Hello everyone, and Happy Monday! I’m excited to share this link to a nice review I received in Readers’ Favorite® for my chapbook, (Mostly) True Tales From Birchmont Village
Novella
Hi there, just a quick note to let you know that my new novella, TRYOUTS, which follows a young man’s quest to make the varsity basketball team, is out today – and coincidentally at the start of a certain March basketball tournament!
Novella
Hello my friends, and Happy March! I’m excited to announce that my novella, Tryouts, will be released on March 15 (to coincide with the start of a certain basketball tournament that takes place each March). Presales will be available in the next day or so on Amazon. In the meantime, I’ve posted an excerpt of it HERE on my Medium page.
Fiction
Hello my friends, and Happy Valentine’s Day! I’ve just posted a short short to my Medium page called, appropriately enough, “Valentine’s Day.” I got the idea for this when I was walking in the park last week after a winter storm had come through, and the opening line just stuck in my head until I was able to get home and write it down. This is based on characters that are part of my collection, The Sadie Stories, which I am determined to put out later this year. Until then, enjoy this little piece of flash!
Essay
Hello my friends. I hope everyone is staying warm, especially if you’re someplace like me where it seems like it’s been below freezing for weeks. I haven’t posted lately because I’ve been working on something BIG (details to come), but I did have time to dash off this essay for my Medium page about someone who’s been an inspiration in my life even though I only met him briefly once. And it’s also written in anticipation of me getting to see my beloved Blue Devils play this weekend! So check it out if you like, it’s a short read, and take care!
Fiction
Season’s Greetings! With Christmas Eve just a week away, I’ve posted to my Medium page my holiday story, “The Time Santa Almost Didn’t Make it to Birchmont Village.” This is the version that’s included in my collection (Mostly) True Tales From Birchmont Village, so if you like this, buy the book – it makes a perfect stocking stuffer!
Chapbook
Good morning everyone, and Happy Cyber Monday! While you’re doing your holiday shopping (or maybe just shopping for yourself), I wanted to let you know of another flash sale I’m having on (Mostly) True Tales From Birchmont Village. Beginning on December 1 at 8 AM EST, and running up until midnight on December 8, I’ll be reducing the price to 99 cents. But it’s for this limited time only. So tell your friends and neighbors – and have a great week y’all!
Haiku?
Writing is also my therapy, so when I set out to write today, and all I could hear was the sound of an industrial-strength leaf blower outside, I channeled my annoyance into creativity, and wrote this, um, haiku I guess. Happy Monday!
Ceaseless din humming.
How many leaves can there be?
Fall in the suburbs.
Fiction
Happy Friday! We made it through another week, and to celebrate, I’ve posted another story on my Medium page – “IV” – which is from my chapbook of flash, Three in the Morning and You Don’t Smoke Anymore. If you don’t have that already, why not pick up a copy – and while you’re at it, pick up my latest collection, (Mostly) True Tales From Birchmont Village. Anyway, that’s my little spiel, and have a great weekend y’all!
Fiction
Hello my friends, and Happy Monday! I’m excited to share with you that my short short “Ten Something in the Morning” – which, by the way, also appears in my chapbook, Three in the Morning and You Don’t Smoke Anymore – has just been re-published in Issue Ten of one of my fave lit mags, Fleas on the Dog, to commemorate ten issues. And I don’t mean to brag, but they refer to this piece, as well as the other stories in this issue, as “The Fabtastics – selections of some of the best stories published in past issues,” which I’m really proud of because they publish so many good stories. So give it another read if you like – here’s the link – and have a great week!
Peter J. Stavros 