manifesto “The writing of literature is a maverick endeavor, a gamble – as is all art. But we who create do so because we have to, because we cannot bear to live in a world bereft of imagination. . . .” more the stolen bust ‘The Significance of Birds’ – Virginia Quarterly ReviewTHE LOST PARADE (Flower Street Press) Shortlisted for the 12th Library of Virginia Literary Awards Two Poems – Gargoyle Magazine Online #5Three Poems – Distinguished Entry – Campbell Corner Poetry Prize‘Fairie’ – American Fiction #3 (Birch Lane Press)Finalist for the Peter Taylor Prize‘Talking Head’ – New Letters – Runner-Up – Literary Awards‘The Raven Caper & the Writing Curse’ by Jack MatthewsJA & the Stolen Bust of Edgar Allan Poe