"Literature is the art of writing something that will be read twice..."
Cyril Connolly


Writings

Here are a few examples of my short fiction. "Asterisms" is a piece I did while at the Kratz Center, and I'm currently expanding “A Walk for Mr. Wilkes” to novel length.

Asterisms

I can’t get past the page with the pictures.

I put the book down on my desk. The cover is shiny, slick and new. Her copy must be worn, but this one has not a crease, not a dog-ear, not a single split in its paper spine.

I can’t get past the page with the pictures...

I missed the bus that day. I ran right into its big old diesel cloud and chased it for half a block, but that can on wheels was just having fun with me that morning...

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