Michael Shay's Hummingbirdminds

"Bernice Bobs Her Hair," F. Scott Fitzgerald's short story published in the May 1, 1920, issue of the Saturday Evening Post. I...

She’s pretty but doesn’t know it yet or maybe she does, maybe her new spouse told her that this morning before she hustled off to a new job....

The first anthology of The Nomad literary magazine landed in my mailbox yesterday. Unassuming cover with lots of goodies inside. Last summer...

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

June 1966. My boss asked me why I was drilling a hole so close to the frothing ocean. High tide coming, boy. Looking for bananafish, I said,...

Pain pours from  "Southernmost," the latest novel by Silas House. Most of it comes from Asher Sharp. He's a fundamentalist Chr...

I almost literally ran into fiction writer Lauren Groff outside the Tallahassee Marriott. I was chatting with my sister Molly, the pusher (o...

Just one more thing about Jerome Charyn and J.D. Salinger... In "Sergeant Salinger," the author stresses Salinger's "batt...

I was gobsmacked by an historical novel written about a famous author’s experiences in World War II. “Sergeant Salinger” by Jerome Charyn ...

I took a chance on reading one of the Amazon Original Stories on Kindle. It was "Evidence of the Affair" by Taylor Jenkins Reid. O...

The cover of Jane Campbell's story collection, "Cat Brushing," shows a ringed hand sweeping across the fur of what must be a v...

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...

Great article in the Nov. 12 edition of Flatwater Free Press:  How a 101-year-old linked to Willa Cather altered a small town's future. ...

Fast-forward to the 32-minute mark for True Troupe's staged reading for Annie Shay's script "Sing, Maria" based one one of...

George Saunders ' novel "Lincoln in the Bardo" is eerie and hilarious. The novel is written by an experienced short story writ...

The most recent book I've read by D.H. Lawrence is "Sons and Lovers." It's the only Lawrence novel I've read. Ever. ...

Chris and I accompanied our Millennial daughter Annie to Denver Comic Con on Saturday. "Accompanied" might be a bit of a stretch...