• “Where You Came From”

    “Where You Came From”

    Have a new story out in Three-Lobed Burning Eye, which also happens to be the companion piece to one of my poems: “In Agape the people starve themselves, of food, of blood, of water, of rosy cheeks and sex; they go to school and church and then to their houses where they lock themselves in…

  • “They Come With the Carnival”

    “They Come With the Carnival”

    On Monday, my short short story “They Come With the Carnival” came out on Daily Science Fiction. Read it online for free here: http://dailysciencefiction.com/hither-and-yon/magic-realism/bonnie-jo-stufflebeam/they-come-with-the-carnival. Just in time for Halloween, this creepy, apocalyptic story was inspired by art from my Art & Words Show. I never participate formally in the show, but every year I’m so…

  • Art & Words Show Success

    Art & Words Show Success

    The third annual Art & Words Show Reception, which I created and now coordinate, took place on Saturday, September 27, 2014, with the written and visual work from 13 writers and 13 artists. Each artist created a painting or sculpture in response to a story or poem. Each writer created a new story or poem…

  • “The Stink of Horses” — Hobart (September 2014)

    “The Stink of Horses” — Hobart (September 2014)

    My short story “The Stink of Horses” appeared on Hobart on June 27, 2014. First line: “I don’t understand anything about the ballet; all I know is that during the intervals the ballerinas stink like horses.” — Anton Chekhov Inspiration: I read the above Chekhov quote in a magazine, maybe The New Yorker, and couldn’t…

  • My dark superhero story “Hero” is on Daily Science Fiction today!

    Read it for free on their website: http://dailysciencefiction.com/science-fiction/superhero/bonnie-jo-stufflebeam/hero.