I am thrilled by the news that the Spring 2026 Edition of The Brussels Review is alive. It features two (2) short stories of mine.

“A Child’s Christmas in Ohio” is set in the early 1970s.

President Nixon bombed Hanoi for Christmas when I was eleven years old.

How’s that for a first line grabber? I don’t want to give too much away. It’s not about war, but it is about the profound truths we sometimes face in childhood.

“Gracie” is a short study of the struggle to communicate under the weight of grief.

Please support The Brussels Review by purchasing a copy or two. Creativity must be nurtured by us all.

We’re all set up for the first day of Cincinnati Comic Expo 2025, which is tomorrow, Saturday and Sunday. We’ve brought copies of all ten (10) Dragon Street Press (DSP) titles. That includes Heart Master, of course, and we have Nik Everhart in the booth all weekend. We also have both of Amber Boudreau’s Dragoneer books. And I’m sure you are not surprised to learn that we have all three of the Grab Bag anthologies available. I have stories in each of them. Heck, we even have copies of Vampire Love Goddess by Sondra Sondheim and The Great Gatsby: Stupid Mocking Illustrated Edition. And more!!!

Stop by, Say Hi, and Buy Buy Buy !!!

I may just play a goon, but I play a menacing goon dressed in black and wearing dark sunglasses in a dark, humid chop shop. Filmed in the Summer of 2023, it’s now live on YouTube for your amusement.

A Visit with Scott Macmann