Split Lip Magazine has started a nifty blog series called "Why We Chose it?" This month, I had the opportunity to write about why we published "The Exhibit" by Samantha Kimmey, a dark and powerful flash fiction that grabbed me from the very first read. It was an honor to publish … [Read more...]
Monstrous, Chaotic Things
My latest micro-fiction is featured over at CHEAP POP today. "Monstrous, Chaotic Things" was inspired by my dear friend Paige, who died two years ago of ovarian cancer, leaving five small children behind with their dad. Although Paige did not give her family an ornithology guide, … [Read more...]
La Rabida Heart Sanitarium, 1954
I am so grateful to Sonora Review for publishing my story, "La Rabida Heart Sanitarium, 1954." The piece is based on my mother's experience with rheumatic fever, which she contracted in the first grade. She spent most of the school year hospitalized. The hearts of children with … [Read more...]
Wheels and Bushings
Gulf Coast has published my flash fiction, "Wheels and Bushings," and I could not be more thankful. It is a story that has been brewing in my mind for years. Whenever I visited my grandparents' apartment as a child, I slept on the couch in their living room, right under a very … [Read more...]
