Author: Richard Jay Goldstein

Richard Jay Goldstein has been writing fiction and non-fiction for a bit over twenty-five years. He lives with his wife and kids and grandkids in the mountains east of Santa Fe, New Mexico, where it’s still pretty quiet, thanks. He’s a lapsed ER doc, and has published sixty-something stories and essays in the literary and fantasy/sci-fi/horror press, including several anthologies. He’s also had two Pushcart nominations, but neither got in.
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Still Life with Artichokes and Anaïs Nin

"You’re writing a memoir about Anaïs Nin?” she asked. “Really?” "Well, it’s more just an anecdote,” I said. “Something you might jot down in a diary.” "Hold it,” she said. “Hold it. A diary? You’re too late. Anaïs Nin staked out that turf decades ago. You might even be accused ... Read More
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