Publications
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Home
A retired teacher fights back when a greedy developer and a corrupt politician plan to take her family home.
Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine (May/June 2026)
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Harmonica Blues
A solve-it-yourself mystery.
Woman’s World (March 23, 2026)
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Internal Breach
Winner of Prime Number Magazine’s 53-word story contest.
Prime Number Magazine Issue 281 (Jan. 1, 2026)
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Fresh-Baked Fraud
A solve-it-yourself mystery.
Woman’s World Issue 2538 (Sept. 22, 2025)
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Lemons and Lies
A professional baker’s life is upended when she becomes a suspect in the murder of her disagreeable next-door neighbor.
A Right Cozy Culinary Crime (Scott & Lawson 2025)
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Bygones
“If he weren’t standing in his brother Tim’s apartment, Justin wouldn’t have recognized the withered man slumped in the torn recliner…”
Punk Noir Magazine (Aug. 9, 2024)
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Morning in America
Nonfiction nominated for Best of the Net.
Underscore Magazine Issue 2 (Nov. 15, 2023)
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Good Choices
Flash fiction longlisted for the Wigleaf Top 50, nominated for Best of the Net and Best Small Fictions.
Cease, Cows (Oct. 13, 2022)
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Driving through the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia
Prose poetry.
Unbroken Journal Issue 35 (Oct. 5, 2022)
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Insult to Injury
“The diner is nearly empty, as Lucy hoped, and she watches Elena walk through the door.”
Shotgun Honey (June 27, 2022)
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Safe
50 Word Stories (Jan. 5, 2022)