Publications & Press
Nomination for 2026 Pushcart Prize
Pictura Journal
Nomination from Pictura Journal for “Over the Sea You Are Only a Small Thing,” published April 2025.
“After Grand Coulee”
Creative nonfiction prose depicting real events that occurred during the flooding of Lake Roosevelt north of the Grand Coulee dam in the early-mid 20th century.
Nomination for Best of the Net Anthology 2026
Nomination from Pictura Journal for “Over the Sea You Are Only a Small Thing,” published April 2025.
“After the Dust”
Pulp Literature (forthcoming)
Inspired from my grandfather’s handwritten memoir fragments, this story channels the dark reality of life during the Dust Bowl, from the loss of the family farm to the real struggle food of turtle (and the challenge of hunting them) into the blunt end of an era, as the story forces the reader and the narrator to watch as history literally burns. Expected publication date Spring 2026.
“That Which is Outside”
A chilling, dark story set in the lonely forests of Scandinavia. When Alene encounters a myling, vengeful spirit of an abandoned child, she takes on a seemingly impossible challenge to bring it (and her solumn past) to rest.
“Over the Sea You Are Only a Small Thing”
Leira gave up the dry, inland plateau of her childhood to follow a lover back to his own environment, the inland sea of the fjords that make up the Puget Sound. But Leira keeps finding sharp memories of her past that border on supernatural, making her choose where she belongs.
“Silent/Sounds”
A multi-sensory poem exploring the sonic quality of natural elements: ocean waves, matsutake mushrooms, snow falling.
Interview with Pictura Journal
April 2025
“I only know that I can’t wait for creativity to come knocking.”
“Dancing Bones” and “The Nature of Desire”
Two poems: one working through the personification of a wild plant commonly kept as houseplant; one sensuously aligning the natural world with desire and partnership.
“Still, Nearby”
Where have we left the others, those that are outside? This poem explores the landscape of the people we overlook in plain sight.
“Five Knocks”
A cold, isolated home that just barely protects a teenage girl and her mother, estranged from their previous lives, gives vantage to an eerie chimera.
“Sasquatch Comes to Fight Night”
When a surprise guest makes its way to a small-town fight night at a rural bar, expectations for the rules change.
“Places We’ve Been”
Toxic memories (and memorabilia) are played with like toys in this dark but hopeful poem.
“Bones and China,” “not asking / to walk on water” and “The Origami Engineer”
Reed College Creative Review
Two poems and a flash piece, exploring different themes: fragility; human vulnerability; and love.