My Fiction

"Sincerely, Sarah"

“Sincerely, Sarah” won first place in the Humor category of TulipTree’s “Stories That Need to Be Told” contest.

The story is about a woman who catches her husband looking up Romanian baby names.

It was published in TulipTree’s 2025 anthology, available for purchase from Amazon.

"A Yellow Speck"

“A Yellow Speck” placed in the top ten of MoonLit Getaway’s 2025 Short Fiction contest.

The story is about a boy who finds a girl lying beside a corpse in a rice field.

Read it for free (about a ten-minute read.)

Read my interview about writing it.

See its shout-out in the crime-fiction column “Thursday Treats.”

"A Narrative Concerning the Allocation of Assets"

“A Narrative Concerning the Allocation of Assets” was published in the online magazine Betascape.

The story is about a socially awkward lawyer who faces his brother in a literal game of chicken for control of his father’s cocaine cartel.

Read it for free (about a twenty-minute read.)

"Demo Day's Hairy Situation"

“Demo Day’s Hairy Situation” is forthcoming in the anthology series Crimeucopia.

It will be published in January 2027.

"Dimwit"

“Dimwit” placed in the top six of Kinsman Quarterly‘s Voices of Mixed Heritage contest.

It will be published in their anthology Living Between Worlds: Multicultural Life, Love, and Pain, in March 2027.

"The Romanian Baby"

“The Romanian Baby” is forthcoming in the online magazine Story Unlikely.

It will be published in 2027.

Forthcoming

I’m actively writing and submitting short stories.

I’ll share publication news here.

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