For some years now, in personal writing time I’ve immersed myself in a novel manuscript, deep in progress as of this writing, and written no short stories, poems, essays or reviews. The pieces linked to here epitomize ways that I wrote in preceding years, what I felt compelled to write of, what occurred to me and I decided was worth pursuing.
“All the Summers Ahead,” published in Five Chapters, was a finalist for New Letters‘ Alexander Patterson Cappon Prize for Fiction and is featured on Longform. As of October 2019, Five Chapters was compromised, its pages redirected to a purported tech support site, and as of January 2025 its address doesn’t resolve. The version republished here is slightly revised.
“Barnegat Bay” was edited by Matthew Salesses, who, after reading his Craft in the Real World, I think appreciated things that I didn’t know I was doing.
“Guns in the Family” came all in one searing go after the Sandy Hook shooting and was selected for publication by Roxanne Gay, then editor of The Rumpus.
Short Stories
All the Summers Ahead | Five Chapters
Barnegat Bay | The Good Men Project
Bridal Discount | The Rupture
Inheritance | Wigleaf
Craft & Criticism
Forgotten Country by Catherine Chung | The Common
Guns in the Family | The Rumpus
Her Tale Shaped by Telling: An Interview with Sarah Malone | The Rupture
Poetry
Sugaring | Sundog Lit
To Catch a Thief | Jellyfish Magazine