Thrilled that actress, director and retired Founder of Steel Beam Theater, Chicago, Donna Steele, is producing a new musical, based on my third novel, Saluting the Sun, at The Edge Theater at 5451 Broadway in Chicago from November 24 to December 3. Vocal artist and voice/drama teacher Amy Steele composed the music. I understand they...Read More

If you are one of the 160,000 members of the ACBL, my bridge short story, “Partnership Agreements” just came out in the May issue of the Bridge Bulletin. This summer I will post the story for nonmembers when it is no longer current.Read More

Happy to report that my story, Partnership Agreements, will be published in the American Contract Bridge League’s Bridge Bulletin in May. The Bulletin, with a circulation of 160,000, doesn’t usually print fiction, but this story has so much truth in it, and a lesson or two about the key to a successful competitive bridge partnership:...Read More

My short essay, “Taking the Self Out of Self-Publishing” appears today on the Off Campus Writers’ blog, and tells the story of how a chance encounter with a homeless kid led to not only a novel (Warming Up) and a story collection (Kind Eyes) but also a touching reconnection with a high school classmate who...Read More

If you like thrillers, this short story, Tomorrow is Best Forgotten, by my former law partner, Terry Malik, will thrill you. It is published in the Spring 2022 Issue of Westchester Writers Magazine, CONFETTI MAGAZINE. Terry is the author of the prize-winning psycho-drama, The Bricklayer of Albany Park.Read More

My very short story, Relocation, was published recently in The Bangalore Review. Click the link to read 496 words, and no, it’s not totally autobiographical!Read More

Happy to report that my short story, Fishing, was published this winter in the 2021 volume of STORIES THAT NEED TO BE TOLD, an anthology from Tulip Tree Publishing. The collection includes 34 stories and is available on amazon. I also recently learned that my story, This Is the Story I Was Given Today will...Read More

Happy to report that my rather short story, “The Interview” was published in March in the new literary journal, East by Northeast. I also read a portion for broadcast on their youtube channel.Read More

Happy to report that KIND EYES, which got such a kind review from the BookLife Reviewer, was just named a Quarter Finalist (Top 15) in the General Fiction category! Very grateful.Read More

I was thrilled to get this fabulous review for KIND EYES from a reviewer for the BookLife Prize. Finalists will be announced in October. Plot/Idea: With grace and vitality, Kind Eyes explores the inherent goodness of the human animal in full display, through the examination of the interconnected nature of seemingly disparate lives. Prose: Reed’s skillfully applied prose...Read More