“It’s always exciting to see a writer come into their own voice; so many write for years–literally–and never truly achieve that. You ARE, and I am so pleased for you. (And the literary community who will read you, of course!)”
– Jan Parker, Fiction Editor, Main Street Rag
Fiction
“Taste of Robins” – Winner of Winter Hauntings Jan 2025, available here
“Ten-Penny” moonShine Review Literary Magazine Spring/Summer 2024
“Beauty Queen” Main Street Rag Literary Magazine Summer 2024
“Parlor Talk” Main Street Rag Literary Magazine Winter 2024
“Heaven or Hell” EPIC Carteret Winter Hauntings Story Contest Finalist – Published at Event 1/11/23 & listen HERE at 40min
“Firebird” moonShine review literary magazine Fall/Winter 2023
“For the Foals” moonShine review literary magazine June 2023
“The Legos in the Cupboard” Carteret Writers Dec 2022
Creative Nonfiction
“Rebel Heart” Chicken Soup for the Soul: What I Learned from My Dog March 2025
“Pet Pack” Next Chapter Literary Magazine Fall 2024
“Are You a Good Writer?” AuthorsPublish newsletter Nov 2024
“Hurricane Tattoos” – Carolina Woman 2024 Writing Contest Staff Favorite
“Why You Should Name That Kid Before Birth” – Pregnant Chicken March 2024
“Natural Carteret” monthly blog series – EPIC Carteret
“Literary Chocolates,” “Pantsing,” “Favorite Banned Books,” “Skydiving for Authors,” and others – Carteret Writers blog
“A Spicy Palette” Sasee Magazine June 2023
“Learning to Swim” Motherwell Magazine Online May 2023
“A Love Letter to Oysters” Carolina Woman 2023 Writing Contest Second Prize Winner May 2023
“Pieces of Home” Sasee Magazine April 2023
Poetry
“At the Rock Jetty” Last Stanza Poetry Journal Issue #20
“Child of Divorce” Broad River Review 2024 (Vol 56)
“Entropy” VCU Medical Literary Messenger Fall 2024
“How Does a Cicada Shed its Skin?” Last Stanza Poetry Journal Issue #18 October 2024
“Canopy Disengagement” – Kakalak Anthology 2024
“Alice in COVIDland” Next Chapter Literary Magazine Summer 2024
“Language” NC Poetry Society Poetry in Plain Sight Feb 2024
“The Cat in the Fog” and “It’s Nothing” Main Street Rag Literary Magazine Winter 2023
“Tall women in high heels” Next Chapter Literary Magazine January 2024
“Nanny’s House” Next Chapter Literary Magazine July 2023
“Toad” Last Stanza Poetry Journal July 2023
“Saltation” and others – The Shoreline newspaper ongoing
“The thing you are most afraid to write. Write that.” –Nayyirah Waheed
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