essays

Cobalt

I’m happy to say I have an essay in the fall issue of The Hopper. Check it out or the many other fine stories, poems, and essays in this and other issues. Plus, so much beautiful artwork. https://www.hoppermag.org/cobalt

Voyageurs

Thunderstorms, even severe thunderstorms, are common on the northern plains, especially in early summer, when warm moist air from the Gulf of Mexico sweeps up the plains and collides with the yet wintry and drier air of the north. Most often these collisions dissipate without much fanfare, but sometimes, and ever so rarely, these storms…

Let Me Confess

I heard the buzzing like a crying child or a siren in the night. A wail or a scream. Except it was a house fly and I was brushing my teeth. But I knew it was the sound of struggle. The sound of a fly battling a spider. Have you heard it? The distress call…