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"Manatee at Blue Spring." Poem in Vol. 10, Issue 1 - Fall 2010 issue of Flashquake.  

"Uninvited Guests." Short story in The 2010 Wordstock Ten anthology. Finalist for the 2010 Wordstock Short Fiction Contest. Judge: Charles D'Ambrosio.

"Princess of Pop." Short story forthcoming in Skidrow Penthouse, December 2010.

"Welcome, Lost Dogs." Short story forthcoming in The Southern Review,
Summer 2011.

"The Gulls: A Ghazal." Poem in Eclectica Magazine.

"Catch." Poem forthcoming in Aries: A Journal of Creative Expression.

"Girls are Mean." Short story forthcoming in Eureka Literary Magazine.

"On Hair." Poem in Pif Magazine, April 2010.

“There is no my life,” and “Silver City, New Mexico.” Poems in Barnwood, May 2010.

“Dry Season.” Poem in the Spring/Summer 2010 issue of the Aurorean.

"Disconnect." Short story forthcoming in the Hurricane Review, Fall 2010.

"Eviction." Poem forthcoming in Italian Americana, Winter 2012.

"Train Shots." Short story in Harpur Palate, Winter 2010.

"The Shoot." Poem in Southern Poetry Review, 2010.

"Lobster-Boy." Poem in the Hiram Poetry Review, 2010.

"Beer Wench." Poem in The Sow's Ear Poetry Review, 2010.

"Barbeque Rabbit." Short story forthcoming in The Saranac Review, Fall 2010.

“Jesus Surfs.” Short story in The 2009 Wordstock Ten anthology. Finalist for the 2009 Wordstock Short Fiction Contest. Judge: Barry Lopez.

“Mani Rosse.” Short story in The Bellingham Review, Spring 2010. Runner up for the 2009 Tobias Wolff Award in Fiction. Judge: Kathleen Alcala.

“Neighborhood Friends.” Short story in The Dalhousie Review, Summer 2009.

"Lent." Poem in Iodine Poetry Journal, Winter 2010.

"The Day the Bird Flu Breaks Out." Poem in Illuminations, July 2009.

“Three Haiku.” Poems in The Haiku Quarterly, Number 37, Summer 2009.

“The Bargain.” Short story in the Spring '09 issue of Georgetown Review.

"The Paper and the Pen." Poem in The Deronda Review, Spring/Summer 2009.

“The Killdeer.” Poem in Issue 66 of the The New York Quarterly.

“Ask Jesus.” Short story in The Madison Review, Spring 2009.

“Apple-Gray”; “I am Not a Caesar” and “Un-Dress.” Poems in Bellowing Ark.

“The Lung.” Short story in Cimarron Review, Spring 2009.

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