The final scene of The Graceland Conspiracy takes place just off this bridge in Venice. Yes, the research for this novel has been loads of fun. I'll finish the final research on the "Strozzi" family in June 2008 in Milan.

Publications

"The Turkey Hunt,” fiction published in Stories from the Blue Moon Cafe IV, anthology of Southern literature edited by Sonny Brewer, MacAdam/Cage (San Francisco: 2005)

“And it Burned,” fiction published in storySouth, 2005

“To be Loved in Skyline,” fiction published in Thicket, 2005

“Charisma,” fiction published in Southern Gothic, 2005

"Literature--The Truest Spectator Sport," Art Gulf Coast,fall 2004, feature article

"The Vitality of the Coastal Literary Community", Art Gulf Coast, Winter 2003, feature article

Poetry and reviews in Poem, Wind, Southern Humanities Review, Wormwood, Baltic Avenue, Ellipsis, Epos, Thunder Mountain Review, WBHM Radio, Aura and others

Opportunity in Adversity: How Colleges Succeed in Hard Times, co-author of chapter with Dr. Neal Berte, Jossey-Bass (San Francisco: 1985)

Endings, Thunder City Press (Birmingham: 1982), poetry

How To Attract A Crowd, Alabama Public Library System (Montgomery: 1979), how-to booklet on generating publicity for not-for-profits.

 Four Odd, Baltic Avenue Press (Birmingham: 1977), poetry