Nominated for a Pushcart in 2012. A lifetime ago. Bared my soul in @nytimes "Modern Love" essay. Best Microfiction nominee @pocketsmag
Joined March 2026
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May 21
I love the graphic that @rejectionlit used for my story "The Smart Kid." Would look nice as a t-shirt or poster. Thank you again @dt_robbins and @felishonaleash
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May 19
New story at @rejectionlit about that kid from high school we all remember. Thank you @dt_robbins and @felishonaleash !
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Jun 12
A 2009 story about a vacation in Amsterdam. Thank you to @SmokeLong and a nod to @sarpsozdinler !
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May 30
Thank you to the gracious and supportive @sarpsozdinler and @BulbRegion for sharing a piece of suburban fury.
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May 30
"[I] don’t trust him, she said, he kills things for a living now, got a pest control van, see, he’s still a bully [...]"
🚚 Don't miss Peter DeMarco's (@PDMwriter) breathless, one-sentence story, "The Good Guy," in The Bulb Region today.
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May 23
This story has a haunting beauty.
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May 23
Settle back in your favorite movie-watching chair and take a look at my new story "Blue Spruce" in the @litgarage01
May 22
What starts with old movies, diner coffee & a faded suburban theater slowly becomes something far more unsettling.
@PDMwriter has written a story that is suburban nostalgia, grief, obsession & something far darker simmering underneath.
At the Garage:
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May 22
Wow, what a great description for my new short story @litgarage01 . Thank you for publishing.
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May 19
New story at @rejectionlit about that kid from high school we all remember. Thank you @dt_robbins and @felishonaleash !
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May 11
Thanks again Hawkeye for that reminiscence!
May 11
ICYMI, take a walk down memory lane.
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May 9
Thank you Joseph for this insight.
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I liked it. The thing about the bully and fossilized nerd blood was marvelous. I love your sinister alienation. The nod to Psycho continues your suggestions of menace under the prosaic. And your reuse and variation of themes—the dead mother in particular—accrues an eerie meaning
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May 9
Thank you @HAWKEYE_mag for sharing this journey.
May 9
In #71, we take you back to that Long Island town where you used to linger unnoticed in the background. Check out this sweet nostalgic piece with just the right amount of bitterness. Read “Class of ‘77” by @PDMwriter. Cheers, Peter! 🍸
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Apr 29
Saw this at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival in February. An absolute blast! Still playing at festivals all over. Fans of horror @malsmart need to have this on their radar. Met the writer @elizapower and director. No CGI. Incredible. Black horror comedy at its finest. And it's only 15 minutes.
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I’m in a new horror film. A Hand To Hold …. Coming soon .
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Apr 28
It was an honor to be nominated by @pocketsmag for Best Microfiction 2025 for this piece.
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Apr 25
Leave it to Travis to concoct a zany, slapstick story and then end it with the most poignant sentences. This story took me back to second grade and my favorite book, Moon Man. The man in the moon is lonely but when he comes to Earth for companionship he's treated like an invader for being different and chased away.
Apr 25
Been trying to crack HAD for like a year and they finally let my weird ass in 🙏
Here's "Moon Story." It's a story. About the moon. Big thanks to @fowlinghantod picking it up 🫡
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Apr 23
Honored to have been part of @hippocampusmag when it all began in 2011.
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Apr 21
"Shards of my little bird bones rattling a call to hers: move shake skip dance, dance, dance like I always loved, dance while your skeleton still can."
Still thinking about this last line.
Apr 21
“One day Dad brought home a boombox from his construction site, the equipment victim of an errant brick so every few words crackled. It became Big Band at midnight and Hip Hop at dawn and Country at lunch.”
🔥 Lauren Kardos in The Bulb Region today.
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Apr 16
Still thinking about that surreal dialogue. Need to have a cup of coffee with @IvyGri to analyze!
Apr 14
"One woman rolled out from under the bed and told me her theory about what happened that night, which is also happening now."
👁️ Don't miss Ivy Grimes' (@IvyGri) deliciously uncanny short story, "Fish Eyes," in The Bulb Region today.
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Apr 12
The tone of this poem reminded me of "All Watched Over By Machines of Loving Grace." Thank you @malsmart for delivering such delicious morbidity. And with the years creeping by I fear that Citizen Kane montage of missed opportunity.
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