Here’s another place to read “The Sweet Smell of Pine Needles.”  This link works well for those of you without an e-reader – just go the web page and the story is right there.  Fiction365.com is an interesting little site — a new story every day — and I’ve been impressed with a lot of what I’ve read there.  We all know there’s a lot of crap on the internet, but there’s some good short fiction at this site.  Check it out.

Here are some awesome, crystal clear, color photographs from turn-of-the-century Russia.  Stunning.  That’s the only way to describe them.

You’ll notice a graphic update to the site.  The new header is taken from the book cover for Sewerville; the background picture is crystal meth.  the black and white photo to the right is, of course,  me.