Writing

Fiction |

“Fingered”

“Katie’s pretty bossy for someone whose mom still braids her hair, and Lauren is trying to look cool, so we’re doing what Katie wants to do, which is … playing ‘Never Have I Ever’ …”

Fiction |

“What Things Will Do To Survive”

“None of the four other single male passengers complain that the journey was supposed to end in Fort Bragg eight miles up the road. I don’t want to be that guy because you know.”

Poetry |

“Ditch”

Fiction |

“I Have All Your Children” and “The Warmth and I”

“I should have never walked through your town, but I heard your church bells, the calls of your men. It had been lonely at the shore. I wanted touch. I did not want children.”

Poetry |

“Gunfire”

Fiction |

“The New Priest”

“We had also never heard of a priest having a husband. It is a very new thing for our Church. We are still getting used to it, frankly. We need some time. But we didn’t get any time, because the Search Committee and the Vestry went and foisted this fellow on us.”