Publications
My words in print
Prose
"Kettlebell Kate and Handsome Jake" F
Flash Fiction Magazine
Third Place Contest Winner
It was Handsome Jake who had the idea to fix it up, to make it a bus again. To take whatever parts of it had ceased to remember their purpose and remind them.
"Skim" F
CHEAP POP
June didn’t have much prior knowledge of white things. To June, white was fragile, like the pitcher in her grandmother's cabinet. White like bone, breaking through her brother’s skin when he taunted the neighbor’s dog. White like milk, expensive when spilt, impossible to hold in your hands.
"Spring Cleaning" F
Flash Fiction Magazine
No questions, no answers. Just John. And all of Linda’s things.
"Remains" NF
Midwestern Gothic
Maybe all deer look small when all that’s left is bone.
Poetry
"My Father's Land"
Harrow House Journal
Coming soon!
"Fleeting Sun"
trampset
Coming soon!
"Self-Care With Toddler, In Quarantine"
What Was & What Will Be: Life in the Time of Covid-19
Wiggle the wild
onions to raise them
by the root.
"our feet in hotel bathtubs"
Three Line Poetry
Side by side we sat (four times)
Plays
Boxcar Kids
Next Stage Press
Coming Soon!
Scheduled for February release.
Holmes Jr. High
YouthPLAYS
There's trouble brewing at Holmes Jr. High: The end of the year should be a time for celebration, but with the Holmes Hounds mascot costume gone missing and the culprit on the loose, the festivities are on the chopping block. With time running out, Jamie Watts, the principal's son, goes all out to solve the case—but the key may prove to be fellow student and sleuth extraordinaire Cheryl Locke. Can they and their friends team up to save the day? Find out in this comic mystery based on everyone's favorite detective and filled with winks to this popular and enduring genre.
Comic Mystery.
Suitable for upper elementary and older performers, and all audiences.
Cast size: Flexible; 10 females, 1 male, 10+ any gender
(16-21+ performers possible).
Running Time: 40-50 minutes.
Commissioned by and premiered at Roots' School of Theatre (Fishers, IN).
Cindy/Ella
Next Stage Press
A modern Cinderella story: in reverse.
Princess Cynthia of Malibu has it all, yet she longs to be “normal.” Wouldn’t it be wonderful to be unremarkable and forgettable? When the paparazzi break the news about her husband’s foot fetish–he’d been caught forcing women throughout town to try on Cindy’s shoes–she seizes her chance and embarks on an adventure to find out who she truly is. Going incognito as Ella, Cindy seeks to prove herself capable without servants and discover what the world outside of celebrity culture really has to offer. Meeting a host of quirky characters while traversing across the Kingdom of California’s urban sprawl, Cindy discovers that what she’s been craving most has been with her all along.
Mature comedy.
Not recommended for audiences under 13.
Cast Size: Flexible; 9-12 (5-7F, 4-5M)
Running Time: 50-60+ minutes
Originally produced as part of the Indy Fringe festival in Indianapolis, IN.
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Monologues & Anthologies
The Best Men's Stage Monologues 2021
Edited by Debbie Lamedman
Smith & Kraus
Includes "408 minutes," a monologue from the short play Bartleby & Bess
Stage It! 2: 30 Ten Minute Plays
Edited by Frank Blocker
Centers for the Arts Bonita Springs
Includes Brothers on a Hotel Bed
Contemporary One Minute Plays, Vol. 4
Edited by Som
Fresh Words: An International Literary Magazine
Includes Disengaged Bedfellows
What Was & What Will Be: Life in the Time of Covid-19
Edited by Barbara Shoup
Part of the annual Spirit and Place Festival, presented by Indiana Writers Center, Dance Kaleidoscope, JCC Indianapolis, the Jewish Community Relations Council, and others.
Includes:
"Eliana"
"Continued on Page 12"
Included a digital performance collaboration with Dance Kaleidoscope.
