Author: Matt

  • Off The Grid: Discrepancies and Misgivings

    As I try to bring order once again to my life, I return to my writing. The second book of short stories, almost all new stories written these past few months, may go untested. That is, I may not send them out individually to online magazines for possible publication which…

  • The Center Holds, He Said, He Thinks

    I see myself disenthralled by angst and anxiety; things are going ahead; Mondays seem, of late, to be the days I get up and act on my fears, putting actions into place, engaging committed strangers, now becoming acquaintances. Hopefully in another two or three weeks all this might be an…

  • To Harry

    Dear Harry: I cannot commit to you if you continue to hide, like the Klingons, behind a cloaking device. You allude to a possible connection we may have had years ago — or perhaps not. Choose to read my blog or not, that’s up to you; write comments if you…

  • Four Phone Calls on Monday Morning

    These calls were long distance to persons I have never met in person — strangers who came into my life and had the capacity to shit on it. I told one I didn’t appreciate a letter threatening that a lien would be served on me if I could not pay…