Look and Listen

Biography

Sam’s fiction and satire have appeared in dozens of magazines in print and online, including AMERICAN SHORT FICTION, CIMARRON REVIEW, and OTHER VOICES. A former Stegner Fellow at Stanford, he lives in Philadelphia with his wife and their elderly dog. Sam's main website is Gridleyville.com (http://gridleyville.com/), and his blog is The News from Gridleyville (http://gridleyville.wordpress.com/).

Inspiration

(A) Books, especially Ford Madox Ford, Joseph Conrad, Jane Austen, W. B. Yeats; (B) People: the weird characters I've known; and (C) Dogs: always useful for reminding me of the basics