New essay on writing titled "Cutting Words" to be published

Teach. Write.: A Writing Teachers’ Literary Journal will publish my essay "Cutting Words" this fall.

New poem about refugees to be published - "Beautiful Lady"

 Clepsydra Art & Literary Magazine is publishing my short poem about Mexican refugees this summer - titled "Beautiful Lady."

New short children's story - "CHRISTMAS CLOVER"

Buster Bunny is disappointed and tells his mother that Betty Bunny, whom he wants as a romantic pal, didn't bring him a stalk of clover for Christmas.

New essay - "A Manhattan Residence"

A memoir of the colorful and inexpensive residential hotel the author lived in, in New York City, in the 1980s.

New publication scheduled - "The Medieval Doctor"

The literary journal Masque & Spectacle will publish my short period drama, "The Medieval Doctor" - a script about venereal disease.

New short story - "Three Odd Travelers"

Slipstream/fantasy short work of fiction: Queen Elizabeth I and playwrights William Shakespeare and Christopher Marlowe take a journey to Paris by horse-drawn carriage, and are accosted by a thief.

2 new essays published

Just had a short article, on the subject of the craft of writing for theatre, published in June by Unleash's Substack -- here it is:  https://www.unleashlit.com/p/writing-for-the-stage

Also, my long essay on the joys of cigarette smoking ("On Quitting the Habit") was published by The Courtship of Winds this month...  Here's the essay: https://www.thecourtshipofwinds.org/martha-patterson 

Monologue THE HELL OF A GLUTTON to be published

 Literature Today (a journal) will publish my short comic monologue THE HELL OF A GLUTTON in April.

SYNOPSIS: Bob, an unhappy telemarketer who sells swimming pools, has recently lost a lot of weight and recounts his journey to being thin again.

New 6-minute videotape of monologue A WINTER DEATH

 A young woman remembers a misbegotten love affair from a few years before.  Produced by Shiny Unicorn Productions, and featuring actress Dana Hall.

 Watch it on YouTube Channel and linked to Facebook page.