It’s been one of the most radical fortnights in American history. In the wake of the video-taped murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police officers, a nation besieged by a global pandemic and the accompanying death and labor-market destruction has…
I think the key to understanding Trump’s ongoing appeal and Biden’s failure to match it is contemplating the phrase “he said the quiet part loud.” Often leveraged as a criticism, this phrase perfectly encapsulates what Trump supporters love about Trump.…
El Portal, the eighty-year-old literary magazine of Eastern New Mexico University in Portales, just published Storey’s essay “The Ping Not Taken” as their May web feature. His first Uber narrative to be published in 2020 and thirteenth overall, this piece…
This morning, online literary magazine Five on the Fifth published Storey’s dramatic second-person essay “The Two Reasons You Wear a Black Suit to Church.” This narrative confronts the stories we tell about suicidal thoughts and behaviors, as well as contemplation…
I took a walk two days ago, just around the neighborhood and down to the river. I’ve been trying to walk most days, keeping my distance, keeping our distance, six feet apart, the distance between people at their demise. I…
I just need a little space. Six feet at all times, to be precise. I need a few weeks alone to find out who I really am. I love you, I’m just not ready to share my last box of…
Today, independent online journal Drunk Monkeys published Storey’s political essay “The Revolution Game.” This essay ponders the question of why American Millennials haven’t rebelled against their society and instead seem to be laboring within a system that continually fails them.…
Earlier this month, Pleiades: Literature in Context published Storey’s political essay “The Summer of ’46.” This essay observes the fact that Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Donald Trump were all born in the same summer, just 67 days apart,…
For the first time since 2002, I have launched a new website. That’s not entirely true. I revamped several websites, including that of what is now CIS Gulf South (then CIS of Greater New Orleans, with this blog.) I’ve helped…
Unearthed, the online literary journal of SUNY’s College of Environmental Science and Forestry, just published Storey’s extensively titled work “Playing Augmented Reality Games on the Eve of a Mass-Extinction.” This piece juxtaposes Storey’s pursuit of fantastic creatures in the augmented reality…