August 11, 2018
My friend Bill Kennedy’s novel “A Necessary Hero” is being released this week by Black Opal Press. It’s a wonderful evocation of a Chicago area family involved in political and personal intrigues during World War II.
My prize winning winning story “Retrieval” has been posted on the Solstice Literary Magazine website at: https://solsticlitmag.org/content/retrieval/
Contest judge Ann Hood said of it, “The depiction of place and the nostalgic mood, combined with deft movement between past and present make this story a powerful one. I was impressed too by the gorgeous language and sophisticated use of metaphor and imagery. I loved this story.”
I also received a coveted five star review for my story collection “Home and Castle” which can be seen at: http://indiereader.com/2018/08/home-castle/
Thanks for your support.
THOMAS BENZ graduated with a B.A. in English from the University of Notre Dame. He recently won the 2017 Serena McDonald Kennedy Award for a short story collection called “Home and Castle.” The book is to be published by Snake Nation Press in the fall. In the last several years, he has had fifteen stories (…read more)