Recent Stories
“Clapping Game.” Burningwood Literary Journal. January 2023. The story is excerpted from the author’s novel manuscript, Lady Carp. Read the story here: Clapping Game (scroll down when you get there).
“Buena Vista.” Roi Faineant Press. June 25, 2023. The story includes a lovely photograph, uncredited. Read the story here: Buena Vista.
“Recommendation from the Professor.” Novus Literary Arts. 2023, the literary journal of Cumberland University in Lebanon, Tennessee. The story is excerpted from the author’s novel manuscript, Lady Carp. The story on the webpage includes a lovely painting, uncredited. Read the story here: Recommendation.
Stories of the New West. Main Street Rag Press. 2021.
“Knit, Purl.” Hominum Journal. Number 2. Read the story here: Knit, Purl.
"It Is Arranged." Blood Tree Literature: Transparency. Number 4. Paired with a gorgeous photograph by Aela Labbe'. Read the story here: It Is Arranged.
“Hope Chest.” Cowboy Jamboree. Volume 5, Number 2. 2020. Read the entire issue here: Hope Chest.
"This Once, Listen to My Story." Lunch Ticket, the online magazine of the MFA program at Antioch University in Los Angeles. Read the story here: This Once.
"A House Call." Ars Medica. Volume 4, Number 8. 2008. Ars Medica is a journal of medicine, arts, and the humanities. The story has since been renamed, "A New Country Doctor." Read the story here: A House Call. Listen to an interview with the author and a reading of the story by actor Jon DiSavino on the podcast, Short Story Today.
“The River After Its Tail.” Sequestrum: Literature and Art. Issue 29. 2022. Read the story here: River After Its Tail.
Canyons | Older Stories. Privately printed. 2018.
"Talking Hands, Blue Eyes." Alaska Quarterly Review. Fall/Winter 2003. Read the story here: Talking Hands, Blue Eyes.
"The Archipelago." Ecotone: Reimagining Place. Volume 2, Number 1. Fall-Winter 2006. Read the story here: Archipelago.
"Sanibel's Journal." The Healing Muse, the literary magazine of Upstate Medical University's Center for Bioethics and Healing. Volume 6, Number 1. Fall 2006, Read the story here: Sanibel’s Journal.
“She Likes My Hair.” Alimentum. Number 1. Winter 2006. You can read the entire issue on the Internet Archive (sign-in required) here: She Likes My Hair.
“The Rift.” You Are Here: the Journal of Creative Geography. Volume 8. Summer 2006. You can read the entire issue on the Internet Archive: The Rift.
“Ting Ting Goes the Volcano.” You Are Here: the Journal of Creative Geography. Fall 2023. You can read the entire issue on the Internet Archive: Ting Ting.
Thorn. BkMk Press. University of Missouri-Kansas City. 2014.
"Giveaway." J Journal: New Writings on Justice. Fall 2012. Nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Read the story here: Giveaway.
"The Limousine." Antioch Review: Summer Fiction Issue. 2013. Read the story here: The Limousine.
"Ivory," (The) Kenyon Review. 2010. Read the story here: Ivory.
"Michael Says." Make: a Chicago Literary Magazine. Number 14. Also anthologized in: Make X: a Decade of Literary Art. Read the story here: Michael Says.
"Tumble Me Like a Shell in Shallow Waves." Witness. Volume 21. 2007. Read the story here: Tumble Me.
“The Visit.” Coe Review. Volume 43, Number 2. 2013. Read the story here: The Visit.
The following stories are uncollected, but they will be someday.
“Anasazi.” Manifest West, the literary anthology of Western Colorado University Press. 2016. Read the entire issue on the Internet Archive: Anasazi.
"Don't Say Anything." Lunch Ticket. Winter/Spring 2017. Lunch Ticket is the literary magazine of Antioch University Los Angeles's MFA program. Read the story here: Don’t Say Anything.
"The Repair Job." Weber: the Contemporary West, the literary magazine of Weber State University. Fall 2015. The story earned the 2016 Dr. Neila C Seshachari Award for the best fiction published in the magazine during the prior year. Read the story on the Issuu app: Repair Job.
“Samuel and Aviela.” 45th Parallel, the literary magazine of Oregon State University’s MFA program. Number 1. 2016. Read the entire issue here: Samuel and Aviela. The story begins on page 24.
“Egg and Dart.” Timberline Review, the literary magazine of Willamette Writers. Number 3. Winter/Spring 2017. Read the entire issue on the Internet Archive (you will need an account). The story appears on page 38: Egg and Dart.
“The Stick Up.” Timberline Review, the literary magazine of Willamette Writers. Number 1. Summer/Fall 2015. Read the entire issue on the Internet Archive (you will need an account). The story appears on page 56: The Stick Up.