FICTION STORIES.
“Kyooghatsee” – Leavings Lit, June 2023
A young Armenian teen rebels against her father and despicable stepmother, upending the sacredness of Christmas with an ultimate act of defiance.
“The Piano” – Lighthouse Weekly, February 2022
Winner of The Lighthouse Weekly Prize for Short Stories
A destructive relationship between a mother and daughter escalates after the death of her stepfather.
“The Letting Go” – HyeBred Magazine, October 2021 (page 28)
Three sisters come together for a birthday celebration, testing buried tension from their past.
“Where the Wind Howls” – The MacGuffin, Spring 2017
In the midst of a troubled relationship with her live-in boyfriend, a young woman grieves the loss of her father while living in his childhood home.
“Afterlife” – Per Contra, Fall 2014
After the death of her father, a young woman is forced to deal with her two estranged sisters and her mother’s contention.
“A Different Street” – Exterminating Angel, April 2013
A coming-of-age story about a young girl who spends a summer with her favorite aunt in Rhode Island.
“Wind and Glass Behind Us” – Bleeding Heart Publications (Transfusion Issue), October 2013
A married couple goes away for the weekend in hopes of reviving their failing marriage.
“The Festering” – Sucker Lit, February 2012
Betrayed by her best friend, an angst-ridden teen who writes secret letters to those she hates and loves, contends with her enemy at a party.
“A Passing Season” – Niche Magazine, September 2012
A young girl suffers the sudden death of her brother and realizes the circumstances of his death.
“The Weight of Emptiness” – Halfway Up the Stairs, December 2011
Married with children, a young man contacts a woman he met at a party ten years ago and waits for her at a bar, where he reminisces about their evening together.
“The Darkness of North” – Waccamaw Journal, Spring 2011
A teen boy goes on a trip with his estranged father and experiences the complexities of paternal love.
“To Be Home Again” – Assisi Journal, March 2011
Young Emily witnesses her mother’s nervous breakdown and turns to her piano teacher, Ruth, to make sense of her mother’s disappearance.
“Almost There” – Halfway Up the Stairs, March 2010
A young woman reconnects with a man she met at a party ten years ago, and sets out on a long drive to meet him.
“Red Riding Hood” – Memewar, December 2010
A modern retelling of Little Red Riding Hood, this is a bedtime story for both boys and girls.