Pugnacious Boy

A poem of mine, “Pugnacious Boy,” has been published in the newest issue of Permafrost. It’s dedicated to Donnie Marsh, a friend of mine and writing partner who died from an overdose three years ago. We met on Livejournal back when I was in high school. His apt handle on...

Writing in Real Life

For the very first time, writing has been brought to the forefront of my “real life” career. It’s odd – the workweek tedium is suddenly being broken by…stretches of writing? I am not used to this. I’m now helping my company revamp all of the writing across their websites, as...

Masochistic Love

My story, “Teaching Them Happiness,” has been published over at the Conium Review‘s Online Compendium. Have a read. It is a darkly absurd story about a teacher dealing with a suicide epidemic at her school. Is there a solution? The idea for this story most likely rose out of  my...

The 2015 Memory Jar Project

Contents: Sun Trolley ticket Ticket for a parking garage at Arts and Science Museum, Fort Lauderdale “Positive power pills” from Customer Service Appreciation week Raffle tickets for new car I didn’t win from Nativity Catholic School jamboree The moon I filled with colored sand from the same jamboree “Kiss me,...

2015: The Retrospective

That picture is how I handled 2015. It seems the past few years have included a lot of firsts for me and this year was no exception. I’m grateful for this trend in my life. Looking forward to beginnings is a good way to go about it. It seems the...