Category Archives: Fiction

“Girls on Film” is a Vella Chapbook Contest Winner

Posted on by October 31, 2015

My flash prose collection, Girls on Film, is a winner in the 2015 Vella Chapbook Contest sponsored by Paper Nautilus Press. I don’t have too many details yet, but it will be published sometime in 2016. … Continue reading →

Fiction in Bristol

Posted on by October 30, 2015

This is turning out to be an awesome workshop series! We had a great class last night with lots of good work and engaging talk about drafts, revision, and figuring out what’s essential to a story and what can be cut. … Continue reading →

Fiction Workshop Series Starting Soon!

Posted on by October 17, 2015

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Recent Publications and Classes

Posted on by August 18, 2015

I just finished another super summer writing workshop with the amazing teens of Tiverton Public Library! Thanks to Abby Porter, teen librarian, for inviting me back for another year, and to all the teen writers whose creativity and energy always … Continue reading →

Flash Fiction Workshop – Write Along, Week 3

Posted on by May 26, 2015

This Thursday marks the third and final week of the Swansea Public Library Flash Fiction Workshop, but there’s more flash to come. I’ll also be giving a workshop as part of the Providence International Arts Festival in June, teaching a … Continue reading →

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Flash Fiction Workshop – Write Along, Week 2

We are now in Week 2 of the Swansea Public Library flash fiction workshop, and here are some updates and an important announcement. SESSION 3 POSTPONED: Due to a conflict with another library event, the third and final class of … Continue reading →

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Read All the Stories (Except for the One You Listen To)

Stories here, stories there. Little stories everywhere.

Literary Orphans, Issue 17 (Ella Fitzgerald): “From A Short History of Black Bread Lake.”

The Flexible Persona, Issue 2.3: “With Holden Caulfield in the Panic Room.” Listen to this audio story on Soundcloud.

Litro NY: “So You Want to Be a Poet.”

KYSO Flash, Issue 2: “Happy Meal” (microfiction).
Also in this issue:
“Wendy and Brian on the Last Night of the World” (fiction) and “Penny Postcard, 1902 (No Cancellation)” (poetry).

From a Short History of Black Bread Lake

From a Short History of Black Bread Lake

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“When She Was Smart” – New Flash Fiction at Crab Fat Literary Magazine

Back when Yvonne was dancing they had a manager who wanted to put pictures of all the girls on the walls. He hired a photographer who talked about image and branding and asked all the girls where they were from, … Continue reading →

Posted on by October 9, 2014

Bristol Writing Workshop, Week 2 It’s hard to think of a better place for a writing workshop than the Rogers Free Library in scenic coastal Bristol, RI. This beautifully restored historic library offers lots of public space, including a meeting … Continue reading →

Writers Blog Hop

Posted on by September 30, 2014

So there we were, reeling from one bad dive bar to another, even more impossibly bad dive bar, when … Oh, wait. BLOG hop. I’ve been invited to participate in a blog hop, not a bar hop. Just what is … Continue reading →