WRITING FOR A CAUSE
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A CIVILIZED MEAL
(poem)
June, 2025
This poem, reflecting on the experience of eating seafood, was published in The Northeast Coast Issue 1: Summer 2025.
CHILD Z
(novel)
February, 2024
Leonie is a hopeful mother-to-be pursuing “sim surrogacy”—a new service using female chimps as surrogates. Mai is a high school senior fighting to end sim surrogacy and free chimpanzees under corporate control. When their paths meet and conflict reaches a breaking point, both realize they have everything to lose.
Available at Wead Library in Malone, NY
STRANGE FACES AT THE WINDOWS
(novel)
August, 2022
When U.S. Space Division agents show up on the moon, Alister Pratt knows he’s in trouble. To avoid jail, he and his boss use company connections to board a ship leaving the moon for Proxima, where the crew encounter something that tests what it means to be human.
November, 2016
Angelica is in the hospital, the result of a hate crime, and her brother Jax must break the news to Dad, a man prone to hallucinations. Dad insists on going to see his friend Ms. Jakintsu for help. The only problem: Ms. Jakintsu isn’t real. To embark on this journey with his father, Jax must open his mind, and his heart, to an unfamiliar world.
Available at Wead Library in Malone, NY
October, 2014
Frank Hartman is going to prison, which means his organs are now for sale. Frank meets a cryptic old man in the neighboring cell while a mysterious guard meddles with Frank's case. Desperate to avoid harvesting, Frank relies on advice from his sister, Jane, who works for the nation's largest harvesting company. Without Jane by his side, can Frank get out of prison in one piece?
Available at Wead Library in Malone, NY
December, 2013
Two of Danny's stories appear in this short story collection featuring 32 writers with ties to Western New York.
No longer in print. Email the author to request a copy.
August, 2012
This collection of small-town vignettes follows a cast of characters in Parryville, tucked away in the northern reaches of rural upstate New York. In Parryville, everyone knows everyone and there's nowhere to hide. Cows outnumber people and the lives (and secrets) of residents are intertwined.
AUTHOR APPEARANCES
In this live-streamed appearance (starts at minute 45 in video) Danny reads three poems in a lineup with other poets.
In this YouTube interview Danny talks about his novel, Strange Faces at the Windows.
In this podcast episode Danny reads an excerpt from his novella, Safe in the Black Sand.
In this radio interview Danny discusses his novel, Then Comes the Harvest.
In this literary blog Danny's book, Then Comes the Harvest, is reviewed by a professional editor.