I grew up loving basketball and hating Kobe Bryant. Some of my best and earliest childhood memories involve sitting with my dad, pizza bo...

genre: contemporary romance/magical realism word count: 808 January, 1947 Los Angeles, California Carson doesn’t even have to open his ey...

THE CAMP The road is unpaved, dusty and narrow, winding through a hazy curtain of summer-brown pine trees, dirt glinting with the occasio...

genre: contemporary romance/magical realism word count: 715 November, 2019 Ann Arbor, Michigan The worst part of college isn’t the classe...

genre: contemporary romance/magical realism word count: 520 October, 1871 Poughkeepsie, New York Carson hasn’t woken up someplace new—som...

genre: contemporary romance/magical realism word count: 589 June, 2019 Dallas, Texas Carson would call the whole thing with Dougie a come...

pace / pās / verb 1. do something at a slow and steady rate or speed in order to avoid overexerting oneself 2. move or develop (something...

genre: sci-fi/suspense word count: 400 Red. Yellow. Blue. The blinking is monotonous, perfectly timed, fleeting, distractingly vivid flas...

genre: neo-noir murder mystery word count: 421 They find the body in the maintenance elevator, the one that’s buried in the basement behi...

genre: contemporary horror word count: 505 It’s disingenuous, probably, to call it a campfire. It isn’t small or cozy or comforting or wa...

genre: historical romance word count: 391 “I’m sorry,” is the very first thing the Viscount ever says to her. It’s dark outside, candles ...

genre: contemporary horror/fantasy word count: 333 There's a ghost in Tyler’s bathroom. He doesn't realize, that first morning—just wakes...

AUGUST WORD COUNT: 16,118 WORKS IN PROGRESS: JINX – 7k / 80k WINE MOM/VODKA AUNT – 5k / 20k CINDERELLA – 10k / 90k STIFF AS A BOARD – 3k ...

genre: contemporary young adult word count: 511 Your first official kiss happens like this: You’re thirteen and you’re in the Robert Redf...

PROLOGUE November, 1861 Floyd County, Kentucky It’s a good night to run away. The moon’s a glistening silver dollar in the sky, pockmarke...

genre: contemporary fantasy / magical realism word count: 633 Dylan dies on a Monday. Well. He's pretty sure that’s what happens—there’s ...

When I was fourteen, my English teacher signed me up for a short story contest. It wasn’t particularly prestigious—it was just an annual ...