The Literary Yard – Four Summer Haiku

Greetings! Many thanks go out to editor Onkar Sharma for continuing to support my writing and also for featuring four of my haiku today!! 🙂

Spillwords – Marbles

Greetings! Many thanks go out to editor Dagmara and her team for featuring my flash fiction story today!! It’s one of the stories in my newly released collection “Dancing With Butterflies.” I hope you enjoy it! 🙂

The Best of CafeLit 12

Greetings! Many thanks to editor Gill James and her team for including 3 of my stories in this year’s anthology! Congratulations to all the contributors 🙂

5 Star Review – The Battle of Marvel Wood

Greetings! Many thanks go out to PC Darkcliff for taking the time to read my new YA novella and for writing such a nice review! Thank you, PC!! 🙂 “The book starts with a band of ruthless, murderous poachers preparing to steal unicorns. A young girl called Ayla and her father, the gamekeeper, try to

Jim’s Storytime – The Alien of Orchard Lake Chapter 13

Greetings! Welcome to another edition of Jim’s Storytime. Today we are looking at chapter 13 of my novel “The Alien of Orchard Lake” in which Jeremy and Julie and her friend Wren make a plan to get Ebar out of town and away from evil Dr. Andrews.

5 Star Review – Dancing With Butterflies

Greetings!! Many thanks go out to PC Darkcliff for this wonderful review! Thank you PC!! 🙂 “I’ve been Jim Bates’ fan for a long time, and it’s amazing to see how he keeps growing as an author.The first piece of this collection, Clarity, plunged me right into the scene with its beautiful language and imagery,

Now Available! – The Battle of Marvel Wood

Greetings!! My new YA 33k novella “The Battle of Marvel Wood” is now available at Amazon and other outlets! Many thanks go out to editor and publisher Steve Cawte and Impspired for continuing to support my writing and publishing my work! Steve – you are an amazing person and an incredible human being. Thank you

Cover Reveal – The Battle of Marvel Wood

Greetings! I’m so excited to share the cover design for my new YA Fantasy novella, “The Battle of Marvel Wood.” Many thanks to editor and publisher Steve Cawte of Impspired for his creative input and for continuing to support my writing. Steve – you are an incredible human being and an inspiration to us all!!

The Literary Yard – Shoveling Snow

Greetings! Many thanks go out to editor Onkar Sharma for continuing to support my writing and for publishing this poem from my “The Alchemy of Then” collection recently published by Impspired! 🙂

Piker Press – Burnt Sienna

Greetings!! Many thank to editor Sand for including a poem from my “The Alchemy of Then” collection in this week’s edition! 🙂 https://www.pikerpress.com/article.php?aID=9750