July 1979 Dragonflies skim above the surface of Young’s Pond, then dart among the tall grasses that grow at its edge. I sit on the ground b...

Detroit, 1998 The so-called screen of the bathhouse movie room is nothing more than a sheet of white canvas hanging from ceiling hooks. Thr...

Williamsburg, Virginia: 1981 I see the man’s eyes light up from the park’s far end, as my feet kick up whorls of dust from runnels of wheat...

The anthology, Hoboes, Hustlers, and Outlaws: Bad Boys and Macho Men is shipping! My newest novella, On the Block , appears within its page...