.

Welcome to The Subway Test. I hope (and predict) it will remain a small-batch site for my friends and family. But if a stranger comes here, curious about a story I’ve written and hoping to find another, I consider you my friend, too.