After a year-long hiberanation while I dealt with some matters beyond my control, I am returning to the interent with a new website, The Silent Hustler, and a series of publications. I've worn many hats as founder and managing editor of VelvetMafia.com and OutsiderInk.com, but now it is time to step from behind the curtain and spin my own magic web.

So, what are you in the mood for?

Pull up a chair and read a story excerpt:

• Read from my favorite literary story "The Skin of My Soul"
• Read from my favorite microfiction story "Convergence"
• Read from my favorite erotic story "Circus Maximus"
• Or select your own

Curious about your host? Read about me:

• Meriwether in the Media
• A brief biography
• Join me on Goodreads.com

"...the force from somewhere in Space which commands you to write in the first place, gives you no choice. You take up the pen when you are told, and write what is commanded. There is no agony like bearing an untold story inside you." -- Zora Neale Hurston