Appeared in Prose & Lore, Issue 3, Fall 2013, edited by Audacia Ray. I can’t remember what combination of factors made me desperate enough to tie G to one of his throne-like Gothic Revival chairs, with peacock blue flocked velvet upholstery. I used his colorful neckties, from Turnbull and Asser, the venerable bespoke tailor in… Continue reading Choke a Horse

also appeared in Issue 2 of Prose & Lore, July 2013, edited by Audacia Ray.  After his addiction and heartbreak in the face of my cruelty put the decorator in a bronze urn, I embarked on my thirties with a nice fat inheritance.  My alcoholic Sugar Daddy was dead, and I was free to live on my own terms.… Continue reading Nailed Up

published in Issue 2 of Prose & Lore, July 2013, edited by Audacia Ray.  At one point as I’m walking along the seafront in Barceloneta, a young boy points at me and says “Mira Papi, un pirata!” and his father calmly responds “Si, es un pirata.” On the eve of my birthday, I go to a… Continue reading Gemini’s Twins

Pros(e)  was the original title of the journal of the Red Umbrella Project, now called Prose & Lore. Three short pieces appear in Issue I, the inaugural edition, edited by Melissa Petro.  “Vitis Vinifera ‘Fantasy”,  “Cali Boy”, and “A Dialog, Gouverneur Street, NYC”. 2012. from “Cali Boy”: I lost him, my twitchy, hot-running, gangly body all knees and elbows, hapless… Continue reading Cali Boy