Short Stories
Superpositioning
Winner of the 2020 Haunted Waters Press Award for Fiction, this is a story about attraction, metaphysics, and the gaps in our shared language. Find “Superpositioning” in From the Depths, Issue 18, or read an excerpt here.
#TheBenefit
An aspiring journalist gets his chance to break a big story, only he knows the victims of the story, and he’s not sure he can stomach the kind of work—or the risk—involved. Find “#TheBenefit” in Volume 43.1 of America’s furthest north literary magazine, Permafrost (print only). Or read an excerpt here.
Mass Ambiguous Loss
An elegy for the service industry in Austin, TX, in the early 2010s, this story is also about the striving, frustration, and self-medication that mark the lost years so many of us face on our way to being able to do the things that we love. Read it in Third Coast Magazine, Issue 52 (print only). For insight into the title, read this.
The Manual
Winner of the 2021 Valhalla Fiction Award from Tempered Runes Press — a worker tries to unravel their place and purpose in an infinite factory, where nobody knows what the factory makes. Read an excerpt here.
A Taste
The whole world of beauty and possession comes crashing in on a couple who are just trying to enjoy a sunset. Read “A Taste” in Volume 2, Issue 2 of Passengers Journal.
Communion
Alex’s mom is sick. He’s staying with his aunt and uncle, and they take him to church, where the next decade of his life falls apart. Part story, part meditation, “Communion” appeared in Issue 03 of Some Kind of Opening.
Walking Home
A comedic flash-fiction piece about capitalism and sex, published in the feminist arts journal The Rational Creature. “Walking Home” appeared in TRC, Vol. 6, and you can also read it here.
novels in progress
…there are several…
flash & poetry
“Seeing the Other Country,” a 100-word story that appeared in The Centifictionist.
“Sammy,” a 50-word story, winner of the Eldbrand Saga Award from Tempered Runes Press.
Coping and For D.K., poems published in Eclectica.
Author Interview with Haunted Waters Press.
Other Writing
A review of the posthumous opus by the great anthropologist David Graeber (and his co-writer, the also-very-talented David Wengrow). Published with The Rumpus.
A History That Looks Forward
Publisher's Weekly Reviews
A critical look at the animated Avatar sequel, published in PopMatters. Spoiler alert: Korra’s not on the side.
Possibility Bending
Casing the Promised Land
A series of story-based fundraising pamphlets for the Global Fund for Women, highlighting the work of their funding partners.