Celebrate responsibly. Remember that, in Virginia, it is a Class 4 misdemeanor to enter a cemetery after dark without consent.
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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.
Now weight just a minute …
From 159 lbs. on January 1 to 145.8 this morning.
Right — not amazing. (And I am obviously no Chris Hemsworth.) But it’s good for me.
I tried everything — including regularly walking five miles at a stretch. I actually GAINED weight. (There’s this weird, irresistible instinct that makes you EAT more, because you’re going on a long journey. I call it “hobbit syndrome.” Seriously!)
The ONLY way I could lose any weight was with calisthenics. Old school.
“The Beach House, Early Spring” published in cc&d magazine’s 32nd Anniversary Edition.
I am thrilled to share here that cc&d magazine today published my love poem, “The Beach House, Early Spring,” in its 32nd Anniversary Edition!
The easiest way to view the poem is to pull up the online magazine at this link and then click on the poem’s title. Mine is the sixth one down in the table of contents.
You can also purchase a copy of the Anniversary Edition from Amazon right here.
Thank you, Editor Janet Kuypers, for allowing me to see my work showcased again in the pages of cc&d magazine!
The Creativity Webzine features “Roanoke Summer Midnight”
I am thrilled tonight to see The Creativity Webzine in Germany publish my poem “Roanoke Summer Midnight.”
The theme of the May issue is “History,” and my poem is meant as an homage to the spiritual, natural and architectural history of my adopted home, rural Southwest Virginia. You can find it at the link below:
The Arts Section of The Creativity Webzine
Thanks to Editor-in-Chief Charles E. J. Moulton for allowing me to see my work showcased within this wonderful creative community.
The Roanoke Typewriter Sales Company
This is probably the most visually interesting building I’ve found here in Roanoke, Virginia — the Roanoke Typewriter Sales Company on Campbell Avenue. It’s just past the east edge of downtown, on the other side of the tracks, in the shadow of the overpass. It has a quasi-wedge shape that’s hemmed in closely at the rear by adjacent train tracks, and at its top is a billboard like a great, garish tiara.
If this isn’t the setting for a short story, I don’t know what is.
(May 2025.)
Throwback Thursday: the 1994 Commencement Program for Mary Washington College.
Thanks to AluMeredith for the image. 🙂
Maybe he’s practicing for a garage band?
People are funny. This is admittedly a terrible picture, but what you see is a nocturnal lone trombone player tonight in the parking level of Virginia Tech School of Medicine building (by Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital).
Hey, man — more power to you. Practice your art wherever you can.
Eric Robert Nolan, Author 