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Nominated

I am excited to report that my short fiction, “Women’s Work” as featured in their ongoing celebration of Women’s Arts and Writing, was nominated by Al-Khemia Poetica for inclusion in The Pushcart Prize XLVII: Best of the Small Presses 2023 Edition.

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What would happen If the mother who lost a child In a school mass murder Were to come for revenge On the executives Of the gun manufacturers? What would happen If the father who lost a child Were to come For the politicians Who care more about their power And their backers And the next […]

Upcoming Anthology Cover

Thank you to Marie C. Lecrevain and Sybaritic Press for accepting my short story submission, “ICARUS BURNS and the Hubris of Man” for the upcoming anthology, From Ashes to Stardust: A David Bowie Tribute Anthology. Your support and encouragement of my work will never be forgotten. Thank you to David Bowie for being and inspiring. […]

When I watched the compiled video of the murder in Minneapolis, I was shocked. I was angry. How can this still be happening?! What strange hell is this? The video went on. And on. They told him to get up while they knelt on his neck. Despite his fears, he agreed, but they did not […]

I am in a neighborhood book club.  It causes me to read all sorts of things I would not have, such as A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman, which I adored, though I had to restart it several times, not liking the title character at first.  But, more importantly, I believe, is that I […]

Death has always made me cry, Whether it be because of the tragic loss experienced by others, Or the friend or family shaped hole in my life, Or its fictional representation in art, Or even its lack when beloveds are reunited, Death has always made me cry. I met you once, Dark Spectre, You allowed […]

My short story, “Good Works After Bad,” which did not place in last year’s Writer’s Digest Short Story Competition, finds new life in the April 2017 issue of poetic diversity, the online poetry zine of Los Angeles. http://poeticdiversity.org/main/index2.php?date=2017-04-01 Find me in the prose section. Thank you to to the editor for including me!

I had a beautiful baby boy!  He is the joy of my life and the bane of my schedule. In February, I failed to win the Writer’s Digest flash fiction competition with my piece entitled “Works”.   I have since submitted to the online litzine poeticdiversity where my poem “Weather Madness” previously appeared. During Women’s History […]

Couldn’t sleep. Decided to participate in a Twitter writing contest. You could have up to three entries based on one of ten story ideas. Each must be tagged to gain their attention.  My three: 1. Tell the story of a scar, whether a physical scar or emotional one. It was a crevasse more than a […]