Readers' Favorite • 7th August 2025

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Book review: STEP AWAY FROM THE PIZZA

“Step Away from the Pizza” by Richard Holeton is a fascinating collection that spans nearly four decades of experimental storytelling. . . a dynamic reading experience, bouncing between conventional narratives and experimental forms, including hypertext-inspired pieces, erasure poetry, and multimedia fiction.

The Fictitious Press • 5th August 2025

STEP AWAY FROM THE PIZZA: Fictions, etc.

"The author's mastery of language and willingness to push boundaries make 'Step Away from the Pizza' a compelling read for those who appreciate inventive storytelling and literary risk-taking" (Carol Thompson, Readers' Favorite).

Delphinium Literary Magazine • 10th May 2025

"Transient Encounter of Chilean Miners, Benjamin Netanyahu, and Girl Scouts from Boulder"

"Just months after their miraculous rescue, 25 of the 33 survivors of the 2010 Copiapó, Chile, mining accident find themselves touring Israel and meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. . . . A dozen Northern Colorado Region 7 Girl Scouts, on a swing through the Middle East, giggle, squirm, and sip lemonade on the periphery."

Delphinium Literary Magazine • 10th May 2025

"Unlikely Convergence of Danish Animal Rights Activists, Rigoberta Menchú, and Multi-Level Marketers"

"Five North American Mallard ducks, four hens and one drake, descend red-carpeted steps from the ornate fountain in the central Atrium Lobby of the The Peabody Orlando. Hotel guests applaud, tourists take photos and videos . . . ."

O:JA&L • 6th March 2025

"An Interview with O:JA&L's new Flash Fiction/ Nonfiction Editor Richard Holeton"

Welcome, Richard Holeton, as the new flash literature editor at OPEN: Journal of Arts & Letter . . . Here are a few questions.

Medium • 16th January 2025

ECLECTIFICTION – Medium

"A growing collection of sometimes eclectic short fiction and experimental poetry" I'm sharing on the Medium platform from my previously published work. Because Medium has limited its free access, most of my pieces are now behind the paywall.

Cimarron Review • 21st December 2024

"Velcro World"

"Rotating the jobs at Velcro World is part of Team Building, which creates Trust. Trust is one of our recently-installed Core Values . . . " In this near-future fiction, a private-equity takeover of a Velcro-themed roadside attraction creates a firestorm for employees and management.

voidspace _ • 15th October 2023

"The Winograd Matrix"

"The Winograd Matrix" is a Twine fiction in the form of a choice-based game about a couple confined together in a dystopian world of plagues and roving gangs. It appeared originally in KAIROS, republished here in the interactive journal Voidspace 8.

Cult. Magazine No. 2 • Summer 2023 • 15th July 2023

"Henry Revisited"

Featured in CULT #2, available at Cult.Mag > Store. "Baba's threatening to maim herself with the IED she made with her Replicator," says Junior. "And you know she can do it! Even if she's faking a schizoid episode. The QuickResponders are surrounding her condo."

Electronic Literature Lab, WSU-Vancouver • 30th October 2022

Read or Listen to "Figurski at Findhorn on Acid"

The new start page for my hypertext novel "Figurski at Findhorn on Acid" features a direct link to John Barber's radio adaptation of the novel from Re-Imagined Radio ("LISTEN NOW"), now fully integrated into the site, all courtesy of the Electronic Literature Lab.

Gargoyle Magazine • 12th September 2022

"Counting"

The Goreman Gelders had been undeterred by the groans that followed every BEEP!, or the shivering of grak-enhanced suppressed laughter, or the tear-streaked cheeks of their audience. They resolutely completed the 33-slide filmstrip and opened the floor for questions, but hearing none, they quietly packed up their projector and screen, smoothed down their skinny ties and rebuttoned their nondescript suit jackets. “Nice tapestries,” said the younger Gelder, somewhat longingly . . .

Litro Magazine USA • 3rd July 2022

"Tunneling"

[Back online!] Weasel is following me, panting, on hands and knees, through a passage we call Route 66, even though it’s only a hundred feet long, the diameter of a barrel hoop, and made of clay. “Do you think I want to die in here?” I say. #experimental fiction #futurism #survival #dystopian