Two for Flinching

Published in Red Fez (Fall 2020)

A woman who has worked for years to overturn her brother’s murder conviction has a revealing exchange with him during one of their visits.

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Graduation Speech

Published in The MacGuffin (Vol. XXXI, No. 3)

A high school commencement address is complicated by the appearance of the speaker’s brother.

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Red Wings

Published in Euphemism (Spring 2020)

A boy is bullied and isolated at his new school. When his mother’s boyfriend gives him a pair of work boots, this unwanted present initiates a series of events that changes his life.

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Grown Ass Man

 
 
 
 

Published in Floyd County Moonshine (Winter, 2022)

Having just graduated college, Caleb lacks direction. On a whim, he drives to the Smoky Mountains to visit a hermit made famous by a recent documentary. What he finds on the mountain is not what he’s expecting.

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Published in Blacktop Passages (Issue 2)

Drive Like a Champion

Dan Stewart, former college football star, has a failing car dealership and a daughter that won’t talk to him. He embarks on an impromptu trip to Manhattan to make things right.

Part I / Part II / Part III (50 minute read)

Tobacco Field

Published in Swill (Issue 8)

After graduating college, Dennis moves back to his small hometown to take a teaching job. The transition proves harder than he imagined.

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Mister Eudy

Published in Muscle & Blood (Issue 3)

A 107-year-old man in a nursing home reveals the surprising secret to his longevity.

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King George

 
 
 

Hurricane Ophelia

Published in Rockhurst Review (Issue 28)

An orphaned boy in a war-torn city finds comfort by spying on a group of men.

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Published in Commuter Lit

As eastern North Carolina prepares for a hurricane, a local sheriff drives out the home of an old man who doesn’t want to evacuate.

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