Writing

I write a weekly column at Substack called “Mortal Beings” about how we all cope with our existential reality by trying to squeeze joy and meaning out of a life that will be forever gone in a blip. New work comes out every Friday. Join my community of readers there.

I'm honored to have my work appear at the following publications:

Creative Non-Fiction:

  • bioStories, “Imposter Family” A teenaged search for home & independence

  • The Loch Raven Review, “The Islanders” A vacation encounter with a mysterious couple

  • Five on the Fifth, “Cindian” A Native American friend leads a secular griever to tradition.

  • Drunk Monkeys, "Loosy" How a sad dog brought comfort to my grief

  • The Coachella Review, "Swimming Around the Edges" Remaining clothed among nudists

  • Eckleburg Review, "Dishes With Doran" Growing up with sisters

  • Sliver of Stone, "The Day Before" Living with the cloud of nuclear disaster

 

Short Fiction:

  • Forge Journal, "Number 401" A story of two rats who find friendship despite the disparities of living on opposite sides of the human world.

  • Visitant, “Painted Life” A young woman’s journals become so embellished that they affect her memory.


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  • Riverside Writers’ Anthology, “Eighteen Inches”, the story of being almost murdered by my own rifle.



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Books:

“Companion in Grief,” a daily reader with short secular messages to accompany a year of grieving.