Fiction Publications
In Event of Moon Disaster, in Necessary Fiction
“Are the other mothers working harder than she is, so very much harder?”
My flash piece about motherhood and the moon and a little bit about Richard Nixion.
Repeater, finalist in the Texas Observer Short Story Contest
“The dark shape at the bottom of the pool is not a child.”
I’ve been reading the Texas Observer for decades, and was thrilled to be recognized for this story. I was likewise honored to be asked to read it at the Texas Book Festival Lit Crawl, one of my favorite bookish annual events.
Two Cowboys, in the Tin House Open Bar
“The calliope crashed to the ground. The cowboys gaped.”
I adore Tin House, and appreciate their appreciation of one of my weirder works.
Glass Houses Make Good Neighbors, in New Dead Families
“Everyone was trying hard to make it a good town.”
My first published piece of fiction, written before I had ever heard of Shirley Jackson. Go figure.