Thanks to Ross McMeekin for his kind comments on my story, "Ghost Jeep," on the Ploughshares blog.

I'm excited to read fiction at Misercordia University on February 18. Full details below:

Jackie at Fantastic Reviews Blog recently judged a book battle between Electricity and Other Dreams and Karen Lord's The Best of All Possible Worlds. Congratulations to Karen Lord for advancing on to the championship round! And big thanks to Jackie for these kind words about my book: Electricity & Other Dreams takes me to the world of magical realism. … Continue reading Battle of the Books: Semifinals!

My story, "Ghost Jeep," is in the latest issue of Sycamore Review. Thanks so much to Kelly Link for selecting it as winner of the Wabash Prize!

Michael Czyzniejewski is reading one story a day for all of 2016 and blogging about it over at Story 366. He had some really kind things to say about my story, "The Hairdresser, the Giant, and the King of Roses": This is what Hicks seems to do. He takes stories, maybe even tropes, the ones we’re … Continue reading Story 366

Jackie over at Fantastic Reviews Blog was kind enough to referee a book battle between my story collection, Electricity and Other Dreams, and the novel, Fiend, by Peter Stenson. Check out kind works about both books and find out who won this round of the book battle below:

I just received my contributor's copies of the new Salt Hill Journal. Thanks to the editors and staff for putting together such a great issue. I'm thrilled to be included.

Jackie over at Fantastic Reviews Blog was kind enough to referee a book battle between my story collection, Electricity and Other Dreams, and the novel The Returned by Jason Mott. Check out kind works about both books and find out who won this round of the book battle below:

I have a strange, surreal retelling of "The Lame Young Man and the Barber of Baghdad" over at The 1,001 Nights Podcast. Thanks to Nathan Kane, Morgan Dubin, and Arielle Siegel for producing such an amazing podcast!

I have a new short essay in the latest issue of Brevity Magazine. It's about chickens, fire, good boots, and the land of the dead.