Latest Novel Manuscript
Pineywoods
His best friend’s increasingly racist and radicalized behavior force Austin, a high school football star with a secret that could cost him his life in the rural Pineywoods of East Texas in the 1980’s, to choose between safety and his soul.
Unpublished Short Stories
These are seeking a home.
Death Cap
Literary fiction.
The story of a woman’s blind date, another woman’s dying wish, and the fungi that will secretly have their say.
Artifact
A horror satire.
Currently in revision, this story centers an older woman trying to reinvent herself post-divorce, whose thoughts become controlled by an ancient handmade doll when it is acquired by her antique shop in small-town Texas.
Mother of Pearl
A fairy tale.
The story of a young girl’s struggle toward adulthood in the shadow of an overbearing mother.
I was honored that Edward Carey drew an illustration for my fairy tale, as he did for all his students in his fairy tale literature class, which was one of the best classes I’ve ever taken.
Published Short Stories
No Crime
Southern Gothic.
The story of a stolen necklace in the Antebellum South and the enslaved man who was forced to take the blame for it. It was published in the literary journal, Denali.
Flaming
Southern Gothic.
The story is an excerpt from the Bonfire chapter of a previous draft of Pineywoods. It was published in the anthology Out of Many, One: Celebrating Diversity.