About Me

I'm Frank Coffman, a retired professor of English, Creative Writing, and Journalism. I am a poet and author of Speculative Literature. My works have been published in various magazines, journals, anthologies, and collections. This is a space for me to showcase my literary portfolio and share my passion for writing with you. Here, you can find samples of my work, including poems, short stories, and essays that I have written over the years.

   I believe that language is the most powerful medium of art. As Robert Louis Stevenson wrote:

"The art of literature stands apart from among its sisters, because the material in which the literary artist works is the dialect of life…"

—The Art of Writing, Cambridge UP, 1916.

I strive, as a "wordsmith," to make good use of that "material" and its potentialities in the modes of speculative poetry and prose fiction.  Thank you for visiting my website, and I hope you enjoy exploring my literary world.