FICTION
A DRIVE FOR LIFE In this short story, we meet Ruth, a quirky middle-aged physician researcher trying to find herself outside of her profession. Ruth is getting real with life by learning to drive--at age 40. A story with a touch of absurdity, a dose of humanity and a lesson in finding courage outside one's limits.
PUBLISHED Fiction on the Web, November 2024
SERENITY Sherwood and Annette are married thirty years and decide to downsize--to TWO tiny houses with a joined deck. This story reveals what a new independence brings to them as individuals, to them as a couple, and to their life dreams.
PUBLISHED Voices, May 2025
BEAR TRAP Inner demons follow our narrator in preparation for a pivotal corporate presentation.
Out for publication
GROW, GROW Adina takes a cut in salary and job status to live the kind of life she loves. What this brings out in her raises questions about the importance of image, knowing oneself, and forgiveness.
Out for publication
I WANT OUR TOMORROW A micro Flash piece that is a voice for ordinary people whose countries or states are under siege.
Forthcoming December 2026 in the Chiron Review
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NONFICTION
COLD CALL-- A phone call changes a life in an instant in this Flash essay.
PUBLISHED Does It Have Pockets, January 2025
FULL CIRCLE Childhood beliefs are firmly entrenched and shape how we see ourselves. A "Flash" essay.
PUBLISHED The Bluebird Word, April 2024
MOTHER LION, BABY FAWN tells us about patterns created in teenage years, how they shape identity, and raise questions about redemption.
PUBLISHED COMP: an interdisciplinary journal, July 2025
SHE COULD HAVE MILLIONS A woman walks into a fancy furniture store, stirring up assumptions that close our minds to possibilities. A "Flash" essay.
PUBLISHED Litbreak Magazine, July 2025
SEDUCTION The relationship your parents had to cars brings out complex family dynamics in this Flash essay.
Published Summerset Review, March 2026
THE LONG OVERREACH After her husband has died, a woman's generosity and spirit of bring unexpected consequences and teach us about expectations.
Published Summerset Review, March 2026
THREE TIMES THREE EQUALS NINE The story of modern romance in the courtship of this author and her to-be husband.
Out for publication
