Welcome Back to the World has been named Winner in the Short Stories category at the 2025 annual National Indie Excellence Awards (NIEA). I am over the moon!

Thanks to Cornerstone Press for all their support!

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Live radio double whammy!

FIRST: Rob returns to Nancy’s Bookshelf for a discussion of Welcome Back to the World. Listen live 27 November on KCHO 91.7 FM (Chico, CA) 10:00 a.m. PST, or listen live online. You can also catch the podcast after the broadcast. 1/2

Join me and three other talented writers on 21 November for the WTAW Fall Reading Salon. I’ll be reading from my just-published collection Welcome Back to the World. Free but registration is required. Visit wtawpress.org

My new book Welcome Back to the World: A Novella and Stories is forthcoming from Cornerstone Press on 1 November 2024.

These stories came to life during Trump time, a pandemic, and all that followed. The stories reflect some of that darkness, but ultimately, I trust, offer a bit of hope.

Faculty of the California State University are ON STRIKE 22-26 January, asking for a fair contract, including better pay for adjuncts and part timers, addressing workload issues, and improving parental leave, among other issues. Visit calfac.org for more information.

Hear me read my flash fiction piece “The Price of the Journey” on The Writer’s Room thanks to NPR affiliate KCHO. Link via website in bio or www.mynspr.org/show/the-wri...