The Last Bohemian Wizard by Daniel Yaryan
THE LAST BOHEMIAN WIZARD (In honor of novelist Jerry Kamstra) by Daniel Yaryan Ghostly visitors Save a place at the visionary table Where medicine does not speak The poltergeists creak […]
THE LAST BOHEMIAN WIZARD (In honor of novelist Jerry Kamstra) by Daniel Yaryan Ghostly visitors Save a place at the visionary table Where medicine does not speak The poltergeists creak […]
Jerry Kamstra Reflections—From the 10th plus 1 Anniversary of Beat at the Sweet by J.Macon King The late Jerry Kamstra and I were on the same poetry/music stage at the […]
Poems and kind words by Ari M. Maslow upon the occasion of the 10th Anniversary of the Beat at the Sweet. And then there was this time… Birth. And then […]
Jerry Kamstra (January 2, 1935 – November 26, 2019) was an American novelist, poet, artist and community organizer. Kamstra is best known for his novels Weed: Adventures Of A Dope […]
Beat at the Sweet Notes by J.Macon King Presented at Sweetwater Music Hall in Mill Valley, California on January 8th, 2013. The Sweetwater is a relocated, expanded version of the […]
William Morris: Grandfather of Fantasy William Morris (1834–1896) influenced the evolution of fantasy literature and his fantasy novels particularly influenced J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle Earth series. “Morris inaugurates…fertile strand of materialist […]
Five haiku poems from: everything with an asterisk: haiku of Bruce H. Feingold. Bruce H. Feingold has been a psychologist for nearly fifty years in the San Francisco Bay Area. Bruce’s […]
Circus of the Sun MillValleyLit editor-in-chief J.Macon King’s debut novel of 1979 San Francisco’s cultural, sexual and political maelstrom. “The most outrageously honest and erotic San Francisco novel since Jack […]
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Winter 2022-23 Issue #23 See Mill Valley rare snow photos here. Featuring: Excerpt from Bernard Meisler’s hilarious neo-noir satire novel, There’s Never Been a Better Time to Buy Die. […]
Honorable Mention: “Words on Water” international writing contest, 2023. To Sur, with Love Cragged cliffs rise to endless verde Cypress, Monterey Pines and scrub at Willow Creek, Sand Dollar, Jade […]
Halloween Story The Gravedigger’s Score fiction by J.Macon King The jutting hill of San Rafael cemetery was quiet in the chilly night air. A cloud passed the moon as an […]
20 Feet from Enlightenment: A Coming of Sage Story memoir humor by J.Macon King Never cease from exploring the other side of that ridge… even though you may get lost… […]
From the 60’s to the ‘9ers with David Harris by J.Macon King David Harris, war activist, author, journalist, artist, died from lung cancer at his home in Mill Valley, […]
“Nicasio Spring,” oil on board, 11” x 14”, $350 Jeb Harrison has been an editor, reviewer and contributor with MillValleyLit since the beginning. Between playing music with a group at […]
Dickens in Appalachia Review by Jeb Harrison Barbara Kingsolver’s Pulitzer-winning novel, Demon Copperhead, can be a bit of a vexing read, at first. The author’s uncanny ability to inhabit […]