What I Remembered – This sketch from a kids’ comedy variety show would pop into my head once every few years. In a classroom not unlike the ones at my own school, a boy brings a black hole in a jar for show and tell, …
Read MoreInGooglable – Introduction
Pretty much everything I do, from my writing to my day job, is built on a foundation of my hi-fi memory. I have memories from before I could walk or speak. I could tell you every detail of a stormy day my parents insisted on …
Read MoreThe Fascination Diary of Alan Saend
Alan has a secret: he loves shiny things. It’s a secret because he doesn’t know how to explain it to anyone else. Who could understand? He’d just end up embarrassed, right? So, Alan keeps his stash of gloves, bags, pool toys, and glossy magazines as his own private joy…at least until he finds a shiny object who’s also a person.
Read MoreThe Trio of Triumph
Comic collaboration with Christopher J. Unger I wrestled with whether or not to even mention this here, let alone elevate it to being part of the official record, but it’s been known and (technically) online for decades, so…The Trio of Triumph is a comic strip …
Read MoreDay of Freedom
Before the Benedict Mafia, before the Warlord turned life in Woodvale upside-down, aspiring writer Ron Bently was eager to find out what surprises awaited him in his eighth grade year at Woodvale High. Unfortunately, the first of these turns out to be his best friend, …
Read MoreDoll Universe
The Dyn’taren Guard These books for young readers (ages 7 and up, I think) are all about Fluffy Dog and his team of other talking animals, who hide in the world by pretending to be stuffed toys. They use magical artifacts from the planet Dyn’taren …
Read MoreWoodvale Universe
Children of Woodvale Formerly Known as School Kids SG Taking place in the (just barely) fictional town of Woodvale, New Jersey, this series chronicles the lives and adventures of teenagers growing up surrounded by a near-constant war between street gangs and vigilantes, driven by powerful …
Read MoreNight Driver, Daydreamer
These are memoirs from my student days at Bard College. Especially in 2006 and 2007, when I was working a phone-answering job that didn’t even allow me to read news on the Internet when things were slow, I put my photographic memory to use scribbling …
Read MoreThe Dyn’taren Guard and the Power of the Name
When Fluffy Dog opens a box filled with treasures from another planet, he and his friends become the Dyn’taren Guard: a team dedicated to making the world within their bedroom a nicer place. But a stranger known only as the Bright Hand is after the treasure, too, and the Guard already has its hands full dealing with scary skeletons, giant lizards, and one nutty little sister. Can Fluffy, Benny, Detective Dog, and the rest master the magic of the star wands and solve the mystery of the doll with no name?
Read MoreThe Case of the Crooked Candles
This is a children’s book about Detective Dog and his team of talking animals (who were named after my elementary school classmates) trying to solve the mystery of a jewelry store heist in my hometown of Westwood, NJ. It was created from a short story …
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