Fiction

"Other People's Trash." Writers' Journal 15.2 (1994): 26+. Third prize in the Minnesota Ink Fiction Contest.

"Cool Chili and the Divide." Eureka Literary Magazine 16.1/2 (2008): 38–52. Nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Also, along with "Splinter Island" and the first fifty pages of Burned Roux, a finalist in the 2006 Dana Award for the Portfolio.

Poetry

"Mary Estelle." Human Factor Spring 2002: 2.

"Erase 'r." yelLow muStard April 2003: 21.

Nonfiction

Rev. of Flowers of the Dinh Ba Forest, by Robert David Clark. Southeast Review 23.2 (2005): 166–68.

Volunteer Work

Tutor, Austin Partners in Education.

Panelist, FronteraFest Short Fringe, Hyde Park Theatre.

Education

MA, creative writing (fiction), Florida State University, 2006.

BA, English (journalism/creative writing), University of Missouri–Kansas City, 2002.

Squaw Valley Community of Writers Fiction Workshop.

New Letters Weekend Writers Conference.

Other Influences

Writing-related work: eleven years as an editor, two as a teacher and tutor, and one as a slush pile reader.

Other work: army infantryman, bartender, cook, deli clerk, doughnut shop clerk, fitness instructor, janitor, library clerk, long-haul truck driver, movie theater manager, pet department manager, restaurant and bar manager, sailing instructor, salesman, sporting goods department manager, and waiter.

Places: reared primarily on the Mississippi coast; also lived in Florida, Georgia, Germany, Missouri, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Texas, and Wyoming.