Michael Shay's Hummingbirdminds

Wichita, 1962. I read Tom Swift and Hardy Boys books in bed with my Boy Scout flashlight. It was after the parents’ call for “lights out” an...

Part 2 of my review of John Green's "Everything is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection. " Rea...

Blame my errant imagination. As I read "Glorious Exploits," a new novel by Irish writer Ferdia Lennon, I kept hearing Roddy Doyle....

I subscribe to the New York Times Online. Because I now live in East Coast Florida, I could also have the print copy delivered. But I alread...

When I moved from Florida to Denver in 1978, I wandered down to the local bookstore and bought “Centennial” by James Michener. It was publis...

The opening paragraph of the opening story, "Roadkill," in my story collection, "The Weight of a Body:"  The shapes grew...

I participate in the Historical Fiction Book Lovers site on Facebook. I have discovered some real gems set in the 1920s suggested by members...

The print version of my book is now available to order on Amazon. "The Weight of a Body: A Collection of Short Stories" features ...

The opener for one of the stories in my collection, The Weight of a Body , now available as an e-book on Amazon. The story was inspired by a...

Opening of the first story in my collection, "The Weight of the Body," now available as an Amazon e-book.  Roadkill The shapes g...

Friend and writing colleague Liz Roadifer is my mentor to the e-book world. She has formatted five of her titles and they are featured on Am...

The garden has been winterized and the bulbs are in the ground. A pretty good year for tomatoes and Purple Podded Pole Beans, which I keep g...

Chris and Annie decided to round-up boxes of books in the basement and bring them upstairs to me. Disability prevents me from diving into th...

Just finished reading "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng. I had seen the title as I cruised Amazon Prime at night, looking fo...