October 1, 2020

One of my very short flash pieces "An Apology, of Sorts, to My Brother at His Funeral" was longlisted for Reflex Fiction's Autumn Flash Fiction Contest. I won't know until November or December if I won a prize or not, but my story will be published either way. Check out the entire longlist here.

September 30, 2020

My flash piece "Glub" is up in the fall issue of Brilliant Flash Fiction today. This is honestly one of my favorite stories I've written. (Are writers allowed to have favorites? I feel like my other stories might get their feelings hurt!) Click here and scroll down to find my story.

August 19, 2020

I'm happy to share I have a new flash fiction up today at Necessary Fiction. It's an Easter story in August. I seem to be doing a lot of off-season holiday stories lately. Spoiler alert. . . I have a Thanksgiving story coming out at the end of the month! But for now, you can read Lamb Cake Salvation.

July 31, 2020

It's Christmast in July over here. Check out my holiday themed flash After the Fire Burns Out, which is featured at Spelk Fiction today.

July 20, 2020

I recently had the honor of being interviewed by the Office of Modern Composition on my my writing habits. Check out the interview here.

July 13, 2020

Chicago Literary Writers is a writing group that I had the extreme fortune of falling into when it was first starting 13 years ago. For the last decade or so, I've been coordinating meetings and managing applications for membership. CLW is one of the few things that has stayed really consistent in my life for more than a decade and it's helped show me the importance of having a community of writers to lean on and learn from. One of our members recently volunteered to create a snazzy new website for us, and I'm happy to report that our new website is now live and exceeding expectations. Check it out here!

June 20, 2020

I'm very pleased to share that I have a quirky surrealist piece of flash fiction in the latest issue of MoonPark Review. I especially love the custom artwork they created for my story! Get your Thanksgiving fix in June!

My chapbook of holiday themed flash fiction We're All Just Trying to Make It to January 2nd was longlisted for Thirty West's 4th Annual Chapbook Contest! I have to wait a few weeks to find out if I made the shortlist, but it's always nice to know that someone must've liked my work enough for it to escape the first cut. Congrats to all my fellow writers who also made the longlist!

February 27, 2020

I'm excited to share the news that one of my short stories Westbound on a Tank of Desperate Hope has been short listed for Askance Publishing's Short Story Competition. It was one of a dozen that made the cut. I don't enter many writing contests, but I've been pushing myself to take more chances and so I'm thrilled to have made it this far in the competition. Whether my story is selected as a winner or not, it's wonderful to know that the judges responded positively enough to shortlist it. You can view the shortlist here.

February 25, 2020

I am thrilled to announce that I have two flash fictions up over at Open: Journal of Arts and Letters.

Rotten Apple is a short piece that I wrote almost 10 years ago in an online flash fiction workshop. I recently found it buried in a folder of forgotten flash. It still had the notes from the workshop instructor attached to it. I was prepared to hate it because it was written so long ago, but it was like running into an old friend. I realized it was written at a time when I wasn't as confident about sending out my work. I made some revisions and sent it out into the world. OJAL has given it a lovely home.

Affair is much more recent, but I like that these two pieces found a home together. They suit each other.

February 19, 2020

Check out my short piece Rabbits in The Wire's Dream Magazine.

December 12, 2019

My short story Lost and Found is available for purchase in the Twofer Compendium, a twin themed anthology. It is a collection of 36 stories and the ebook is only $2.99.