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The Blunder: A Novel

Within every smart man, a stupid one lies in wait. After a long and successful career, Brice Lanning sees himself as the consummate advertising man. When an insensitive boss years his junior, tactlessly reassigns his major account, Lanning takes it as a personal insult. Retreating to his favorite watering hole, he embarks on a monumental bender and a particularly ill-conceived revenge. It’s a snafu that triggers an inexorable chain of life-changing events.

The Blunder is a modern cautionary tale that makes each of us question whether we are captives or architects of that elusive thing called fate. Read an excerpt



Award Winning Tales: An Anthology of Western Stories

Two of Joe's short stories, "Ned" and "The Gesture" are included in this anthology that the senior reviewer for Midwest Book Review calls, "an outstanding read. tales that will grab you and not let you go."

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Joe in the News

Online literary journal The Writing Disorder will be publishing Joe's short story, "A Grim Dark Bar In A Cold Wet Town" in one of their upcoming issues.
It's a tense bit of noir that unfolds between the regulars and some mysterious newcomers to a watering hole where the occupants inside are as menacing as the weather outside. The Writing Disorder previously published Joe's story of unloosed evil, "The Madding Tale." Learn more.

Literary Magazine thewriteplaceatthewritetime.org is publishing Joe's short story "The Voice" in their Autumn Edition. It's a political parable that's neither Democrat or Republican. Rather, it's a chilling tale of acquiescing to the things we think we want to hear. And in so doing, giving up far more than we get in return. The Write Place at the Write Time previously published Joe's tightly constructed take on murder for hire,"The Auckland Assignment", in their anniversary edition. Learn more.

Joe's short story, Those Who Trespass Against Us, was featured in the 16th issue of Storychord, a literary website. Find out more.

"The Gesture" was the first place winner in the Western Romance category of Moonlight Mesa's 2nd Annual Cowboy Up Short Story Contest. Learn more.

Three more of Joe's short stories were published. Learn more.

Bartleby Snope Literary Magazine published Joe's short story, Sin and Sombreros.

Ramble Underground published Joe's short story, The Boulevardier, Learn more.