Stanley Stocker
@stanleystocker.bsky.social
He/Him. PEN America/Dau Prize, Creative Power Award, Best Spiritual Literature. “Writing is an act of patient endurance; it is a spiritual pursuit, and curiosity is the god that oversees it all.” - Paisley Rekdal
Stop in for an evening of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry to celebrate the virtual launch of volume 10 of the Best Spiritual Literature anthology on Saturday, December 13, 2025, at 7 PM Eastern.
Registration for the online reading is free:
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Registration for the online reading is free:
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December 13, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Stop in for an evening of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry to celebrate the virtual launch of volume 10 of the Best Spiritual Literature anthology on Saturday, December 13, 2025, at 7 PM Eastern.
Registration for the online reading is free:
secure.givelively.org/.../best-spi....
Registration for the online reading is free:
secure.givelively.org/.../best-spi....
Delighted to have a story "The Hunt" in the latest issue of African American Review. Thank you to editors Aileen M. Keenan and Nathan L. Grant. @hopkinspress.bsky.social @projectmuse.bsky.social
"The families of the old men would gather at Front Camp to see whether their people would be let go."
"The families of the old men would gather at Front Camp to see whether their people would be let go."
May 17, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Delighted to have a story "The Hunt" in the latest issue of African American Review. Thank you to editors Aileen M. Keenan and Nathan L. Grant. @hopkinspress.bsky.social @projectmuse.bsky.social
"The families of the old men would gather at Front Camp to see whether their people would be let go."
"The families of the old men would gather at Front Camp to see whether their people would be let go."
My office door decoration this year.
December 25, 2024 at 10:39 PM
My office door decoration this year.
They struck in Paris too!
December 18, 2024 at 12:51 AM
They struck in Paris too!
"On the Nature of Good and Evil" in Harvard Review 62:
"A man rises up a saint in the morning and lays down a sinner. Or the other way around: he lays down like an angel and something takes a hold of him and - BAM! - up jumps the devil come morning."
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"A man rises up a saint in the morning and lays down a sinner. Or the other way around: he lays down like an angel and something takes a hold of him and - BAM! - up jumps the devil come morning."
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December 12, 2024 at 11:31 PM
"On the Nature of Good and Evil" in Harvard Review 62:
"A man rises up a saint in the morning and lays down a sinner. Or the other way around: he lays down like an angel and something takes a hold of him and - BAM! - up jumps the devil come morning."
secure.touchnet.net/C20832_ustor...
"A man rises up a saint in the morning and lays down a sinner. Or the other way around: he lays down like an angel and something takes a hold of him and - BAM! - up jumps the devil come morning."
secure.touchnet.net/C20832_ustor...
"On the Nature of Good and Evil" out now in Harvard Review 62:
"A man rises up a saint in the morning and lays down a sinner. Or the other way around: he lays down like an angel and something takes a hold of him and - BAM! - up jumps the devil come morning."
secure.touchnet.net/C20832_ustor...
"A man rises up a saint in the morning and lays down a sinner. Or the other way around: he lays down like an angel and something takes a hold of him and - BAM! - up jumps the devil come morning."
secure.touchnet.net/C20832_ustor...
November 16, 2024 at 8:24 PM
"On the Nature of Good and Evil" out now in Harvard Review 62:
"A man rises up a saint in the morning and lays down a sinner. Or the other way around: he lays down like an angel and something takes a hold of him and - BAM! - up jumps the devil come morning."
secure.touchnet.net/C20832_ustor...
"A man rises up a saint in the morning and lays down a sinner. Or the other way around: he lays down like an angel and something takes a hold of him and - BAM! - up jumps the devil come morning."
secure.touchnet.net/C20832_ustor...
"On the Nature of Good and Evil" out now in Harvard Review 62:
"A man rises up a saint in the morning and lays down a sinner. Or the other way around: he lays down like an angel and something takes a hold of him and - BAM! - up jumps the devil come morning."
secure.touchnet.net/C20832_ustor...
"A man rises up a saint in the morning and lays down a sinner. Or the other way around: he lays down like an angel and something takes a hold of him and - BAM! - up jumps the devil come morning."
secure.touchnet.net/C20832_ustor...
November 16, 2024 at 8:09 PM
"On the Nature of Good and Evil" out now in Harvard Review 62:
"A man rises up a saint in the morning and lays down a sinner. Or the other way around: he lays down like an angel and something takes a hold of him and - BAM! - up jumps the devil come morning."
secure.touchnet.net/C20832_ustor...
"A man rises up a saint in the morning and lays down a sinner. Or the other way around: he lays down like an angel and something takes a hold of him and - BAM! - up jumps the devil come morning."
secure.touchnet.net/C20832_ustor...
Remembering the great Cuttyhunk Island Writers Residency from last fall. #AddtoBlacksky
November 16, 2024 at 4:55 PM
Remembering the great Cuttyhunk Island Writers Residency from last fall. #AddtoBlacksky
I keep mine at the ready.
October 16, 2024 at 2:21 PM
I keep mine at the ready.
Have your first story published in the past year? Please consider the PEN/Dau Prize for Emerging Writers.
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October 8, 2024 at 1:14 AM
Have your first story published in the past year? Please consider the PEN/Dau Prize for Emerging Writers.
pen.org/program/pen-...
pen.org/program/pen-...
Mastroianni enters the chat.
June 27, 2024 at 8:52 PM
Mastroianni enters the chat.
I knew I had read an Isaac Bashevis Singer story where an old man ruminates about life's meaning, but I couldn't remember the title. Then I remembered I had heard Ed Asner reading it. Dug thru my stuff and found this from 1987! Singer's "Pigeons". I pulled out an old cassette player and voila!
May 5, 2024 at 7:28 PM
I knew I had read an Isaac Bashevis Singer story where an old man ruminates about life's meaning, but I couldn't remember the title. Then I remembered I had heard Ed Asner reading it. Dug thru my stuff and found this from 1987! Singer's "Pigeons". I pulled out an old cassette player and voila!
Kurt was real. Ashbury was fake. He was super nice when I ran into him on the Upper East Side in the early 2000s and went over to introduce myself.
November 26, 2023 at 11:08 PM
Kurt was real. Ashbury was fake. He was super nice when I ran into him on the Upper East Side in the early 2000s and went over to introduce myself.
Wendy, Cog, and Reverend McComber.
November 17, 2023 at 7:25 PM
Wendy, Cog, and Reverend McComber.
I second Todd's approach. I try to focus on the part I can control which is the work, not people's response to it and I keep this on my monitor as a reminder.
November 17, 2023 at 1:48 PM
I second Todd's approach. I try to focus on the part I can control which is the work, not people's response to it and I keep this on my monitor as a reminder.
Thaddeus McComber, shepherd without a flock.
November 11, 2023 at 2:58 AM
Thaddeus McComber, shepherd without a flock.
Inspired by Emily Flake's Joke in a Box course
November 6, 2023 at 7:25 PM
Inspired by Emily Flake's Joke in a Box course
An interview with the great cartoonist Emily Flake.
October 25, 2023 at 11:52 AM
An interview with the great cartoonist Emily Flake.
I highly recommend the Cuttyhunk Island Writers Residency on Cuttyhunk Island, Massachusetts. Smart instructors, talented writers, a beautiful environment, and good food!
www.cuttyhunkislandresidency.com/writer
www.cuttyhunkislandresidency.com/writer
September 23, 2023 at 3:31 PM
I highly recommend the Cuttyhunk Island Writers Residency on Cuttyhunk Island, Massachusetts. Smart instructors, talented writers, a beautiful environment, and good food!
www.cuttyhunkislandresidency.com/writer
www.cuttyhunkislandresidency.com/writer