He is the author of eighteen books, many of which are speculative poetry. He is a past winner of the Asimov's Readers' Award (2016) and the Ewaipanoma Sonnet Contest (2008), has been a finalist for the Analog AnLab Readers' Award, and received Honorable Mention in The Year`s Best Fantasy and Horror. He has collaboratively written a stage play, a feature film, and other, shorter, dramatic works. He has had over fifty short stories and one thousand five hundred poems published. His work has often been nominated for the Rhysling Award, the Elgin Award, the Dwarf Star Award, and the Pushcart Prize. He currently splits his time between Lancaster, New York and Peterborough, Ontario. When not writing, he spends his time daydreaming of early retirement.