PUBLICATIONS
​Beginning about the age of 16, I've submitted my creative works for publication. I've had the privilege of being published in a number of print and electronic literary journals. I continue to create and submit new works.
* Lit Mag News, "How to Get Out of Your Own Way on the Road to Publication," column, April 4, 2024, online publication.
* ellipsis ... literature and art, "Dead Brown Boys," short story, Volume 59 Spring 2023, online and print magazine.
* Blue Unicorn, "Regret (with apologies to Edna St. Vincent Millay)" poem, Volume XLVI Number 2 Spring 2023, print magazine.
* Authors Publish, "5 Benefits of Joining a Writers' Group and 6 Considerations When Selecting One," non-fiction, Dec. 23, 2021, e-zine.
* fresh.ink, "A Scent Like Daphne," short story, June 3, 2020, e-zine.
* New Reader Magazine, "Love and Betrayal in the First Person Past Perfect Tense," short story, Sept. 2019, Vol. 2, Issue 7,"Herald," e-zine.
* The New Southern Fugitives, "Signing in the Waiting Room of a Women's Diagnostic Imaging Center," poem, July 25, 2018, Issue 37, e-zine.
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* The Heartland Review Press, A Fable of Freedom and Other Stories, short story collection, March 8, 2018, print book.
* The Maine Review, "Madam Margaret Reveals All," short story, Spring 2017, Vol. 3, No. 2, print magazine.
* Wisdom Crieth Without, "News of a Dying Friend," poem, Issue #5, September 2012, print and e-zine.
* Florilegium, "A Dark and Fearsome Beast," short story, November 2009, e-anthology.
* Joyful!, "The Perception of Light," "Rest Stop Near Huntsville, Alabama: June 23, 1954" and "Uninvited," poems, May 2009, e-zine.
* Return of the Raven, "Feathered Friend," short story, April 2009, print anthology.
* The Binnacle, "Act Like No One's Watching," short story, Spring 2007, published May 2008, print magazine.
* Cantaraville, "Eulogy For a Backyard Landscape," "The Perception of Light" and "Circle," poems, April 2008, PDF publication.
* ShatterColors Literary Review, "Uninvited" and "Immortal," poems, March 13, 2008, e-zine.
* Trillium Literary Journal, "Rest Stop Near Huntsville, Alabama: June 23, 1954," poem, Vol. 1, Issue 2, Winter 2007, e-zine.
* GlassFire Anthology, "A Short Stretch of Road," short story, December 2007, print anthology.
* The Sylvan Echo, "Eulogy For a Backyard Landscape," poem, November 2007, Vol. 1, Issue 2, e-zine.
* The Cherry Blossom Review, "Eulogy For a Backyard Landscape" and "The Perception of Light," poems, Summer 2007 II issue, print magazine.
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* Contemporary Rhyme, "Synopsis," poem, Vol. 4, No. 3, Summer 2007 issue, e-zine.
* The Flask Review, "Act Like No One's Watching," short story, Issue 8, May 2007, e-zine.
* Contemporary Rhyme, "Thirst," poem, Vol. 4, No. 2, Spring 2007 issue, e-zine.
* Flutter Poetry Journal, "The Perception of Light," poem, May 2007 issue, e-zine.
* The Summerset Review, "A Scent Like Daphne," short story, March 2007, Volume One, print magazine.
* Ourecho.com, "A Stranger's Place," short story, June 2006 Best Fiction Piece winner, e-publication.
* The Square Table, "Why I Write," essay, Summer 2006 issue, e-zine.
* The Summerset Review, "A Scent Like Daphne," short story, Spring 2006 issue, e-zine.
* Write Choice Journal, "My First-Person Account of a Second-Person Success," essay, November 2005 issue, e-zine.
* Stories of Strength, "The Strength of Words," essay, Nov. 1, 2005, print anthology.
* AbsoluteWrite.com, "Why I Write," essay, April 6, 2005 issue, e-publication.
* Write Choice Journal, "Dark Places," short story, First Place, Write Choice Journal's 1st Annual Writing Competition, Aug.-Oct. 2004 issue, e-zine.
* Write Choice Journal, "Why I Write," essay, Second Place, Write Choice Journal's 1st Annual Writing Competition, Aug.-Oct. 2004 issue, e-zine.
* Write Choice Journal, "The Poet," poem, Second Place, Write Choice Journal's 1st Annual Writing Competition, Aug.-Oct. 2004 issue, e-zine.
* Write Choice Journal, "Sonnet To Immortality," poem, Honorable Mention, Write Choice Journal's 1st Annual Writing Competition, Aug.-Oct. 2004 issue, e-zine.
* Write Choice Journal, "Writing and the Successful Child Principle," essay, May-July 2004 issue, e-zine.
* Write Choice Journal, "Writing and the Strength of Words," essay, Feb.-April 2004 issue, e-zine.
* Write Choice Journal, "Swimming With the Sharks," essay, Feb.-April 2004 issue, e-zine.
* The Heartland Review, "Skin," short story, Fall 2003 issue, print magazine.
* The Heartland Review, "Circle," poem, Spring 2003 issue, print magazine.
* The Heartland Review, "Uninvited," poem, Spring 2003 issue, print magazine.
* C/Oasis, "Skin," short story, Feb. 2003, e-zine.
* Louisville Eccentric Observer, "The Hunt," short story, Honorable Mention, Literary LEO Contest, Jan. 22, 2003, online edition.
* Snitch, "Electric Chair," poem, First Runner-up, Art of Crime Contest, Oct. 31, 2002, print magazine.
* The Heartland Review, "A Stranger's Place," short story, Fall 2002 issue, print magazine.
* The Heartland Review, "Falling From Grace," short story, Fall 2002 issue, print magazine.
* BlueMountainArts.com, "For My Sister, Who Deserves the Best," poem, Third Place, Tri-Annual Poetry Contest, April 10, 2001, e-publication.
* BlueMountainArts.com, "Days Are Like Dollars: On Our Wedding Anniversary," poem, Honorable Mention, Tri-Annual Poetry Contest, April 10, 2001, e-publication.
* BlueMountainArts.com, "My Mother, My Friend," poem, Honorable Mention, Tri-Annual Poetry Contest, April 10, 2001, e-publication.
* BlueMountainArts.com, "Soul Mates," poem, Honorable Mention, Tri-Annual Poetry Contest, July 19, 2000, e-publication.
* BlueMountainArts.com, "A Memory Unborn," poem, Honorable Mention, Tri-Annual Poetry Contest, July 19, 2000, e-publication.
* Writer's Digest, "Compost," poem, Honorable Mention, Your Assignment #105 Contest, Feb. 1999, print magazine.
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* Scavenger's Newsletter, "The Croaker from the Black Lagoon," short story, Scavenger's Killer Frog Contest Anthology, 1999, print e-zine.
* Kentucky State Poetry Society, "Satan's Horses," poem, Honorable Mention, KSPS Poetry Contest, 1976.
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