Writer

Fiction:

• “Cut and Run,” in Carve, Winter 2018
• “Restoration Ecology,” in Sundog Lit, Spring 2017
• “Shelter in Place,” in JuxtaProse, Winter 2015, Volume 4
• “Dirts,” in The Cabin’s Writers in the Attic Anthology, September 2015
• “The Leaving Half,” in saltfront, Winter 2015
• “The Lemon Queen,” in Blue Earth Review, Volume 12, Spring 2014
• “Depth Perception,” in Carve, Spring 2014
• “The Water Men,” at Fiction365, July 2012
• “Not just fungus” at Word Riot, February 2012
• “The Myth of Migration” in Passages North, Issue 31, January 2010
• “Everything’s Free at the Corn Palace” in Canteen, Issue 4, Winter 2009, Nominated for Pushcart Prize 2010
• “Greased Pig” at VerbSap, Summer 2008 Issue

Non-fiction & Poetry:

• “Canary in the Coal Mine,” at the zine Lehigh Valley Vanguard, November 2016
• “Evel Kind of Love,” in Flyway, June 2015
• “Finding and Keeping Creative Success” at The Loft Literary Center’s The Writers’ Block, November 2014
• “How to Grow a Vigilante Garden” in Western Washington Reflections:  Stories from the Puget Sound to Vancouver, The History Press, April 2013 (Fun ping at Amazon)
• “Landscape Design” in Philadelphia Reflections:  Stories from the Delaware to the Schuylkill, The History Press, September 2011 (Lovely review at Amazon)
• “The Gauntlet” in Out of Line, Garden House Press, Spring 2006
• “The Lunchroom” in Chicken Chisme: The Fine Art of Gossip, Trafford Publishing, 2006
• “Running with Fire” in Dance of the Chickens, Trafford Publishing, 2005
• “On the Cusp” in The Sun, Issue 342, June 2004

Awards & Other Stuff:

• Literary Roadhouse Podcast discussion about “Depth Perception,” September 2016
• Fiction Reader for Kudzu House Quarterly
• “The Water Men,” Winner, Moonlight Mesa Associates, Inc. Cowboy Up Short Story Contest, October 2011
• “The Lemon Queen,” Top 25, Glimmer Train 2011 June Fiction Open
• “Orienteering,” Finalist, The Dana Awards, 2011
• Collaborative Retreat at Shotpouch through OSU’s Spring Creek Project with writer Karen Munro, March 2011
• Pushcart Prize nomination, 2010
• “The Water Men,” Finalist, Crab Creek Review Fall Fiction Contest, 2008
• Collaborative Retreat at Shotpouch through OSU’s Spring Creek Project with writer Heather E. Goodman, 2008
• “Slide,” Finalist, Pirate’s Alley William Faulkner-William Wisdom Creative Writing Competition, short story category, 2006