I’ve got a short story in printed issue 39, Winter 2023, of Catamaran Literary Reader called “Bookworm’s Desire.”
Here’s the opening: Why am I continuing to harp on this? Probably habit. And perhaps a desire to correct a wrong. When Rummaging Among the Platitudes was published (in what was then known as a hardback), a certain category of reading enthusiast took note. Remember, this was before BookBrain, Flux, and NeuralFace. Printed books were the connector then. As word spread, through letters (snail mail), phone calls and personal conversation, Rummaging found an audience of free thinkers, political and social outsiders, and even a classic book lover or two.
Also have a story in the Spring Edition of Sortes Magazine, an online publication, called “Garden Party.”
It begins: Late afternoon. The light of day was turning golden and more cars were haunting the streets. We'd come out of the neighborhood market whose owner was happy to see us depart. Proprietors are like that – they take our money easily enough, and then go stiff to let us know it's time to leave.