OTHER WRITING
Select Nonfiction
- “We Failed to Sell You America” featured in Fast Company
- “An Iranian Publisher Ripped Off My Satirical Nonfiction Book” featured in Fast Company
- “S.A. Cosby on ‘King of Ashes’ and the Softer Side of Monsters,” featured in CrimeReads along with other essays and interviews exploring crime fiction and crime movies. Other CrimeReads articles are available via this link.
- Palmaz Vineyards Books and Website, a two-volume, award-winning book about the innovative Palmaz Vineyards in Napa Valley.
- Graycliff: 300 Years of Grand Bahamian Luxury, a single-volume coffee table book about the iconic resort (and former pirate abode).
Dice.com E-books, Podcast, and Website
Along with my team, I produced and wrote a series of data-intensive e-books for Dice.com, including:
I also spearheaded the development of Dice.com/career-advice, which produced 3+ articles per week about the tech industry and various other topics of interest to tech professionals.
In addition, I produced and hosted the Dice Tech Connects Podcast, a bimonthly podcast featuring tech luminaries talking about everything from A.I. to educational tech. The podcast is available on ACast, Spotify and other platforms.
Substack
I use my Substack, Ink-Stained Wretch, for weekly essays on movies, books, pop culture, history, and much more. Some notable pieces include:
- “Digging Up Sam Spade”
- “Anthony Bourdain: Loving the Ugly Bits”
- “‘Sinners,’ Clarksdale and the Spiritual Seam”
- “Art of the Steal: ‘Den of Thieves 2’ and Remixing the Heist Film”
- “‘Alien: Romulus,’ Space Commies and the Hollywood Doom Spiral”
Select Fiction Short Stories
“One Year in the Life of Marilyn,” featured in Rock and a Hard Place, Issue 12 (RHP, December 2024)
“Scorpions,” featured in the Best American Mystery & Suspense 2024 (and Dark Yonder’s Summer 2024 issue)
“Body and Blood,” featured in House of Gamut (December 2024)
“The Good Doctor,” featured in the anthology “Blood in the Soil, Terror on the Wind” (Brigids Gate Press, August 2022)
“Disappearances at Coal Hill,” featured in the anthology “Found” (Vermillion to One, October 2022)
“Why Bob Lee Came Back,” featured in the anthology “Picnic in the Graveyard” (Cemetery Gates Media, May 2022)
“Zipline,” featured in the anthology “Slice of Paradise” (DarkLit Press, February 2022)
“We Had a Good Time, Until the End,” featured in Rock and a Hard Place, Issue 6 (RHP, August 2021)
“Amanda: A Confession,” featured in the anthology “Unloaded Vol. 2” (Down & Out Books, July 2018)
“Your Pound of Flesh,” featured in the anthology “Lost Highways: Dark Fictions from the Road” (June 2018)
“Death in Florence,” featured in Mystery Tribune Issue 4 (Winter 2018)
“Live at Alcatraz,” featured in the anthology “Hard Sentences: Crime Fiction Inspired by Alcatraz” (May 2017)
Rust & Moth
“Beneath the River” (poem, Winter 2015)
“Cockatoo” (poem, Spring 2016)
Thuglit
“A Nice Pair of Guns” (available in print and Kindle)
“A Bad Day in Boat Repo” (available in print and Kindle)
7×7.la
“Soul in the Shell” (a poetry/photo collaboration with Trey Wright)
North American Review
“Sandhog” (poem; print only)
“The Wait”: A short essay on the writing of “Sandhogs.”
Cleaver Magazine
“The Great Wave Carries You Forward”
“Alone with Your Own Disaster”
“Illuminati Dance” (poem)
The Adirondack Review
“Elvis Presley Retires” (poem)
NPR
“Harding On The Boulevard Du Montparnasse”
Crime Syndicate
“Dee the Friendly Grizzly’s Little Miracle” (available in print and Kindle editions)
“Stickup” (available on Kindle)
McSweeney’s
“Friedrich Nietzsche, Chain-Restaurant Bartender”
“The Modern Gangs of New York“
The Washington Post
Fast and Loose With Craig Ferguson Live
Interview with Craig Ferguson, late-night host.
A ‘Fountain’ Quest Fulfilled
Interview with ‘The Fountain’ and ‘Black Swan’ director Darren Aronofsky.
Washington City Paper
Perfect the Dots
Interview with D.C. local artist Amy Lin.
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