Writing
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A new short story compilation, A City of Changing Tides, is on its way.
Never Use Alone
A short story
A man calls a hotline the night before checking into rehab and finds himself telling a stranger everything, about his brother, an old friend, and the fear that's followed him for fifteen years.
Carnival Fences
A short story
Two close friends leave a carnival and drive home through a quiet suburban night until they come upon something neither of them expects.
The Righteous Old Sycamore
A short story
A grieving man's rage spirals into something otherworldly over the course of one long, fire-lit night on an old family farm.
On Unconditional Love
An essay
A case against the idea that love asks for nothing in return, and why its conditions are what let it grow rather than what hold it back.