“The Creation of Art” (2025 Hemingway Shorts Literary Journal, Vol. 10) (5th Place, 25th Annual Writer’s Digest Short Short Story Competition): An early human discovers a new kind of power.

“Crescendo/Cascade” (Witness, Vol. XXXVIII No. 1, Spring 2025): The death of a rock star stirs a middle-aged mom to relive her youth.

* “Cuddlebug” (Tahoma Literary Review, Issue 14; 2018, The Short Story Project, 2025) (Finalist, Book Pipeline 2019 Fiction Contest) (Screen adaptation: Winner, Comedy Pilot Teleplay, 28th Annual Austin Film Festival): A day in the life of a professional cuddler.

* “Intimacy Issues”  (Meetinghouse Literary Journal, Issue IV, 2024; Meetinghouse Online, 2025; Short Story Substack, 2025): A lonely young man becomes determined to meet his favorite podcaster.

“Little Victories” (december, vol. 33.2, 2022): A young woman must rebuild her body—and her ambition—from the bones out.

“Superflora” (Something Involving A Mailbox!, Issue 9, 2022, SIAMB! Paris Ass Book Fair Anthology, 2025): The ugliest woman in the city becomes fatally alluring.

“Dance Slow” (Beacon Quarterly, Issue 15, 2020): A hot moment, frozen in time, forebodes less forgiving love in the future.

“Bikini Days” (Sheepshead Review, Fall 2019): A bad haircut spirals a woman into mental breakdown.

“Beri Pfister’s Real-Life Drama!” (F[r]iction, Number 12, 2018): A delusional reality star finds creative ways to boost her ratings.

“Small Animals” (Kindred, Issue 12, 2017): A moment of boyhood cruelty diverges the paths of two brothers.

“Love Potion #8” (Potluck Magazine, 2015): When unrequited love is better than the alternative.