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.

New poem to be published in anthology - "O Christmas Tree!"

My holiday poem "O Christmas Tree!" will be published in Wingless Dreamer's poetry anthology "Christmas Cheerios" in 2023.

New short story published - SEASIDE ROMANCE

My short story "Seaside Romance" (with a Jane Austen-like period setting!) has just been published by White Cat Publications -- the link, if you want to read it, is here: https://whitecatpublications.com/2022/12/17/seaside-romance/ 

New transgender monologue to be published in anthology

My monologue Finding Oneself has been selected to be part of the Smith & Kraus anthology, WE-US: Monologues for Gender Minority Characters, to be published in March 2023.

SYNOPSIS: Dawn, an older transgender woman, talks about her former marriage and her love of shopping.