Hit Woman
"Tammy, a drug counselor at a day treatment program, sits at her desk in the windowless office. She is looking through a file when Allison walks in..."
Hit Woman, Coffin Bell Volume III - Issue II, April 2020
"Tammy, a drug counselor at a day treatment program, sits at her desk in the windowless office. She is looking through a file when Allison walks in..."
Hit Woman, Coffin Bell Volume III - Issue II, April 2020
Mount Misery Road Elementary School
"The road that ascended upward to the entrance of Mount Misery Road Elementary School was lined with dogwood trees. The three-story cigar box style of the mid-20th-century building seemed anchored solidly to the rocky terrain, despite its precipitous position at the summit of Mount Misery Road. From the staff parking lot, one could look dead ahead to a panoramic curve of coastal Connecticut, then downward into the foamy, swirling waters of the Long Island Sound. The misguided name for the road came from its British ancestors, who with Puritan reserve equated pleasurable surroundings with suffering."
Mount Misery Road Elementary School, The Book Smuggler's Den, September 2019
"The road that ascended upward to the entrance of Mount Misery Road Elementary School was lined with dogwood trees. The three-story cigar box style of the mid-20th-century building seemed anchored solidly to the rocky terrain, despite its precipitous position at the summit of Mount Misery Road. From the staff parking lot, one could look dead ahead to a panoramic curve of coastal Connecticut, then downward into the foamy, swirling waters of the Long Island Sound. The misguided name for the road came from its British ancestors, who with Puritan reserve equated pleasurable surroundings with suffering."
Mount Misery Road Elementary School, The Book Smuggler's Den, September 2019
The Llama
"Although I live in 21st century New York City, only a close circle of friends know I am a lesbian. The East Coast may be considered a liberal and elite milieu to the rest of the country, but as a teacher in a charter school, with daily and close proximity to children, my private life could be held to a different standard."
The Llama, Gemini-Magazine, March 2016
"Although I live in 21st century New York City, only a close circle of friends know I am a lesbian. The East Coast may be considered a liberal and elite milieu to the rest of the country, but as a teacher in a charter school, with daily and close proximity to children, my private life could be held to a different standard."
The Llama, Gemini-Magazine, March 2016
Late Bloomer
"The diagnosis is perfect, even if it is not the sort of information you expect to hear from a resident physician in an emergency room."
Late Bloomer, Tower Journal, June 2014
"The diagnosis is perfect, even if it is not the sort of information you expect to hear from a resident physician in an emergency room."
Late Bloomer, Tower Journal, June 2014
Voodoo Love
"I am a cliché--the hardworking administrative assistant who is in love with her boss. For months my friend Celeste Pierre, who works in word processing, and I have been discussing different ways for my boss, Kip Townsend, to notice me beyond my regular role."
Voodoo Love, Wild Violet, Oct. 2012
Voodoo Love, Wild Violet, Oct. 2012
Mermaid
"When I was a little girl, I pretended I was a mermaid. I studied illustrations of these mythical creatures, half woman, half fish, in my collection of fairy tales by Hans Christian Anderson."
Mermaid, Sanskrit, Spring 2010
Mermaid, Sanskrit, Spring 2010
Kept Woman
"Eden enters the house and hears her mother talking to her pet cockatoo. The September sun brightens the foyer as she listens to her mother talk to LaLa."
Kept Woman, Forge issue 6.l
Kept Woman, Forge issue 6.l
Acedia and the Russian Blue
"Isis is stretching, as cats do, head down, tail in the air; she curls and uncurls her toes in the sand. She stares at me with malachite eyes. Isis’s owner introduces herself as Rebecca Jansen. We chat a bit; Rebecca is in the technology field. I feel the hairs on my leg come alive. Isis has begun to rub her head against my bare shin."
Acedia and the Russian Blue, Diverse Voices Quarterly
Acedia and the Russian Blue, Diverse Voices Quarterly