BRIEF NOTE: I wrote this story in 2003, and it is still one of the favorite fictional pieces I ever put to paper. Originally, the ending was left slightly ambiguous, as I intended. Occasionally, near the Winter Solstice, I’ve found ways to offer the story back to the world, in reprints, radio plays, and…

Last year, around the time I was launching this website, I was completing work on my novella, ‘Mary Shelley’s Body,’ in which the ghost of the famous ‘Frankenstein’ author finds herself hanging her own grave, and begins a review of her own life that uncovers secrets even Mary didn’t know she was hiding. The novella-length…

As ‘Polar Bears: A Story of Fatherhood, Funerals, and Santa Claus’ enters into its final week of shows (Thursday through Sunday at Main Stage West, in Sebastopol), the reviews are in, and the buzz is remarkably good, from critics and audience members alike. The show has been awarded a “Go See!” designation by the San…