I am thrilled to announce that my story Home Affairs was nominated for a Pushcart Prize, the national short story competition. The Pushcart Prize is the most difficult short story prize to win, so it’s a real honor. I’m psyched!
Home Affairs was featured in the September/October issue of World Literature Today.
The story follows a father [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized on January 15th, 2010 | No Comments »
I have uploaded my first novel, Everyone Comes from Belterra: when America Owned the Amazon, on GoogleBooks.
I have mixed feelings about Google, especially since they pepper you with wordy Click-thru contracts and my own skepticism of intellectual property. But I want to reach as many as people as I can.
You can read the whole book [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized on December 23rd, 2009 | No Comments »
I’m a soccer lover.
This short story marks the first installment of a much larger collection entitled The Linesman that I will be releasing periodically in anticipation of the FIFA 2010 World Cup in South Africa. The stories closely intertwine about a controversial call by a Linesman that changed the fate of the world. You’ll [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized on October 19th, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I love soccer.
In anticipation of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, I will be releasing a series of short stories over the next few months in a collection entitled The Linesman.
The stories all inter-twine but my hope is that you will be able to enjoy them on their own as well.
Check back soon.
–Dejiridoo
Filed under: Uncategorized on October 18th, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I’ve been in a silly mood, so I wrote a silly story entitled Daylight Savings Bank Collapses.
It is a mock news article that is based on Daylight Savings Time – a concept that I’ve always found confusing and surprising. It’s surprising because it seems to happen when I’m not ready. Suddenly an hour has [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized on September 2nd, 2009 | No Comments »
