Casualty Lists @ WSR

I was on a plane coming home from a conference in Vancouver earlier this year and all around me people were watching the same movie on their in-seat screens, Expendables 3. At least I think it was Expendables 3, but anyway I sat surrounded by the same image of dozens, if not hundreds, of men getting mowed down in an odd silence. (I didn't pony up for the headphones, so all was quiet.) Maybe it was the fact I wasn't listening to the movie, just watching it on multiple screens, but I got the idea for a list of obituaries for these non-characters, these background casualties. So, after much writing, re-conceptualizing, tinkering, and workshopping,  I was able to convince the fine men and women at Washington Square Review to publish "Excerpts from the 'Infinite Casualty Lists.'" Look for it next year, and many thanks to the crew at WSR for taking a chance on such a work.