Allan’s Photos

Dec. 2020 Anthology

My writing group’s latest anthology, Masks, Facades, and Reveals, is now available on Amazon. I’m one of its contributing authors…

I'm Live on Amazon!

SHADES OF REALITY is now available in paperback on Amazon. It’s my own anthology of short stories, flash fiction, and…

To Speak From the Heart

A LOVING TRIBUTE TO MY FATHERI speak from the heart, for those who cannot.I speak of love, of love for…

Pronghorn

With graceful swiftness,the pronghorn leaps,kicking up plumes of sand.With powerful vision,the pronghorn surveysthe layout of the land.With tasteful intention,he munches…

Canyon Watcher

I watch Sweeping land sleeping Under the blazing sun where Prickly pear and lonely lizard are living in eternal dryness.…

Over the Rim

Over the rim,Time does not exist.Lives pass in a whisperOnly remnants in the dust To live on in immortality.Over the…

Desert

Morning sun rules, Shining over cholla cacti, Sparkling over mica, Spreading over scatterings of Creosote and prickly pear to become…

AMELIA

Amelia knows how to work herMagic so we’re under her spell.Easy to fall head-over-heels inLove with her sweet baby smell.Interested…

Wedding Hair Blues

I arrive early and buy a ‘power latte’ –a 20 oz keep-me-from-falling-on-my-asshot beverage–from Mocha Madness and then walk down a…

The Lightning Chamber

The sun shone down onto the kitchen sink piled high with a week’s worth of dirty dishes. Madison struggled to…

Metamorphosis

The morning sun streamed through the bedroom blinds, casting shadows onto the sleeping woman. She clung to one pillow and…

Corpse Du Jour

Randolph Lincoln spotted a streak of lightning in the distance. Normally he would be shooting with his brand new Sony,…

Gus’s Bus

Friday morning, Sven Gustavsen paced the small kitchen. A feeling of dread overcame him and all he wanted to do…