2 poems/flash fiction published in World of Myth Magazine

"Arachnophobia Cured" and "Each Second That Passes," in addition to the flash fiction story "Red Icicles," have been published in Issue 52 of The World of Myth, a quarterly "fantasy, horror and humor electronic magazine" from the US. Thank you to the editors for accepting my work. Click on the titles to read.

Poem online at Bright Light Café

United Couple XVII by Alijan Alijanpou

"About Love" has been published at the Australian website Bright Light Café, an online source for "free, positive entertainment" and "a showcasing centre for wonderful new and established talents." Thank you to Barbara Ann Llewellyn and Rod Kirkham for accepting this poem. You can read it here.

Prose poem published in Sein und Werden

"Illusion for the Web of Roads" has been published in the January 2012 issue (Volume 8, Issue 1) of Sein und Werden, a UK-based literary magazine "of experimental prose, poetry and artwork that seeks to merge and modernise the ideas behind Expressionism, Surrealism and Existentialism." Thanks go to Editor Rachel Kendall for accepting this poem. To read it, click here.

Note: I recently revised part IV and hope to republish the poem later this year.

Poem published at Long Story Short

"Heart-shaped Cocoon" has been published in the February 2012 issue of Long Story Short, an "e-zine for writers." Thank you to editor and writer Amy S. Pacini for publishing this old poem. To read it, click here (and scroll down).

Poem published in SNM Horror Magazine

"The Impatient" has been published in the February/March issue of SNM Horror Magazine. Thank you to poetry editor Kerry Morgan for accepting this poem. To read it, click here and scroll down.

Poem online at Bright Light Café

The Bed (Le Lit)

by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

"Fresh Morning" has been published at the Australian website Bright Light Café, an online source for "free, positive entertainment" and "a showcasing centre for wonderful new and established talents." Thank you to Barbara Ann Llewellyn and Rod Kirkham for accepting this poem. You can read it here.

Poem published in WestWard Quarterly

"The American and the Armenian" has been published in the Winter 2012 issue of WestWard Quarterly. Copies are available for $4.00 U.S. ($6.00 USD foreign) from Laudemont Press, P.O. Box 369, Hamilton, Illinois, 62341. Thank you to Editor Shirley Anne Leonard for accepting another of my poems. A PDF version is forthcoming.

Featured poet at Chantarelle's Notebook

I'm pleased to announce that the Editors at Chantarelle's Notebook have asked me to be the Featured Poet for Issue #26. Click here to read the Featured Poet page, which includes a bio and five poems. Thank you to Kendall & Christinia Bell for giving me this opportunity.

Blurb in The Knoxville Journal

My contribution to the Speaking of Love anthology was briefly mentioned in The Knoxville Journal, dated January 27, 2012. Bright Light Multimedia, the company that published the book, sent press releases to all the city newspapers where contributors live. Read the blurb by clicking here.

Poem online at Bright Light Café

In Truth There Is Love by Elvira Amrhein

"I Love You" has been published at the Australian website Bright Light Café, an online source for "free, positive entertainment" and "a showcasing centre for wonderful new and established talents." Thank you to Barbara Ann Llewellyn and Rod Kirkham for accepting this poem. You can read it here.