These links go to the listed short stories, non-fiction and poetry collection(s). Except for the poetry, each story can be read as html (directly on the internet page) text, or by clicking on the story's PDF (Portable Document Format) link. You can also download the PDF files and print them on your computer's printer. To use PDF files you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed. It is FREE and EASY. If you don't already have it on your computer, click here then click on the "Get Adobe Reader" button and follow the instructions to get your free version. Otherwise, read the items on their respective linked pages.

The Shockwave/Flash Illustrated booklets have been created using Adobe InDesign, then saving the files as Adobe Acrobat PDFs and finally uploading them to www.issuu.com's wonderful site. They are interactive documents now! All you need to look at them is what you have - an internet connection. Click on either the book or the "Open Publication" button.

Short stories
Loose Ends
The Mickelson Transcripts
The Point Man
The Checkup
Under the Bougainville

Illustrated Short Stories in Flash

The Dance Trick

The Gift of Barleycorn

The Watcher

The Letters of Marcus Ausonius

Still Life With Echo

Non-Fiction
Visualizing Time
The Empty Cage; Dealing with a little death

Poetry
Heaping Abuse on the Master (PDF only)
Trips to a Far Cafe (PDF only)

Novel(s)
False Witnesses (Click on it!)

Teaching Collette

Coming this year...

Dead language, or
Managerial-speak:
I wrote a review of Don Watson's seminal book on how our language is being strangled by "Cliches, Weasel Words, and Management-Speak..." DEATH SENTENCES. The book is a must-read for anyone who write or speaks the English language. I recently read a PR piece full of M-S argot that contained "...fulfilling the objectivity of pre-ordained achievement clusters." Here is another example, from Watson's book: "...creating deeper centers of excellence at each institution through greater specialization and achieving implementation success." This incomprehensible rubbish was printed in an official university publication! That makes sense, as the universities are teaching such "newspeak" politically-correct drivel to their students.

"What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure." - Dr. Johnson