As a Machine and Parts: a novella (12/2011)


Mitchell, a twenty-something Cougar Cub with Marsha, his midlife girlfriend, wakes each morning, living an ever-thinning line between human and machine. As his literal condition progresses he looses his capacity for human emotion, and potentially with it, Marsha.  As a Machine and Parts is a story of Mitchell’s struggle to discover which assembly line he belongs Read more

I Didn't Mean to be Kevin: a novel (1/2012)


Jackson Jacoby is a motherless twenty-two year old boy with only the support of his crazy ex-military Uncle Marve and a kindred motherless peer named Creg. Creg holds fast to the hope of one day reuniting with his mother while Jackson maintains that his own life is so much better off without all the baggage that comes along with being somebody’s Read more

Charactered Pieces: stories


With Charactered Pieces, Caleb J. Ross presents a varied world of familial discord, one where a dead fetus evokes more compassion than its mother (“Charactered Pieces”);  where two brothers offer the destruction of a family legacy as a birthday gift for their aging father (“My Family’s Rule”); where one brother’s love of Holocaust documentaries pushes his family through the aftermath of his assumed suicide (“The Read more

Stranger Will: a novel


In this novel of impending fatherhood, an idealistic teacher recruits a pliant protégé to join her group of Strangers – a devout collection of kindred minds who have dedicated their lives to cultivating a unique idea of perfection. But joining is easier than Read more

Blog Orgy Tour

Stranger Will tour stop #61: Folded Word blog – an expression of love for the handmade book

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The handmade book is special. The signed book is special. Anything that strengthens the bond between reader and writer is special. I discuss this and more today at the Folded Word blog.

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Stranger Will tour stop #60: Dark Sky Magazine – Denis Johnson Almost Drank My Pee

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Before I say too much about this guest post, it is important that I stress the ALMOST part of “Denis Johnson Almost Drank My Pee.” He did not actually drink any bodily fluids of mine at all. It’s just that in a particularly drunken state, I thought that perhaps I could get Denis Johnson to almost drink my pee when I attended the Tin House Writer’s Workshop in 2004.

Also, I recently had the privlidge of reading this non-fiction piece to a group of students at ESU, the same ESU that funded my attendance to the Tin House Writers Workshop. Stay in school, kids.

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Stranger Will tour stop #59: Impose Magazine – Caleb Ross from The Tribe vs. Caleb J. Ross from the books

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I still get monthly emails from fans of Caleb Ross. Usually, I respond with a quick note about the incorrect identity. So to avoid further confusion, I’ve offered a post at Impose Magazine to help lessen the disappoint from fans of the famous Caleb Ross when they find out they have actually contacted the sit-on-the-couch-and-eat-Doritos Caleb Ross.

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Stranger Will tour stop #58: Metazen

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Music and creative writing have always coexisted for me. Not only do I write to music and edit to music, but now, music has been written to me. Confused? Be confused no more. Today at the Metazen blog I compare my story “My Family’s Rule” to the song, “Saint Thomas,” by the Tulsa, OK band Cecada.

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Stranger Will tour stop #57: MudLuscious Facebook Page

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In leiu of an actual blog post (due to the lack of an actual blog) ja tyler over at MudLuscious kindly allowed me to do a guest Facebook status at the MudLuscious Facebook page. I could post the entire status update here, as it comes in at around 400 characters in length, but I want you to get your clicking finger all sweaty.

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Stranger Will tour stop #56: We Who Are About to Die/Breed

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Though today’s post over at the We Who Are About to Die blog isn’t an officially scheduled stop on my blog tour, it is still a guest post and it went live during my tour, so there! I talk about what it’s like to be a daddy author, as a contribution to We Who Are About to Die’s We Who Are About to Breed series.

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Stranger Will tour stop #55: PANK blog

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Authors and booze go together like authors and self-destructive tendencies. Also, apparently like poorly articulated analogies. A great book on the subject is A Drinking Companion: Alcohol and Writers’ Lives. A great blog post on the subject of alcohol and authors is today’s tour stop at the PANK blog.

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