I ignored him until he throttled down. That was not normal. It was a pleasant night, but an hour after curfew. City lights from Saigon to the east turned the dark a velvety purple, and the sweet smell ... [+]
Published works
Short Fiction
Poetry
Contemporary
1 min
Mid-American Back Roads
Flocks in flight, Murmurations Of rippling ribbons Against rain-full skies Above the stubble fields ... [+]
Short Fiction
Slice of Life
1 min
Paper and Ink
She didn't think herself a racist. She'd had black school friends, worked with black women at the restaurant, and watched Oprah daily.But when her seven-year-old, white daughter brought home a ... [+]
Finalist - Jury
America: color it in.
Summer 2020
- Short Fiction
Poetry
Indiana at 3 a.m.
In the morning night When streetlight shadows Scramble rat-ways Under parked cars And rain, down ... [+]
Finalist - Jury
America: color it in.
Summer 2020
- Poetry
Poetry
Contemporary
1 min
North Carolina Road Trip
They serve Pit-cooked pork Says the sign Beneath the mossy oaks Of Alligator Swamp, Where vines ... [+]
Poetry
While Transporting Motorcycles in Vietnam
I wedge myself between the Hondas,Giving up my place to him,Moving slowly and with help.Pant legs ... [+]
Poetry
Historical
1 min
Saigon '68
I have seen you, shell-shocked city,Shimmer in the parachute flaresThe day's dust and exhaust ... [+]
Short Fiction
Portrait
2 min
While We Breathe
One March afternoon in 1969 I was on the deck of a Chinese junk listening to the water clop against the wooden hull and enjoying a breeze that blew toward the South China Sea. The junk bobbed ... [+]
Finalist - Jury
Set Stories Free
2018