Occupy
Published by The Write Launch in March 2024 Issue
Lindsey’s family was heading to San Francisco to celebrate her father’s journalistic achievement at an honorary luncheon, but she had other plans. She kept this to herself as they piled onto BART, her sister and parents whooping when they found three empty seats in a sea of Oakland Raiders jerseys…
The Mechanical Bull
Published in The Coachella Review in June 2024
It wasn’t until the bachelorette partiers were on their third round of ‘Never Have I Ever’ that Violet, sitting under The Cactus Cove’s pulsating array of strobe lights, looked around and realized she couldn’t find any hot guys anywhere…
Picking Locks
Published by Ginosko Literary Journal in May 2015
Charles didn’t realize how hungry he was until he watched Officer Portly take a bite of his donut. The fried, doughy treat was covered in pink frosting and rainbow sprinkles and Officer Portly ate it with a leisurely smugness, and by doing so, asserted his power in a way that was far more effective than flashing any of his badges…
Date Night with Mom
Published by The Write Launch in June 2017
Mom and I had been perusing row after row of handbags in silent agony for nearly half an hour before Celeste approached us.
“Is everything all right?”
She seemed like a discerning salesperson, but maybe I was giving her too much credit, and it was only the orange eye shadow that created an air of attentiveness…
The Amino Algorithm
Published by The Writing Disorder in December 2014
The cameraman counted down from 5, the lights went up, but it was only after the host crooned “You’re watching Dr. Morgan” and the Caribbean music was cued that Jordan Bickwell’s lower back really began to sweat…