Other Publications

Nonfiction

LUW Press, At First Glance: A Collection of Poetry and Prose — “Homemade Bread”
2017
A short nonfiction story and meditation on death about making my first loaf of homemade bread using a knife that I inherited from my deceased grandmother.

The Write Launch, Issue 19 — “The Bonsai Tree”
October 2018
In this short nonfiction story, I discuss my worsening mental state after picking the wrong career while making parallels to my dying office plant.

Adelaide Magazine, No. 33 — “I Do Not Recall the Name”
February 2020
This short essay describes my experience falling for an older man at a young age and the lasting trauma that the emotionally abusive relationship caused.

Bloodletters Literary Magazine — “Wanted”
January 2020
This short memoir essay explores the reliability of memory as it recounts the time I was sexually assaulted when I was 14-years-old.

Adelaide Literary Award Anthology 2020: Essays — “Blueberry Dogs”
February 2021
In this short nonfiction essay, I observe what has propelled me to write during three different stages of my life.

Shadowed Hourglass — “Eulogy for My Living Brother”
August 2021
This short nonfiction story is a eulogy for my brother, who is still alive, after discovering his addiction to heroin.

Litro Magazine — “Longing”
August 2021
This flash nonfiction essay explores the complicated emotions of a woman trying to conceive.

Love is Complicated — “Relax”
May 2024
This flash nonfiction essay discusses the nature of love, dating after divorce.

Fiction

Sad Girls Club Literary Magazine — “Bloodstained Sheets”
June 2021
This fictional short story explores the subtle nature of abusive relationships and controlling partners.

The Golden Girl
July 2021
Confused romantic Rosalind Thorne finds herself stuck in 1921 and begins a secret affair with Zelda Fitzgerald under the nose of F. Scott Fitzgerald. But Rosalind loves another woman in her time. Can she find a way back?

Brush Strokes
February 2022
Newly divorced Emily wants to succeed as an artist and maintain her independence, but her dreams are challenged by the presence of her handsome Scottish landscaper and her mother's ailing health. Can she learn to balance love and painting?

The Christmas Script
November 2022
Holly Frost is the head writer for a hit soap opera set in a small western town, but after receiving criticism from the studio execs about her script for the holiday special, she travels to the town of St. Nicholas, Idaho, situated right outside of Yellowstone National Park. This town loves Christmas. Holly, not so much. However, she is hoping the town will give her the inspiration she needs to make her script rewrite a success - otherwise she may lose her job to her obsessive ex-boyfriend and fellow writer, Cole. Will her annoying, but brawny, neighbor Kristopher impede her progress or help her salvage her career?

Searching for Your Song
March 2024
An autistic woman at risk of losing what she loves most. A drug-addicted rockstar determined to change. The second chances they give, and the people standing in their way.

Poetry

Sad Girls Club Literary Magazine — “Snowflake”
May 2023
A poem about healthy love, beyond the reach of codependence.

The Quarter(ly) — “Help yourself”
September 2023, Vol. 7: Weirder Still
A poem about how human societies have been corrupted by modernity and capitalism.

The Quarter(ly) — “It’s lonely in the metaverse”
September 2023, Vol. 7: Weirder Still
A poem about billionaire tech bros vying for acceptance from others.