Below is a curated collection of my favorite published pieces
Cabaret Consensual and Issues of Duality in the Quest for Queer Visibility (Interview/ Profile)
The performance room at The Three Clubs is, in essence, a side closet in a straight bar. But it is not the closet of shame and doubt that imprisoned LGBTQIA during The Gay Dark Ages; it is a new closet with cocktails, comedians, celebrated sexual deviance, and the opportunity for queers and their allies to convene without fear of judgment. To be…
Continue ReadingHouse of Tales (Theater Review)
House of Tales, written and directed by Changting Lu, is a tragedy, but not in the way it’s supposed to be. More logic puzzle than work of art, the show follows an experimental format that uses archetypal imagery and conceptual language to present societal order as a threat to the human spirit.
Continue ReadingAll Warriors Have Scars (Fantasy Genre Short Fiction)
A scar is yesterday. It is the corpse of a memory too sharp to be forgotten. And Zanthia’s body was a graveyard. Her olive face, handsome yet delicate, bore a slash from her brother’s axe. Arms, back, and legs too were cloaked in tough mutilated flesh that told of her bravery, her loyalty, her glory and not least of all, her suffering.
Continue ReadingCorey Feldman Drama Academy for Mature Women (Monologue)
This afternoon, I have the immense pleasure of cutting the ribbon at Acton, California’s very own Corey Feldman Certified Pre-Owned Honda Dealership AND Drama Academy for Mature Women! Now you might be saying, an acting studio attached to a car dealership, what’s the big idea, Andy? Well, let me tell you.
Mr. Feldman believes that used cars, like women over 50, may…
Continue ReadingSomeone Else’s True Story (Short Fiction)
In the 1990s, there was a popular tune on the radio. A Tiffany Darwish sound recycled, reduced, and reused for an up-and-coming teenage artist named Amy. Amidst “whispers in the dark” and a mission to “take on the whole wide world”, Amy wondered what her own words might sound like put to music. How might they taste in her officially licensed mouth?
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