I have an MFA in fiction from George Mason University and studied under Ernest Gaines and Richard Bausch. My publications include of short stories, poems, and non-fiction articles.
Below are my current projects looking for homes.
The Untwinned, 98,000 words. Carusse is a rare single-born in a world where only twins have rights, but she refuses to live in the shadows any longer. Speculative fiction. Based on my short story “Carusse and Emmel” published in Peridot Online (now known as Allegory).
Ravine, 84,000 words. A middle-aged theater professor whose husband and lover die in the same tragic accident attempts to numb her grief through a series of sexual encounters. Women’s fiction.
A Reckoning of Hands, 82,000 words. A reluctant psychic is trying to quit the business when the son of a former client walks back into her life and demands she put right the trauma she caused his family. Speculative fiction.
In development
The Jesus Project. Based on my short story “Second Coming” published in NFG in 2005, this story is set in a future world which has cloned Jesus for political purposes, and is told from the unwitting surrogate mother’s point of view. Speculative fiction.