Twelve years ago the Chicago Reader (backwards R) printed one of my stories in their fiction issue. It's one of the stories I started developing during a class with Tara…

I was stretched out on the couch, watching my favorite Christmas movie (Come out to the coast. We’ll get together, have a few laughs.) and feeling sorry for myself, when…

The print edition of Litbop #3 is out. It can be ordered from a bookstore or online at: https://www.amazon.com/Litbop-Literature-Groove-Number-Three/dp/0986286281/ref=sr_1_5?keywords=litbop&qid=1703001796&sr=8-5And https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/book/1144504080?ean=9780986286285 More news in the new year as we prep for…

In a time long ago and far away, my father, Walter Chapman, contracted ALS. It devastated him. And my mother. The progression was fairly long, and it took him several…

This bit originally appeared in the Blackbird Writers blog. The birds are a group of fiction fashioners whose books run the gamut from sweet to thrilling. Check 'em out. I’ve…

The amazing Valerie Biel invited me to write a little something for her blog. Advice for prepublished writers or some such thing. Anyway, here it is. When you,re done, head…

Ellen and I recently saw the Barbie movie (more on that another time), and some of the comments I've seen online reminded me of this piece I posted a year…

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“Law is man’s attempt to civilize society. Science is man’s attempt to reveal truth. Forensic science, then, is the intersection of civilization and truth.” —Sean McKinney: “A Trace of Gold” A…

I have four paintings in this sale at Palette & Chisel. Stop by the awesome 1012 N. Dearborn mansion next Saturday, to support a Chicago arts institution.