April 20, 2020
The actual publication dates are not yet clear but “Plus One” will appear in the Woven Tale Press magazine (www.thewoventalepress.net) which originates from Long Island, New York. Another one called “Necessary Detour” will be coming out in Hypertext Magazine (www.hypertextmag.com). Both are great literary journals so please check them out. “Plus One” tells the story of an old friend’s husband who reveals the unspoken truth about the lapse of the friendship. In awarding “Necessary Detour” third place in their recent contest, the judge at Hypertext said “the story is precisely controlled and well-paced in its telling of one man’s relationships during the course of a single train ride. Along the journey, we’re offered the jagged shards of a shattered marriage. Still a hope for something new again follows us home after the last stop.”
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)