The place is a dive. Pool table, video poker units, beer advertisements on the walls. I take the end stool at the bar and wait for the barte...

Sunday morning in our dismantled kitchen, and our friend Brad is due any minute. He and Stephen are going to be patching this skeleton of wo...

We're cleaning up after the electricians have finished working in the kitchen. I've just put a big piece of, I don't know, drywa...

Down in the basement, standing on a wooden box, I hold my hands just over my head, flat against the ceiling, as Stephen uses a drill to work...

I text my mom that I hope she has a better day today than yesterday. Tell her I love her. Immediately on my little screen are the three litt...

Truly, Steve Arndt is the reason I am a part of what feels like the best, most thriving and supportive literary community in the country. If...

One of my winter projects has been the cover to the novel  If I Go Quiet,  from The Portland Murder series by MM Desch. This series is descr...