the scowl

I’ll be doing two readings next weekend to coincide with the release of issue 23 of THE2NDHAND, which contains my short story “Spencer Hangs Over Newark”.
Saturday, March 3: Atlanta, GA
Criminal Records | 7 PM | Free
Jamie Allen | C.T. Ballentine | Tobias Carroll | Todd Dills
Sunday, March 4: Birmingham, AL
Speakeasy | 7:30 PM | Free
C.T. …

…is a short story I wrote.
Somewhere near 700 feet, Spencer looks down at the seaport of Elizabeth, streetlights like pinpricks in a child’s planetarium. The 737’s wing angles down by minute degrees, reaching out toward Manhattan as the plane makes its final approach. The airport beckons, a harbor of new glows and old …