This piece of original short fiction contains plot elements based on my recent adventures hiking remote trails in Ecuador and Colorado.
Missing A Beat examines the journey of two brothers as they attempt to leave behind a past marred by domestic violence but are presented with a choice that threatens the sibling bonds that have been their life raft.
I provide context by referencing theory and practice in narrative medicine and current literary criticism around trauma plots.
In Saying Goodbye: A Father's Last Minute Parting Gift to His Son, I channel the moments I remember from the night before my mother died.
In my short story, “Cubicle,” a student filmmaker discovers loneliness, absurdity, and cruelty in the halls of Corporate America—but also finds his artistic voice.
Odesa addresses the traumas of struggling immigrants, who face rejection and shunning rather than acceptance and understanding.
Catholic Boy Fights the Devil in the Mohawk River Valley is a short story that’s set in upstate New York during World War II. At a time when America was fighting fascist devils abroad, many were struggling with the devil’s influence at home.
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All ContentAutoethnographic Flash NonfictionAutoethnographic Literary FictionVolume 3, Issue 4 (2023)
··19 min readThis short story about a night in a shed is an attempt to encourage any reader to think about the stories that circulate within communities.
This story explores childbirth-related trauma and postpartum mental health through the lens of a ‘good birth.’
This writing is based on storytelling, common in Mexican culture.
In this 2nd of my Processing Parental Grief series, Calliandra receives a letter from her mother weeks after her death.
Ethology is a highly fictionalized ethnographic account of my travels around Tanzania, East Africa during my teens.
