Listening for the Boys
Forthcoming in Memoir Magazine, Runner-Up Finalist #MeToo Essay Contest, Summer 2019
Originally published in Tahoma Literary Review, Fall 2017
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The look of horror frozen on his face, I will never forget. I knew I'd made a mistake.
The One I Hold On To
Hypertext Magazine, Fall 2018
It has been many years since I played son to my father. Most of my life since the word Daddy left my lips.
For Quieter Plans
Wanderlust Journal, Fall 2017
Outside the city, life wore a different face, kept a different rhythm: slower, less pinched, with room enough to breathe, air enough to think....
The Occasional Guest
snapdragon: a journal of art & healing, Fall 2017
I awoke in the wee hours one night to find something hovering in the dark just passed the foot of my bed, staring back at me.
Woke
Stonecoast Review, Winter 2016
It began with the shooting in South Carolina. The following morning at my desk, I glimpsed the CNN headline emblazoned across my computer screen in big, black, bold letters...
