Character development is an elastic exercise. It is also a moral one.
To My Sisters. Fourth in a series of veterans’ responses to the insurrection.
We finally know how our mothers felt when we were the ones in uniform.
A Thin Line. Third in a Series on the Insurrection.
Soldiers were for war, not airports.
The Widow and The House. Second in a series on the Insurrection.
I had seen this before, in Iraq.
When I first saw true hate. First in a series.
Part of our mission was to directly fight insurgents; the other part was to stabilize and protect communities that were being terrorized by small groups of radicalized insurgents.
The Clarinet. Fiction Honorable Mention. Fall 2020.
“Did you ever?” I said. “Ever what?” he said. “Ask your question.” “I don’t know…wish things had gone different somehow? Ever feel like you missed a chance?”
Never a Goodbye. Nonfiction Honorable Mention. Fall 2020.
Al was my new-found brother, filling the sibling gap of an only child. We matched each other in height, though I was always the skinny kid and Al was more round, of face and body, and that never changed.
Scholarship Student. Poetry Honorable Mention. Fall Contest 2020.
We rode four across the back seat me in the middle without a seatbelt. I was shy and the others’ buckles dug into me.
Craft Essay: Does lyric essay start with essay? Or does it start with music?
It’s wonderful we can be creative, be loose with the truth and not worry about accusations.
The Guests. Winner, Fall Fiction.
"if you were to split us open now, all you’d find was emptiness."
Causeway Lit 