Excited to have a short essay forthcoming in Ruminate Magazine Issue 61. Look for it both in print and online in February!

Excited to announce that the Civil War era biography of William Gould (W.G.) Raymond that I co-authored with Donna Burtch has been purchased by Sunbury Press (PA) and will be released in 2022. Details to follow as available. Thank you Sunbury Press for believing in this work! https://wgthebook.com/

Thrilled to have a new short story in the inimitable Gown Lawn #42, out today! Please check Peep Quack out here!:

https://gonelawn.net/journal/issue42/Burtch.php

Hope you give my new story The Moose of Morrow County a read! Flyover Country Literary Magazine describes it as a “…trippy folktale from the heartland.” Read it here:

https://flyovercountryliterarymagazine.com/2021/09/24/the-moose-of-morrow-county/

My story At the Dark has been published in Vol 52 of Schuylkill Valley Journal. This piece first appeared last year in SVJ Online. I hope you pick up a copy!

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Look for my new short fiction story Peep Quack to be published in Issue #42 of Gone Lawn: A Literary Journal. Will post expected publication date soon!

My new poem The Scavengers was published August 15 in the Irish river-themed journal Riverbed Review. Read it here!

https://riverbedreview.wordpress.com/03-5/

I will be reading from my latest work along with six other writers in the inaugural Great Lakes Reading Series hosted by Great Lakes Review on Saturday July 31, 2021 at 7:00pm EST. For the Zoom link go to greatlakesreview.org/events/ one hour prior to the readings! Hope you will join us!

My new short fiction piece But for the Grace of Maynard was published today at Montana Mouthful, the beautiful literary arts journal out of Helena, MT. You can read it here!

Watch for my new story But for the Grace of Maynard in the June issue of Montana Mouthful Literary Journal!

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