Selected Publications
White WedDINg
Though the girl had left her some miles away, the woman had seen an invitation. The wedding was easy to find. In the family’s house, in the bathroom, she scrubbed her wrists with a soap rose. Blood and cum swirled the sink as the bridal march rang from the backyard. Perfume stung her pores…
The Novice
So that she could not delete her post naming the bad, dead priest, Sister Dolores tucked her phone beneath her pillow then snuck the convent car through the midnight suburbs, curving cul-de-sac to roundabout until she found herself on the edge of the city…
What Pornographic Literature
Shows Us About Human Nature
As a writer, I was drawn to pornography’s refusal of revelatory interiority, which formally questions how comprehendible desire and pleasure even are…
WhEN YOU ARE THUS CHANGED
Victorian lovers used Ouija boards as an excuse to touch fingertips and knees. Still naked, Ev and I kneel in bed and crouch over the board between us. It has been snowing for two days, and we haven’t left our room…
Lassen County
Johnny resolved to steal his sister home before dusk. He threw a backpack in his truck and kissed their mother goodbye. Be careful, she said. And don’t kill him. The road from Susanville to Eagle Lake was clear, familiar…