a short story by Frank Diamond A short-short story of mine called “A Christmas Carol” was published today (December 16, 2025) in a literary magazine called Yugen Quest Review, which is based in Kolkata, India. Here’s the link to the story. And below is the WordPress version of the story. You order a bowl of French … Continue reading A Christmas Carol
by Frank Diamond My short story, “Elevator Pitch,” was published today (June 1, 2025) in the summer 2025 issue of Thriller Magazine. Here is the link which allows you to buy the publication on Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0F79P9WJQ And here is the link that allows you to subscribe and get the first digital copy of the magazine … Continue reading Elevator Pitch
AUTHOR’S NOTE: My short story, “How Long?” was published this week (December 23, 2024), in a literary magazine called Lost Lake Folk Opera. Notice that for once I didn’t say “little literary magazine” because this issue comes in at over 190 pages; that’s not little. Here’s the link to the pdf of the magazine. “How … Continue reading How Long?
AUTHOR'S NOTE: Here's a short story of mine call "Rejuvenation" that was published July 2023 in the little literary magazine Fleas on the Dog. Here's the link to the story: https://tinyurl.com/yc7sbe35 It's also pasted in below in black. The content in blue before the start of the story are remarks by the editor, as well … Continue reading Rejuvenation
Here's a short story of mine called "Silent Muse" that was published today (August 1, 2023) in a little literary magazine called WordSwell Journal.
Here is a short story of mine called “The Fixer” that was published today (May 26, 2023) in the Rockvale Review. https://rockvalereview.com/issues/issue-ten-may-2023/the-fixer-by-frank-diamond/?fbclid=IwAR1sb3e-LLgn9JMdFDpS1-kkdbu5n2bryYnWocON1Jdq2HB12XD5iZjvzwo
Here's a short story of mine called "Accumulator" that was published today (April 16, 2022) in the publication Wordrunner eChapbook.https://echapbook.com/anthology/2022/accumulator.html?fbclid=IwAR3zQYjcNM9OTDOREAHXrEuLDGRseY9X-NdgeUOQU9XsnEoFOUcwQLVK3eU
a short story by Frank Diamond AUTHOR'S NOTE: My short story, "Lie Detector," was published today (July 30, 2022) in a little literary magazine called redrosethorns. To buy the magazine, almost 100 pages of (I think) cutting edge short stories, poems, and art, go to this link: https://www.redrosethorns.com/redrosethornsmagazineissue01. And below is a version of "Lie … Continue reading Lie Detector
by Frank Diamond AUTHOR'S NOTE: "The Ache" is one of two poems of mine published two days ago (May 22, 2024) in a little literary magazine called Lucky Lizard Journal. Here's the Url: https://tinyurl.com/hb8tx27b And it's pasted in below as well. As I drag our trash To the edge of our drive Orange streaks our … Continue reading The Ache
AUTHOR'S NOTE: Here's a short story of mine called "Accumulator" that was published on April 16, 2022 in the publication Wordrunner eChapbook. https://echapbook.com/anthology/2022/accumulator.html?fbclid=IwAR3zQYjcNM9OTDOREAHXrEuLDGRseY9X-NdgeUOQU9XsnEoFOUcwQLVK3eU And it's pasted below in WordPress, as well. Rodney McDaniels pushes open the kitchen door enough to be able to crane his head out and scan the bar. He spots the guy … Continue reading Accumulator
A poem by Frank Diamond A poem of mine called "Anxiety Dreams" was published today (November 2, 2021) in a little literary magazine call "shuf Poetry." Here's the link. It is interactive: you have to press on the blue words (sometimes it's just 1 blue letter) to read it through. You know you've reached the … Continue reading Anxiety Dreams
a short-short story by Frank Diamond AUTHOR’S NOTE: This short-short story originally appeared in my short story collection Damage Control, which was published in 2005. Reynold’s Bubble Gum factory. It wouldn’t be so bad if me and Farley worked on an assembly line that turned out cars or air conditioners or refrigerators. You wouldn’t believe … Continue reading Farley
a short story by Frank Diamond A short story of mine called "Unremembered Acts" was published today (May 4, 2022) in a little literary magazine called Nzuri Journal of Coastline College. Here it is below in WordPress. “You have a name,” Lenore Lyons says. “Gabe Sullivan.” “You are here.” “I am.” Silver Waters of Yardley, … Continue reading Unremembered Acts
a short story by Frank Diamond As the taxi pulls away from the bus depot we almost hit a jogger. I mean, this close. I can smell the burning rubber while the car’s still rocking. And you know what? This guy stops, jabs his fist at us a few times and then runs on. “Fake,” … Continue reading Marty
A short story by Frank Diamond We were downing brews in Iffy’s when Julie mentioned that she would love me to kill her ex-husband. Of course, she didn’t say it just that way. “Take care of Donald for me, will you Cheryl?” she whispered. In the darkness, the bruises under her eyes could have been … Continue reading The Anointed
From Damage Control, a collection of short stories by Frank Diamond. Go ahead, I’ll talk while you’re eating lunch. We only get a half hour. This is your membership card. I’m supposed to tell you that dues will be deducted from your paycheck at the end of each month. We have a closed shop here. … Continue reading The Shop Steward
a poem by Frank Diamond http://www.thecharlescarter.com/writing/2017/02/22/progress/ published in The Charles Carter Literary Magazine in February 2017 (in audio format--click on green Progress link above)
a short-short story by Frank Diamond (appeared in a little literary magazine called 50 Give or Take https://us5.campaign-archive.com/?u=09e9431de1a89ec0d0e21d16e&id=e3a1175fa2&fbclid=IwAR1ZEZUX7DlQEL2EmzcqabNkEqz9ThfaapeWVf28mNRQ5C95USBkei2dcew
by Frank Diamond Authors Note: A short story of mine called, "The Abbey," was published today (July 3, 2022) in a little literary magazine called Superpresent. Here's the link to the pdf of the issue. https://indd.adobe.com/view/b37aa0fb-8193-4b12-b99e-6f5b5d3649bf "The Abbey" starts on page 43. And down below is the story here on WordPress. Me: “Why, you’re cruisin’ … Continue reading The Abbey
written and performed by Frank Diamond https://soundcloud.com/user-132915329/raise-your-glasses-2
Dad and big brother, Jason, got along well — great, in fact — except for those stupid occasional arguments that any two family members can have; the kind often forgotten before they’re forgiven.
AUTHOR’S NOTE: This short story, “Therapy Dog,” was published July 11, 2021, in a little literary magazine called Sincerely Magazine. The magazine can be purchased here https://www.sincerelymagazine.com/volumenineserendipity. Below is the story in WordPress. About 10 years ago, when my daughter Allison attended the University of Pittsburgh, she’d periodically call home with updates. Her college experience—you’d … Continue reading Therapy Dog
Outside the bay window
This gift to my late wife
Given to her by her sister
Years ago plopped in a hole
No bigger than a shovel scoop
Man, has that thing grown
Cardinals sometimes peck the branches
Pulling berries from icy weaves
And my late wife’s wonderment
Gentles me down corridors of dreams
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN THE PHILADELPHIA EVENING BULLETIN IN DECEMBER 2006. It is about 325 steps, depending upon the length of your stride, from the door of the tavern, to a wedge of hallowed ground at the corner of Flowers and Bellevue avenues. Here, in Langhorne Borough, rests the gravesite of approximately — by the local … Continue reading Unknown Winter Soldiers Not Forgotten
AUTHOR'S NOTE: THIS ARTICLE WAS PUBLISHED ON MONDAY, MAY 1, 2000, IN THE PHILADELPHIA DAILY NEWS. A Vietnam story The Vietnam War ended for the United States 25 years ago yesterday. As other wars have, it left a lasting mark on the country and the world. And on families. More than 58,000 American men and … Continue reading ‘God … said no’
When I get to the cemetery, I crunch through the ice-encrusted snow as wind rumbles over the expanse. I am not dressed for this. My fingers ache, and I keep blowing warmth into my cupped hands.
When my first wife died I withered and withdrew
And lonely did I scale the couloir of grief
Curling about myself like that indolent snake
Confronting that first wife with cancer’s last claim
Just an overgrown garden snake parked upon our drive
A brown arm’s-spread length of languid reptilian still
A critter I’d never seen before or since that meeting
Curled into a taunt that he hurled at my own girl
Coiling tighter in delight: “The hour’s come for you!”
She died soon after when the siege broke through
And I never really heard the music until its absence
Of delight in all creation—that’s how her voice fulfilled
So what torched despair’s fingers until the grip gave out?
One night in Harpoon Henry’s I kissed a pretty woman
A nice, friendly girl I’d been working with for years
Mouth-to-soul resuscitation seasoning bloodless sleep
That kiss—alone, apart, about. A prelude to nothing
Except the entirety of life. A kiss. That’s it.
Interceding like prayer to caulk my brokenness
Did I ever tell that girl what that kiss delivered?
I now forget (surprise!) how she wriggled off the hook
Can’t even recall the name, just drops of smiling eyes
I am deaf, now. Blind. Can’t bend to tie my shoe
A salty wind-whipped spray gentles this old wheeze
Lets me taste that kiss once more and that is what I’ll ride
You may release your servant, Lord. It is time for me to die.
a short story by Frank Diamond My short story, “The Square Root of Negative 1,” was published today (September 2, 2025) in the literary magazine The Pasticheur: Literature, Art, & Ideas. Here’s the link to the story. https://the-pasticheur.com/frank-diamond/project-one-ephnc-y8xpk
Performed by Frank Diamond (in the style of Cat Stevens)/written by Eleanor Farjeaon https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/nsbvqaep03z88akiy4izp/Morning.mp3?rlkey=v9q8cmlok0byima1aw0w0wwhd&st=vtlafcd5&dl=0
Written and performed by Camille Peruto. Here is the song "To Live Again" by singer/songwriter Camille Peruto which accompanied my hybrid media short story "The Place Where the Chiefs Meet" that was published about 4 years ago. She does a beautiful job, IMHO. https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/3lmaeaswucjapviwni76e/TO_LIVE_AGAIN.mp3?rlkey=9yc8a523571hk5una2guo8nzx&st=9nxvf5xx&dl=0
A literary magazine based in Canada called Let Me Tell You A Story published my short-short story "Let Me Tell You A Story About My Strange Day at the Beach" today (July 15, 2025). Here it is. https://tinyurl.com/y86b2h5x
My short story, “Remorse,” was published last month (July 10, 2025) in Stepping Stones Literary Magazine. Here’s the link. https://www.steppingstoneslit.com/blog/finalist3(issue3)
Performed by Frank Diamond/Written by Jimmy Jones and Otis Blackwell https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ip04czbwwvnjl7cizg5f7/HANDYMAN.mp3?rlkey=5uwkb15x247po0kuucrz0hvc3&st=pkkjht44&dl=0
My short story,, "Nudge," was published today (May 5, 2025) in Jokes Literary Review. Here it is: https://lnkd.in/exk8ATNe
My short story “Sup” was published today (April 23, 2025) in the literary magazine Wordrunner eChapbooks. Here it is.https://echapbook.com/anthology/2025/sup.html
Performed by Frank Diamond/Written by George Harrison https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/5e472w21qfx4mbenivi7u/herecomesthesun.mp3?rlkey=sjlf3j2ng7c6zjunftlsl52de&st=40akqfzi&dl=0
Performed by Frank Diamond/Written by Mark Nesler and Tony Martin/First performed by Tim McGraw https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/7eahlmfkdyg4kxfrvkuxn/JJust_To_See_You_Smile.mp3?rlkey=k0xuocz4y4lrey82nmjmsjy7q&st=2nefktrm&dl=0
Preformed by Frank Diamond (a cappella)/written by Mary McCaslin https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/amsn1cd664sb2p36883sw/OLD_FRIENDS_DIAMOND.MP3?rlkey=6p1xbfeseoae2pczpxf68bwhb&st=24xupzsq&dl=0
Performed by Frank Diamond/Written by Jimmy Webb https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/c3ge3skauo0izsyknbj82/WICHITA_LINEMAN_DIAMOND.mp3?rlkey=xtvs167xh3o6iv2ffyxrx9jid&st=nfod4int&dl=0
Sung by Frank Diamond/Written by James Taylor https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/l9kjgxib8h32phjwhxdzt/A_SWEET_BABY_JAMES.mP3?rlkey=rrd9buxrswug61pf83ht9tzqr&st=bujwwni5&dl=0
AUTHOR’S NOTE: My short-short story, “Now Batting,” was published last Monday (December 16, 2024), in a little literary magazine called Written Tales. Here’s the link to the magazine. I’ve also pasted the story below here on my WordPress page. Randy Torrez steps up to the plate for the most important at-bat in his life. Two … Continue reading Now Batting
Written by Yusuf Islam/Cat Stevens: Performed by Frank Diamond https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/wx0txtvg1h7hf7ewrpfpo/SAD_LISA_ONEE.mp3?rlkey=a7vtf8kwlrocqt7mu0txx6g53&st=l9y1do4r&dl=0
My short story, “Sixth Man,” was published today (November 12, 2024) in the inaugural issue of the literary magazine Dulcet. Here is the pdf of the issue. “Sixth Man” begins on page 65. https://www.dulcetlitmag.com/issues Here’s the story below on my WordPress page. Pete Tillinghast needs to be here. Needs to say goodbye as midnight approaches. Needs … Continue reading Sixth Man
A new literary magazine called Dulcet is scheduled to be launched on November 12. I am proud to be among the authors featured in its inaugural issue with my short story “Sixth Man” — one of 47 writers who made the cut out of over 1,800 stories submitted. The editors have high hopes and ambitions … Continue reading An Interview with Frank Diamond
written by Jim Croce, performed by Frank Diamond https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/kyobdsdrceaxtb857r8vu/OPERATOR_ONE.mp3?rlkey=gnau1uiksu97xqwzfngv1eem9&st=nob7qgxc&dl=0
by Frank Diamond AUTHOR’S NOTE: A short story of mine called “Going to the Chapel” recently (September 2024) ran in a little literary magazine called The Sucarnochee Review, a publication of the University of West Alabama. There’s no online version. But if you’d like to purchase a print copy of the magazine you can email the … Continue reading Going to the Chapel
Here's a short story of mine called "Lights Out" that was published today (July 15, 2024) in a little literary magazine called Cosmorama. https://cosmorama.site/fiction
Here’s a short story of mine called “Prank" that was published earlier this month in a little literary magazine called 7th Circle Pyrite.
AUTHOR'S NOTE: A short-short story of mine called “Post-Op” was published in June in the little literary magazine Sequoia Speaks. The magazine is one of the few left that only publishes in print, not online. If you want to buy the issue, go here. My short-short story is on page 21. Meanwhile, you can read “Post-Op” … Continue reading Post-Op
Here’s a short story of mine called “Sal the Barber,” that was published today (March 26, 2023) in The Fictional Cafe. https://www.fictionalcafe.com/sal-the-barber-by-frank-diamond/ Featured image courtesy mcmahanphoto.com, photographed by Charles Conlon in 1910.
Here's a short story of mine called "Stretch" that was published today (November 9, 2022) in a little literary magazine called Rockvale Review.
My short story, "Bus Ride," was recently published (November 8, 2022) in Rundelania Literary Magazine, a publication of the Rochester, N.Y., public library. Here's the story.
Here’s a piece of mine that was published today called “Morning Run.” I wrote it as a short-short story but the publication is called Whimsical Poet so I guess it’s a poem. The link is to the digital edition and “Morning Run” starts on page 13. It’s a bit of a departure for me in … Continue reading Morning Run
AUTHOR'S NOTE: A short story of mine, called “Quoth the Raven” was published today (October 27, 2022) in Parhelion Literary Magazine in its special Halloween issue. Here’s a link to the issue: https://parhelionliterary.com And here’s a link to my short story: https://parhelionliterary.com/frank-diamond/ And here it is below in WordPress. Quoth the Raven a short-short story … Continue reading Quoth the Raven
by Frank Diamond Here’s a short story of mine called “The Recent Future” that was published in a little literary magazine called Liminoid in the spring of 2016. http://www.liminoidmagazine.com/the-recent-future And here’s my interview with the editors. http://www.liminoidmagazine.com/blog/2016/8/2/gillette-as-in-the-razor-blades-an-interview-with-frank-diamond
Frank Diamond 