creative writing

“Tears of a Clowfish.” Autumn Sky Poetry Daily (February 17, 2022).

“Hef Misses Barbi Benton.” Anti-Heroin Chic (October 5, 2017).

“Hef Listens to Dylan’s Blood on the Tracks on his new iPhone and Dies.” Poetry24 (October 2, 2017).

“Sarah on Aging.” Parody, 6.1, (2017).

“Sherwood Park: Lima, Ohio.” Parks and Points (April 13, 2017)

“night skies.” Pudding Magazine: The Journal of Applied Poetry, 64, (2016).

“Disney princesses.” Cake: A Journal of Poetry and Art, 9, (2015).

“with water.” Cake: A Journal of Poetry and Art, 9, (2015).

“August with Christie and David.” Puff Puff Prose, Poetry and a Play, 3, (2015).

“Pipes.” Puff Puff Prose, Poetry and a Play, 3, (2015).

“Bedroom Door” (reprinted). Perspectives (March 2015).

“Disoriented.” Festival Writer, 2.13, (Special Issue: Unpublishable, 2014).

“Father Daughter Secret with Audrey.” Festival Writer, 2.13, (Special Issue: Unpublishable, 2014).

“Thoughts in a Car After Leaving a Doctor’s Office.” Puff Puff Prose, Poetry and a Play, 2, (2014).

 “777 Miles from Sandy Hook Elementary School: December 14, 2012.” The New Verse News (December 20, 2012).

“Bedroom Door.” New Mirage Journal (December 10, 2012).

“Bridget’s Blanket.” New Mirage Journal (December 10, 2012).

“Smallwood’s Barbershop.” New Mirage Journal (December 10, 2012).

“The Novice Angler.” Ginger Piglet, 3, (Fall 2012).

“Easter at Nine.” Ginger Piglet, online edition (July 6, 2012).

“From the Desk of a CIA Imagery Analyst.” The Oklahoma Review, 13.1 (2012).

“An Older Man & a Younger Man Discuss the Art of Poetry through the Zoo Hedge.” The Whistling Fire (September 23, 2010).

“Witches.” The Whistling Fire (September 23, 2010).

“Unconditional Patience.” Forklift, Ohio, 19, (2008).

“Collected at Kahoots Gentlemen’s Club, Columbus, Ohio.” Milk Money, 2, (2008).

“To explain my crusade.” Milk Money, 2, (2008).

“1976.” MO: Writings from the River, 3.1, (2008).

“For My Student.” MO: Writings from the River, 3.1, (2008).

“Six Rules for Strip Clubs.” The League of Laboring Poets: Defiance, 2.2, (2008).

“The Trash Collectors.” Trellis Magazine, 3, (2007/2008).

“Cummins’s Eleven.” Poemeleon: A Journal of Poetry, 2.2, (2007).

“Acorn on a Windowsill.” Milk Money, 1, (2007).

“Bryant the Butler is the Superhero on his Framed Comic Book Cover.” Milk Money, 1, (2007).

“Christie Hefner Vacations at the Mansion.” Milk Money, 1, (2007).

“Kendra Wilkinson Finds the Acorn.” Milk Money, 1, (2007).

“Knife with a Five Inch Blade.” Milk Money, 1, (2007).

“Small Box of Letters.” Milk Money, 1, (2007).