Glenn Armocida resides in western Pennsylvania. His first book, Tales of East and West Sparrow and Other Stories, was published in October 2025 by Atmosphere Press. He was a finalist in the Rash Award in Fiction (2024 and 2022). His recent work appears in The Broad River Review, Solum Journal, Black Moon Magazine, Havik, Heart of Flesh Literary Journal, The Watershed Journal, and The Ground Up. In the 1980s, Glenn attended the University of Pittsburgh, College of Arts and Sciences, as an English major in the Creative Writing Program. During this time, he published poems in Poetry ‘n Prose, Kiosk, and Afterimage and feature articles in Pittsburgh Magazine, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, and Executive Report. He has worked as a mill laborer, cook, radio news anchor, printer, technical and business writer, editor, and the past 34 years as an investment manager. When he is not writing, Glenn is with his family, ministering to the homeless, tending his gardens, or pursuing outdoor life.
This is who I am and the things that occupy me when I write:
FICTION Order. Catastrophe. Chaos. Dissolution. Reconstitution. Resurrection. New Order. - // -
POETRY Joy. Wonder. Curiosity. Beauty. Faith. Hope. Love. Peace. Forgiveness. Surrender. Charity. Service. Life. Exploration. Learning. - // -
ESSAYS Did you happen to notice this thing in our world? Look at what I found -- here is what it does to me and for me. This has been my experience. Here's one way to look at something. This is ordinary and full of something worthwhile. Walk with me for a time. - // -
You are wonderful! You were made to be something and someone that no one else is to be. Your comments are valuable to me in so many ways. So, tell me . . . go ahead, tell me. It's your choice: I'm listening.
My journey is probably no more cool and interesting than your journey . . . but, maybe it is. We will find this out together. I am considering establishing a page on that big social site. But, for now, I am just old school. Let's get together for coffee or a drink. Let's talk. Let's write to each other on that technology that I love: email. Or, that dinosaur of communication: the handwritten letter. Yeah, I know. But, like I said, I'm old school.