Arlington Literary Journal has published my story “Lilith Doesn’t Like Happy Endings.” Although we’re now past Halloween, there’s folklore, astral travel, and deviant spirituality contained therein. Lilith of course plays a significant role.
“Master of Rods and Strings” to be published by Vernacular Books 2021
My novella regarding the young French puppeteer who seeks to become a master of occult puppetry will be published around July 2021 by Vernacular Books.
I’ll be doing a reading with other Vernacular Books writers October 29th at 7:30 CST on Zoom. Details here:
Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82973807027
More on reading event from Vernacular Books: https://vernacularbooks.com/2020/10/09/zoom-halloween-party-on-thursday-october-29/
In addition, I will also be reading from “Master of Rods and Strings” on the previous night (Wednesday October 28th) at 4:30 PM CDT – 6:30 PM CDT via Texas A&M University’s Big LAAH reading series--Facebook Live:
https://fb.me/e/1D8Odd73i
See here for the publishing announcement: https://vernacularbooks.com/2020/09/14/vernacular-books-to-publish-master-of-rods-and-strings-by-jason-marc-harris-in-july-of-2020/
Kevin Lee Harris March 5, 2001-March 23, 2020
Much Loved and much missed. Kevin Lee Harris–my nephew–died less than a year after his grandfather.
https://news.ucmerced.edu/content/message-regarding-student-kevin-harris
Sorrow, Joys, and Writing
The sorrow is that my father died last April. His work remains available: http://stephenharrisauthor.com
The joys are my children: Amaya has joined Isaac in the baby brigade.
New writing has emerged in several recent publications:
1. My short story “What You Know and What You Don’t” was an honorable mention in The Saturday Evening Post’s Great American Fiction Contest for 2020: the story is available in The Saturday Evening Post’s annual anthology of top entries.
2. Another short story “The Nowhere Place” was published in the anthology Horror USA: California published by Soteira Press in late 2019.
3. A third story “Men of Integrity” was also published the end of 2019–in Pennsylvania Literary Journal. vol. 11. issue 3.
4. Earlier in Fall 2019 Writing Texas published a satirical tale I wrote called “Succulent Ribs.”
Autumnal Updates 2018
- Glad to have my story “Grandfather Rat” in Marvels and Tales, the Trickster Issue
- Pleased that “The Cant of Winds” was published in Writing Texas Volume 5
- Grateful to recently learn that my poem, “To Watch The World Burn,” was nominated for “Best of the Net” and a Pushcart Prize by Abyss and Apex.
- Read a brand new story, “Succulent Ribs” at the Texas Association of Writing Teachers Conference back on September 29th in San Antonio, TX
- Now, something serious: one of my students needs help. Please read here about the struggle with cancer that Steven Anderson is facing and see his Go Fund Me Page
AWP Tampa & Black Box Speaks 2018
1. Currently at AWP in Tampa. Organized a panel for Friday at 12PM: (Re)Writing the Right Words: Revision Pedagogy. Has a great group of people (John Dufresne, John Lavelle, Gabriel Scalia, Susan Stabile) focusing on revision techniques to teach students.
2. Had a dedicated group of students read poetry and prose this last weekend in Bryan as the culmination of Texas A&M’s BlackBox Writers’ Residency, where Mick White, Flo Davies, and I worked with their drafts on revision as well as generation. Visiting writers–Roger Reeves and Christine Granados also helped the students and then performed as well:
Students Sharing Ekphastics Thursday, October 12th at Forsyth Galleries, MSC Building A&M University
Looking forward to seeing my students present their literary works alongside 2D and 3D art that inspired them.
5/15/17 “Fires in the Dark” Published by Bull:Men’s Fiction
Glad to have my story, “Fires in the Dark,” included in Bull: Men’s Fiction.
5/5/17 “Fallen” Published by Jellyfish Review
Glad to have “Fallen” up at Jellyfish Review. This piece of flash fiction takes place at Crater Lake National Park, a place of both beauty and danger.
5/1/17 May Day: New Story Published (“The Fun that Clowns Can Be”)
Got back yesterday from the Hill Country Film Festival in Fredericksburg, TX where one of my screenplays was a finalist. Very welcoming people there and compelling range of films: from shorts to feature length dramas, dromedies, and documentaries.
Today, quite gratified to have found a home for “The Fun that Clowns Can Be” at Body Parts Magazine.
