12-Word Story Reading – Funny Love Letter
Sometimes it’s all in the title. This 12-word story wouldn’t be funny without the expectation set up by the title. “A Love Letter to Every Woman I Ever Slept With” – Dear Cheryl, I forgive you, even though you never apologized. Love, Glen Continue reading 12-Word Story Reading – Funny Love Letter
Greystone Mansion – A Beverly Hills Landmark Reopens
My latest article for The Beverly Hills Courier was published recently. Greystone Mansion is a landmark historic property in Beverly Hills. Caretakers of the estate were busy during pandemic and completed a bunch of restoration projects. Continue reading Greystone Mansion – A Beverly Hills Landmark Reopens
Unemployed – New Flash Fiction in Mystery Tribune
It’s hard enough finding a good job, but keeping a bad job is no day at the cinema either. When there’s money missing and you’ve got a target on your back, it just might come down to fisticuffs with your boss. See what happens when the narrator of “Unemployed & On Probation” refuses to inform on his fellow employees. Continue reading Unemployed – New Flash Fiction in Mystery Tribune
Short Story Reading: Excerpt from “Nothing Doing”
Watch me read an excerpt from my short story “Nothing Doing” which was published in the June 2020 issue of Mystery Weekly Magazine. Hard to believe it’s already been a year since this story came out. This is a great issue of the magazine with a lot of different types of mystery stories. Continue reading Short Story Reading: Excerpt from “Nothing Doing”
Poetry Reading “Slow Burned & Inked”
The question then becomes… How do writers connect with a population that is leaving the written word behind? I’m not sure I have the answer but this is the experiment. Watch the video for my poem “Slow Burned & Inked” on YouTube. Continue reading Poetry Reading “Slow Burned & Inked”
Character Arc and New Flash Fiction: “Vertical Blind”
When police detectives show up at his door, the narrator of “Vertical Blind” realizes a fight he heard the previous night coming from a nearby alley was the sound of a woman screaming for her life, not the usual everyday drunks he is used to. He comes to find out what he heard had been a woman being murdered. Continue reading Character Arc and New Flash Fiction: “Vertical Blind”
Alienation and Interconnection – New Short Story in Every Day Fiction
Carl Robinette explores alienation in his latest flash fiction story, “The Night Crew,” which was recently published by Every Day Fiction. In this story the protagonist is attempting to rise out of his own deepening alienation from the world. Continue reading Alienation and Interconnection – New Short Story in Every Day Fiction
Carl Robinette’s 2020 Year in Review
The strangeness of 2020 is finally in the past and we are now living through the strangeness of 2021. See what Carl Robinette has been up to in 2020 and get some hints for what he has in store for 2021. Continue reading Carl Robinette’s 2020 Year in Review
A Reading of “Bystander Boondoggle” Excerpt
Watch Carl Robinette read his short story “Bystander Boondoggle” which was recently published in Mystery Weekly Magazine’s November 2020 issue. This story has all the classic suspense tropes, except the protagonist has no interest in solving anything. He’s just a bystander waiting for things to get better. Continue reading A Reading of “Bystander Boondoggle” Excerpt
Paranoia, Conspiracy, Thanksgiving – New Fiction in Mystery Weekly Magazine
The bystander is an often overlooked archetype in crime fiction. The exact opposite is true in Carl Robinette’s short story, “Bystander Boondoggle,” which was recently published in Mystery Weekly Magazine. Read and Excerpt from “Bystander Boondoggle” Continue reading Paranoia, Conspiracy, Thanksgiving – New Fiction in Mystery Weekly Magazine
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