Me enjoying an espresso on the Isles of Capri,
during my first visit to Italy in the summer of 2016.

Dear Curious Browser,

I’m an avid reader, writer, and life-long mistake-maker. I hope you are, too.

I love to write!

My short stories have appeared in many magazines and anthologies, among them The Year’s Best Science Fiction (21), The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror (12), New Micro: Exceptionally Short Fiction, The Best Alternate History Stories of the 20th Century, and The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction.

I’ve been nominated for the Hugo, HOmer, and World Fantasy awards, and my first two novels, A Small and Remarkable Life and Valley of Day-Glo, both received nominations for the John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel of the Year.

Since I was a kid, I’ve worked many jobs, including paperboy, construction worksite gopher, dishwasher at a Catholic seminary, creative writing professor, education director for a non-profit literary center, indie bookstore owner, and (at present) communications specialist in corporate America.

I blog just for fun.

You can also find me on LinkedIn.

And the really curious browser can click here.

Me where my parents live in Wood Run,
Rochester, New York, 2020.

Thank you for visiting my website!