Projects

The author balances on a rock with arms and leg outstretched like a tree.

How to Become a Tree

Middle grade contemporary novel, in progress

When Arlo learns the beloved ash tree in his back yard is diseased and dying, he’s consumed by thoughts of his own death and channels his worries into his third-grade science project, determined to answer the question: What happens when we die?

Honeypaw Hollow

Middle grade fantasy adventure, in progress

When a misfit young bear escapes her magical forest community, she finds a world on the brink of environmental collapse. Faced with the hard truth that animals’ overuse of magic caused this destruction, she and a stowaway mouse must convince everyone to give up their magic to heal the earth.

The author sits outside at a table with laptop, notebook, pen, and phone.

Short Stories

HOW WOTI WOUND UP WITH A MINIVAN, JUST IN CASE, Placed First in Group, 2023 NYC Midnight 250-word Microfiction Challenge

We Don't Talk About Starla

Found in the Desk in the Cabin in the Woods

Everything I Just Told You About Dying (poem)

The Cure, Honorable Mention in Elegant Literature Issue 31, June 2024, Phoenix Rising

LIVING THE DREAM (Short Screenplay), Placed Third in Group, 2023 NYC Midnight Screenplay Competition

Some Kind of Fairy Tale

Lies We Tell The Dead

A VALIANT EFFORT (Short Screenplay)

Be Happy, Dead Man

Game Seven of the 2054 NBA Finals

Waiting for Godfrey, Honorable Mention in Elegant Literature Issue 34, September 2024, Mundane Magic

The Clairvoyant Cater-Waiter, Placed Fourth in Group, 2024 NYC Midnight Flash Fiction Challenge

Object #23,411,986: The Coin, Writing Battle Honorable Mention, September 2024

The Elevator on Water Street, Elegant Literature Issue 41, April 2025

The Smart Fridge vs. The Zombies, Placed First in Group, 2024 NYC Midnight 250-word Microfiction Challenge

Mom's Glasses

The Choice (Voulez Vous)

Small Graces

THE MOTHERS (Short Screenplay)

The Green Menace