Crafting a short story is when I am most in the zone as a writer.

My stories are created in much the same way the characters in my paintings are born, making marks on a surface, building layers and texture, all rising from some subliminal or past life encounter buried deep in the recesses of my soul.

As both a visual artist and a writer I am most inspired to capture a simple moment, thought, gesture of the ordinary and mundane while suggesting that an extraordinary and mysterious sanctuary lies just beneath the surface. This contemplation is my constant source material.

My first collection of short stories, Life Lines, Volume I, was published by Lila House Press in 2023. Volume II is slated for publication in late 2024. Individual short stories have been published in Otoliths, The First Line Literary Journal, and Hedge Apple Magazine. I am a member of the Reedsy writing community and in January 2021, I was selected as Top Fiction Writer for Medium.com.

Please enjoy a small sampling of my fiction through the drop-down Writing / Fiction link of the main menu. Thank you for taking the time to read my stories!

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