The Stone and the Song
By Mike Neis, illustrated by Arthur Neis
If you would like the complete book, let me know – mikeneis@yahoo.com
A list of my publications
November 1, 2025
“The Rose Woman”
https://www.fairytalemagazine.com/post/the-troll-issue-is-here
August 15, 2023
“What Devotion Can Do”
Hard copy anthology, purchased through Amazon, $13.99
June 30, 2023
“A Way Between Hysterias”
Hard copy magazine only, purchased by post only, $8.00, Cottonwood Literary Magazine
Write to Cottonwood, Dept. of English, 1445 Jayhawk Blvd, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, 66045
May 15, 2023
“The Stone and the Song”
Online for Free, “Half Hour to Kill” (This publication is no longer active. Searching for a new home for “The Stone and the Song.”)
https://halfhourtokill.com/home/the-stone-and-the-song-by-mike-neis
May 5, 2023
“Finding a Home for a Rescue Man”
Online for free “The Chamber Magazine”
https://thechambermagazine.com/2023/05/05/finding-a-home-for-a-rescue-man-dark-fiction-by-mike-neis
April 27, 2023
“News from Pipes”
Online for free, “The Penmen Review”
March 31, 2023
“State of Shock”
Online for free, “Suddenly and Without Warning”
March 24, 2023
“The Weaver’s Curse”
Online for free, “Half Hour To Kill” (This publication is no longer active. Searching for new home for “The Weaver’s Curse.”)
https://halfhourtokill.com/home/the-weavers-curse-by-mike-neis
February 1, 2023
“The Curan”
Online for free, “The Wise Owl”
https://www.archives4thewiseowl.art/doug-jacquier-michael-neis
January 24, 2023
“The Temple Clowns”
Online for free, “Solid Food Press”
https://www.solidfoodpress.com/post/the-temple-clowns
January 21, 2023
“Martha’s Margaritas”
Online for free, “The Zodiac Review” (This publication is no longer active. Searching for a new home for “Martha’s Margaritas.”)
https://www.thezodiacreview.com/
January 21, 2023
“Our Lovely Day at Binkley’s Brews”
Online for free, “The Zodiac Review”(This publication is no longer active. Searching for a new home for “Our Lovely Day at Binkley’s Brews.”)
https://www.thezodiacreview.com/
June 11, 2022
“Camilla’s Satisfaction”
Online for free, “The Whisky Blot”
https://www.whiskyblot.com/journal/camillas-satisfaction-by-mike-neis
April 19, 2022
“The Crier”
Online for free, The Space Cadet Science Fiction (It’s on page 32)
February 5, 2022
“What Do-It-Yourself Homeowners Suspect”
Online for free, “Idle Ink,” February 5, 2022
January 2, 2022
“Letting Ratdust Sing”
Online for free, “Rind Literary Magazine,” Issue 15, page 41
https://rindliterarymagazine.com/
October 30, 2021
“Grandmother Brua, the Sisters and the Wind”
Online for free, “Enchanted Conversations.”
https://www.fairytalemagazine.com/post/grandmother-brua-the-sisters-the-wind-by-mike-neis
October 25, 2021
“Getting Out of a Bad Gig”
In the print publication, “The Stray Branch,” Fall/Winter, 2021, Amazon.
August 7, 2021
“The Long Way Home”
Digital copy, online, $2.99, get the August 2021 issue.
https://www.periodicalforlorn.com/
July 24, 2021
“The Chant”
Online for free, “The Oddville Press,” the Summer 2021 issue.
https://www.oddvillepress.com/
March 10, 2021
“Doin’ You Wash”
Online for free, “Tales from a Small Planet”
https://www.talesmag.com/tales/66/doin-you-wash
December 1, 2020
“There Goes the Bride”
Online for free, “Spank the Carp,” December 2020 issue.
May 2, 2020
“Waking on the Shore”
Online for free, “Euphemism,” Spring, 2020
March 28, 2020
“All I Ever Had”
Online for free, “Amethyst Review”
December 22, 2019
“Blown Up Funny Car”
Online for free, “Anti-Heroin Chic”
September 21, 2019
“Aching Through Mexico’s Ancient Cities”
Online for free, “Stonecrop Review,” Issue 2, “Roots/Routes”
stonecropreview.com
Welcome to My Neglected Blog
(but I’m trying to learn)
The Stone and the Song
We have a little version of the book out. Let me know if you would like the full version.
Gratings
St. Pius X’s Tra Le Solecitudini (1903) states in paragraph 14: It will also be fitting that singers while singing in church wear the ecclesiastical habit and surplice, and that they be hidden behind gratings when the choir is excessively open to the public gaze. Having all of us choir members in ecclesiastical habits and…
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