Other Writings

Here are selections from my older writings. Except for the blogs, these files are all in PDF format. To read them you must have the Adobe Acrobat Reader program installed on your machine. The Acrobat Reader is free and availabale on the Adobe web site.

From my late 20s (1985-89)…

Stories

• The Mission (from Mexicans Don’t Eat Pancakes)
• The Two-Headed Baby

Poetry

• Swedish Family Reunion
• Central Valley Drive-in
• Spiritual Archaeology
• For Money’s Sake
• Uncle Hank’s Ghost
• The Fist

Musicals

• Plaster Saints
  • Plaster Saints – Music & Pictures
• Rifleracks

From my 30s (1990-99)…

Stories

• Tom and the Pot Demons
• Sitting In
• Tuning
• Graffiti

Poetry

• For Cedric in The Womb
• Teaching Poems I’ve Never Read
• Maslow’s Tower
• St. Herman of Alaska
• St. Euphrosynos the Cook
• St. Mary of Egypt
• The Relics of St. John

From my 40s (2000-2009)…

Children’s Stories

• Paula the Penguin
• The Many Adventures of Grandma’s Hats

Poetry

• The Martyrdom of St. George (unfinished)

Screenplays

• Mary of Egypt (Semifinalist in the First Annual American Zoetrope Screenplay Contest.)
• The Tomb of the Prophet (A precursor to Steve’s first two novels.)

Blogs

• Steelchicken Blog

From my 50s (2010-2019)…

Stories

• The Paper Mache Vagina
• A Cosmic Vortex at the Palms Playhouse

Poetry

• The Light at 722 Tenth Avenue (for my Aunt Jeanne Lohmann on her 90th Birthday)

Blogs

• When Sinners Get Old
• Jazz Scales

From my 60s (2020-Present)…

Stories

• • The Witch on Cleveland Street
  • The Millionaire’s Piano
  • The Christmas Figurine

Musicals

• Let’s All Put Our Phones Down (written with co-author Dr. Ronald E. Watson) Music Clips