September 2025 — last night’s dusk.
These cell phone videos don’t really do the scene justice. They looked soooo cool soaring and circling as a flock. If you listen closely during the videos, you can hear them chirping.
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I awoke this morning to the sound of bagpipes.
There was a parade through town that was led by firemen. And later I think I heard church bells. I’m pretty sure it was a remembrance of 9/11.
This really is a wonderful little city.
In Virginia, everyone is your friend.
Complete strangers will give you huge smile and a fist bump and say, “Keep on rockin’, Baby.”
I swear to you, New York is not like this.
I indeed WILL keep on rockin’, Sir. Thank you.
cc&d magazine publishes “The Beach House, Early Spring”
I’m honored today to see cc&d magazine publish my poem “The Beach House, Early Spring” in its latest anthology, The Storm Inside. The best way to read my poem (should you wish to) is to scroll down at the link below and click my name in the table of contents. 🙂
Or, if you would like to purchase a copy of the book, you can find it right here at Amazon.
Thanks once again to Editor in Chief Janet Kuypers for allowing me to see my work showcased in cc&d!
Poets Anonymous will publish my work in its upcoming annual Gathering anthology
I am so pleased to share here that Poets Anonymous will yet again publish my work in its annual Gathering anthology; my poem “As Silver as the Stars You Tried to Rival” will appear in Gathering 2025.
You can preorder a copy of the book right here at the Local Gems Press website. The launch event will be on August 27th in Chantilly, Virginia. (Details are at the website.)
This will be the third year running that Poets Anonymous has selected my writing for this annual collection. I am grateful to Lesley Tyson and Megan McDonald of Poets Anonymous, along with James P. Wagner of the Bards Initiative.
I’m a Fred I have another bad pun for you.
So here’s the plan — I’m gonna move back to my college town of Fredericksburg, Virginia, and start a poetry group there.
Gonna call it “Fred Poets Society.”
(I already e-mailed my old writing prof and told him he had to be our Mr. Keating.)
Happy Return of the Living Dead Day!!
Celebrate responsibly. Remember that, in Virginia, it is a Class 4 misdemeanor to enter a cemetery after dark without consent.
Source: Horrorweekly on Facebook
Bulb Culture Collective features my poem “Contagion is a Despot Poet”
I’m so happy today to see my poem “Contagion is a Despot Poet” featured by Bulb Culture Collective!
Thank you again, Ms. L. M. Cole and Mr. Jared Povanda, for selecting my work. 🙂
So I passed a couple of nice milestones yesterday.
I’ve now been published throughout 60 periodicals in 11 countries and five continents. It’s a good feeling. 🙂
[Update — I edited the headline to correctly read “passed a couple of nice milestones” instead of “hitting” them. Because that’s an entirely different metaphor.]
The Ultramarine Literary Review publishes my horror story, “The Devil and Amanda Ogilvie.”
I am thrilled to see the Ultramarine Literary Review in Chile publish my supernatural horror tale, “The Devil and Amanda Ogilvie.” The story depicts a fateful meeting between a troubled New York City publishing heiress and The Devil himself.
I am grateful to Editor-in-Chief Catalina Bonati for working with me to significantly improve the draft of the story that I originally submitted. And of course I am honored to see my writing showcased in this outstanding South American literary magazine.
Eric Robert Nolan, Author 