Publications

  • The result of a prompt from Denver Writer's Lighthouse, "Another Mother's Child" never found success until I cut it from 500 words to 100. It's available in The Dribble Drabble Review Issue VIII 2023.
  • A ghost story involving the history of the Denver Zoo, "Signs of Damage" appears in Issue 13 of Orca. 
  • "Shelter Break," inspired by a pile of dead cows, appears in Issue 54: The Everyday of Ruminate and was nominated for a Pushcart Prize.
  • "Giants" began as a memoir and quickly became speculative hybrid instead. It was published by Litro Online as a #storysunday, Editor's Pick on October 20, 2019.
  • Inspired by the history of a dam near my childhood home, "Daughter Of, 1949-1958" was published by Lost Balloon on September 18, 2019. 
  • "White in the Lights of His Plow" is an homage of sorts to my father-in-law. It was published by jmww on March 25, 2019 and  nominated for 2020 Best Small Fictions.
  • "An Apology" is my #metoo and appears in Issue 37: Domino of Literary Orphans.
  • The first 100-word story I wrote, "Avalanche" was published by The Drabble on May 18, 2018. 
  • "The Boy with the Glass Eye" draws both its setting and the glass eye from childhood memories. It appears in Issue 12 of New Flash Fiction Review.
  •  "Where Life Begins" follows a reverse plot line and appears in Jellyfish Review's Kill People special issue. 
  • "White Buffalo Woman" was inspired by a white buffalo I saw penned outside a casino as well as my family's Native roots. It appears in Issue 52 of Smokelong Quarterly. 
  • "The Story of How I Broke" is a drastically altered re-telling of "Mother's Prayer" (see below) and the only story I've written from the POV of an inanimate object. It appears in Issue 7 of Wyvern Lit.
  • "Where the Eighth Should Be" involves an injured spider and a mother with a shotgun. It was originally published in Issue 14 of Hermeneutic Chaos. It was reprinted by Malarkey Books in June 2019.
  • "The Waiting" is the first ghost story I wrote. It was published as part of the 2015 FlashFlood. 
  • "Modern Day Pharisee" was written for an undergraduate creative writing workshop and is perhaps the most memoir-ish of all my work. It was published in Issue 11 of Alligator Juniper.
  • "Mother's Prayer" is the first story I wrote as an undergraduate creative writing major enrolled at Kansas State University. It appears in a double issue of Windhover, volumes 9 and 10. 

Honors, Lists, & awards

  • Ruminate nominated "Signs of Damage" for Pushcart Prize 2020.
  • jmww nominated "White in the Lights of His Plow" for Best Small Fictions 2020.
  • "Signs of Damage" was shortlisted for the Master's Review Anthology Prize Volume VII, judged by Rebecca Makkai.
  • "This Is Not Who We Are" was longlisted in Reflex Fiction's inaugural competition and is included in the print anthology Barely Casting a Shadow.
  • "White in the Lights of His Plow" was given an Honorable Mention in Glimmer Train's July/Aug 2016 Very Short Fiction Award. 
  • "Tarantella" was shortlisted for the June 2016 Bath Flash Fiction Award, judged by Michelle Elvy. It is available in the print anthology To Carry Her Home.
  • "Where the Eighth Should Be" was nominated for Best of the Net 2016.​