Thank you to Sky Island Journal for publishing my story The Eight in Issue 32! I was incredibly grateful to receive wonderful feedback along with the email that every writer waits for day after day […]
Category: Writing
gift from the ocean
We arrived in San Juan, Puerto Rico on a Wednesday afternoon. Immediately after checking in, the air in our hotel room was saturated with a fine mist of SPF 50. Suitcases were ransacked, searching for […]
and to the vineyard i will return
In 2016, we spent our 10-year wedding anniversary on the island of Martha’s Vineyard. The minute I arrived, I was completely absorbed in its charm. The rhythmic crashing of the waves that could be heard […]
not a sprint
“Write what you know.” This is a golden rule for some writers; others, simply a cliche. So when I was challenged to write a 100-word story, no more, no less, that’s just what I did. […]
thank you for the words and music.
My tribute to Lin Brehmer, my best friend in the whole world. High school was the worst. Growing up on the southside of Chicago, it made sense for my parents to choose an all-girls school. […]
stay boy. stay.
I found in December that the fantastic editors of Wild Greens Magazine chose my short story “Stay Boy. Stay.” as part of their Turmoil issue which would be published in January 2023. Over the past […]
Clark street bridge
Hope wakes me up. Hope is what props me up in bed. Hope is what leads me to meet my mother in the kitchen for coffee, met only by the dim illumination above the stove. […]
Runs Through Life 