PUBLICATIONS

“This wasn’t the past or nostalgia, fantasy or stage set. This was as real as our hunger. This was the calendar reborn. This was now and forever.”

              — from “The Fortune
           of Cities” Conjunctions
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2014
PRAIRIE GOLD: Ice Cube Press Anthology
“Lost & Found” (memoir excerpt)

“Outside the car window, row after row of cropland was whizzing
by, strobe-like and hypnotic, lush. ”
                                               --  from “Lost and Found” Prairie Gold
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2014
EVERYWHERE STORIES: Press 53 Anthology
“The Ring” (short story)

“At the center of our circle glow the saints of Miklos’ hands, the grip of his eyes now telling me to give him my leg and become the bird for the people. We are spinning.
   He thinks the circus life is a rich man’s life.  He doesn’t notice each town puts us near the train station, too.”
                                                                 --  from “The Ring” Everywhere Stories
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2014
THE MUSEUM OF AMERICANA
“Houdini's Heirs” (novel excerpt)

“ …and for the humble price of but two bits you can see it all with your own two eyes. That’s just one bit per eye, mind you.”
                                          --  from "Houdini's Heirs” The Museum of Americana
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2014
BURLESQUE PRESS 
“Breaking Beignets”  (personal essay)

“. . . but then you all know what I’m talking about. We’ve all got something we crave. Something we can’t have. We’ve all sat at that table, right?”
_                                                                                              —  from "Breaking Beignets" Burlesque Press
Pictureimage based on photo by Marion Ettlinger
2012     
CARVE MAGAZINE (Anthology)
“The Last Hours of Pompeii” (short story) 
•  1st Place – •  2008 Raymond Carver Short Story Award
•  2008 Raymond Carver Short Story Award•  Notable Story – 2008 Million Writers Award
•  Pushcart Prize Nominee

“And then the ground becomes sky. Just like that, in a blink . . . ” 
                                         --  from “The Last Hours of Pompeii” Carve Magazine
Pictureimage credit: Joseba Elorza
2012     
LITERAL LATTÉ
“Sinking the Eight” (short story)
•  First Prize, 2012 Literal Latte Fiction Award.
•  Pushcart Prize Nominee

“Sometimes I'd set it up, put the black of the ball and black of the hole in line and close my eyes. Just push off blindly with my hands, waiting on the sound.” 
                                             --  from "Sinking the Eight" Literal Latte