Fiction
Awards and Honors
“Red on Yellow," a flash piece, was longlisted for Fractured Lit’s 2023 Flash Fiction OPEN contest. [September 28, 2023]
“Girl in the Forest of Fear,” a short story, was a finalist for the 2020 CRAFT Elements Contest: Conflict. [November 14, 2020]
“Red on Yellow,” a flash piece, was shortlisted for The Masters Review’s 2020 Flash Fiction contest. [August 19, 2020]
Red on Yellow
Fall/Winter 2023-2024 | Salamander
—Shortlisted for The Masters Review’s 2020 Flash Fiction Contest
—Longlisted for Fractured Lit’s 2023 Flash Fiction OPEN contest
Appearing in Issue #57 of Salamander, “Red on Yellow” is a flash fiction story about the day a 10-year-old girl goes missing in the Texas desert.
Likeness
May 9, 2023 | Joyland
A horror-tinged, fairy tale-esque short story told in vignettes that trace the evolution of one woman’s relationship with mirrors throughout her life.
Girl in the Forest of Fear
February 12, 2021 | CRAFT
—Finalist in the 2020 CRAFT Elements Contest
A short story about creepy soccer coaches, Halloween corn mazes, coming of age, and tea.
Read my Author’s Note on the story
Stull
June 6, 2019 | Joyland
A short story about a boy and his mom who investigate an abandoned graveyard together.
Poison
September 26, 2012 | Fiction365
A “campus” short story.
—Also won first place in Marist College’s 2011 school-wide fiction contest
Humor
In Light of COVID-19, This Will Be a Doggy Style-ONLY Conference
March 17, 2020 | Robot Butt
An Open Letter to the Guy Who Asked Me For Directions
February 7, 2018 | Hobart
—Reprinted in Gold Wake Live’s Summer Fun 2019 Issue