Writing
To Eddy, Wondering Why
This micro will appear in The Chestnut Review Spring 2026 issue. It’s my first published nonfiction story, and is about being molested as a kid and some of the psychological aftermath. It isn’t graphic, but be warned, it’s a tough read.
Richard’s Christening, June 1957
Not sure if you’ve ever noticed, but strange, dark things lurk just below the surface of ‘our’ world, and who’s to say those things aren’t part of our most beloved rituals? What could possible be dark about a christening, though? Read this micro in The Ekphrastic Review and find out.
One Little Bone
An unpublished short story which is a Depression-era mystery of sorts, about a young man who dreams of being a chiropractor but is stuck on a farm with his inflexible father.
Schooling for Coach
Appearing mid-2026 in Bourbon Penn, this is a short, dark, humorous story about the unexpectedly high stakes of a junior varsity basketball team trying to learn a new play from their coach, who is also their biology teacher, who is also a little bit obsessed with the Selfish Herd Theory.
Al’s Final Wish
What happens when Aladdin grows up, settles into his life, and never uses that precious third wish? Maybe this, if he thought it was true love? Or, if your take is self-actualizing freedom after festering decades of Stockholm Syndrome, then maybe also this. Check it out at Flash Phantoms and interpret as you will.
The Village You Did Not Make
220 words inspired by the medieval Italian village of Casperia, where we attended a writing retreat. The week was magical – the village, our hosts, the other writers – everything. If there’s magic in the story, it’s decanted from all the glories that abounded there. Published at The Hoolet’s Nook.
Stone-mothers
I guess this one’s about benign repression, or some similarly horrid garbage-sauce controlling business in that general halo. Basically, there’s this dragon who’s under human control for seriously historical reasons unrelated to her, and now certain humans decide they want to control her offspring. Mildly salient, though I wrote the first draft of this ten […]
Black with Ash, Red with Grinding
Lodged in Molotov Cocktail’s Killer Flash 2024 mega-issue, this one’s about the dark stuff different groups of people do to the other. I was thinking about colonialism, oppression, evangelism, and appropriation, but the great thing about darkness is, that shit’s everywhere. You can’t cover it all in under a thousand words.