Juked Literary Magazine, 2020
The gambler in all of us clings to the idea that either fate or the gods are smiling down on us, but, as this essay reveals, for most people, this is only an illusion.
Crack the Spine Literary Magazine, 2020
Fiction centering on a conversation between multiple generations of a family around the dinner table.
Adelaide Literary Award Anthology, 2019
After winning the Adelaide Literary Award for this essay, it was published in the 2019 Adelaide Literary Award Anthology.
Potato Soup Journal, August 2019
Fiction about my brothers and I growing up in the Southern California and our fascination with starting and putting out fires in the Sonoran Desert.
Riverfeet Press, August 2019
My story "Calamity Jane" can be found in the anthology by Riverfeet Press titled "Awake in the World, V.2," a collection of stories, essays, and poems about wildlife, adventure and the environment from over forty authors from the US and abroad. In the words of Sean Prentiss, author: "It takes us beyond location and into the heart of the land and sea, into the heart of the human experiencing the land through fishing, free diving, and bronco riding, but also through climate change, habitat loss, and overpopulation."
Catamaran Literary Reader, May 2019
Essay on meeting up with a shark and the drama that unfolded.
Adelaide Literary Magazine, June 2019
Essay about breastfeeding my firstborn about the time my father learned he was dying from cancer, and the link between these events.
Quail Bell, April 2016
Fiction about meeting another couple to see if there is a chance of a partner swap.
Cultured Vultures, November 2015
An essay about my sorrow that my father died before my sons were able to remember him.
The Citron Review, September 2015
Fiction about a woman my husband knew having established a spiritual connection, and I thought they were having an affair.
Seattle Business Magazine, April 2015
A nonfiction story written in a journalistic style about a website selling clothing, footwear, toys, and home products created by emerging designers, as well as some established ones for lower prices than found elsewhere. And doing well competing with Amazon, the behemoth online retailer also headquartered in Seattle.
Logophile Magazine
This is a fiction based on a true story about a teenager who draws graffiti on a building for which he is arrested and charged with a crime. And because he is 18 years old he is tried as an adult. It's the story of a rude awakening, a sheltered kid learns the hard way that the justice system in the U.S is ruthless and without mercy.