Featured Story: “Anyone Can Have a Good Time” in Shenandoah

“There is never a dream, after all these years, where I am not aware that Mum has died. And I dream of her all the time. It doesn’t even feel weird anymore, hanging out with Mum a couple times a week. I see my mother more now than I did when she was alive. I feel like we’re finally getting better at this mother-son thing. “

Chronology

“Anyone Can Have a Good Time.” (with accompanying interview) Shenandoah. December 2021.
“Pop & Freedom.” Hermine Annual. Issue 2. September 2021.
“Growth Unencumbered.” Channel. Issue 4. May 2021.
“Wet Nap & the Sensualist.” Sporklet 14. October 2020.
“Sulfur.” The London Reader. June 2020.
“Waiting for Tampopo.” Deep Water. June 2020.
“Thomas.” Poems from Here. June 2020.
“Sister of Dog Fear (Wash & Sleep Journal, ’72-’74).” The Arkansas International. April 2020.
“Saline.” Reflex Fiction. February 2020.
“A Fox in Tall Grass.” El Chapo Review. January 2020.
“Moonlighting.” Matter Press. November 2019.
“Wapiti Nocturne.” The Lascaux Review. July 2019.
“Hyacinth & Waxwing.” Ungatherable Things: A Word Portland Anthology. July 2019.
“Blue of the World.” The Lascaux Prize. Vol. 5. May 2019.
“This Knotted Labyrinth of Self.” Glimmer Train Bulletin 148. May 2019.
“A Thirteenth Apostle’s Star.” This Side of the Divide: Stories of the American West. Baobab Press. February 2019.
“M&M.” Flash Fiction Online. December 2018.
“Heart’s Last Pass.” Pin Drop Studio (performed by Russell Tovey). November 2018.
“Thomas.” Winter Tangerine. Issue 3 (Beyond the Breadcrumb). October 2018.
“Jack Pine in Breeze.” Deep Water. October 2018.
“Chestnut v. Buckeye.” Muskeg. August 2018.
“Small Shiny Fish.” Broken Pencil. Issue 80. July 2018.
“Heart’s Last Pass.” A Short Affair: An Anthology of Original Short Fiction from Pin Drop. Simon & Schuster UK. July 2018.
“Mascara” (with accompanying interview). The Forge. June 2018.
“The Binding Stitch.” Hole History: Origins of the American-style Donut. Pilot Edition / Little Legs. June 2018.
“Atlantic Leather Co.” Crannog. Issue 47. March 2018.
“Fence Post & Pilgrim.” Zetetic: A Record of Unusual Inquiry. March 2018.
“Lonesome Jubilee.” |tap|. Issue 4. February 2018.
“The Savage Yard.” The Maine Review. Issue 4.1. January 2018.
“They Vampire Nights.” The Atticus Review. October 2017.
“Houdini’s Final Trick.” Deciduous Tales. Issue 1. October 2017.
“November.” Spartan. October 2017.
“For the Sake of the System, Never the Individual: A Review of Tim Kinsella’s The Karaoke Singer’s Guide to Self Defense.” The Believer. Issue 115. October 2017.
“This Yearning Can Be a Dangerous Thing: A Conversation with Ben Trickey & Douglas W. Milliken.” Space Gallery Blog. September 2017.
“Monolith.” Cross-disciplinary collaboration with Cat Bates. August 2017.
“Milk.” Meridian. Issue 39, July 2017.
“Strike Anywhere.” Petite Hound Press. Issue 50, July 2017.
“Thank Me Any Day.” The Lonely Crowd. Issue 7. June 2017.
“Cowboy.” NOUS. Issue 8. May 2017.
“Integers.” The Humanist. Vol. 77, No. 3. May 2017.
“Our City in Wartime.” Make X: A Decade of Literary Art. Make Literary Productions and featherproof books. March 2017.
“Swans (Elsewhere)” and “Settle/Return.” The Atticus Review. March 2017.
“Water Lily.” Tincture. Issue 17. February 2017.
“Boys’ Life / Rough Frontiers.” The Lascaux Review. January 2017.
“Fandanguillo.” The Stoneslide Corrective. Issue 5. January 2017.
“Butterscotch.” The Maine Review. Issue 3.1 December 2016.
“Dummy.” Exhibits: A 67 Press Anthology. November 2016.
“Blue of the World.” The Pushcart Prize Anthology XLI. November 2016.
“Mandarini.” Matchbook. November 2016.
“In Conversation with Richard & Alexis Iammarino” and “Matthew Barney’s Gold Standard: Sex, Violence, & Fundament.” The Chart 2015-2016 Anthology. Wing Club Press. November 2016.
“Possum & Glue.” The New Haven Review. Issue 18. October 2016.
“The Happiest Place on Earth.” The Other Stories (podcast). Episode 80. October 2016.
“Topography.” Fusion. October 2016.
“Smoke from a Furnace.” Ricky’s Back Yard. Issue 3. July 2016.
“Pretty.” The Lindenwood Review. Issue 6. June 2016.
“A Fluent Blue.” The Island Journal. Volume 32. June 2016.
“Dummy.” The Manchester Review. No. 16. June 2016.
“Yellow Cake.” carte-blanche. Issue 27. May, 2016.
“Hyacinth & Waxwing.” Stoneslide Corrective. No. 3. May, 2016.
“Skidder & Draw.” Matter Press. April, 2016.
“Preserved.” Redux. Issue 198. April, 2016.
“Matthew Barney’s Gold Standard: Sex, Violence, & Fundament.” (with Jenna Crowder). The Chart. Vol. 1, No. 6. March 2016.
“Tootsie-Pop.” The Orthogonal. Issue 1. January 2016.
“Scenery v. Scene.” The Journal of Compressed Creative Arts. December 2015.
“Toledo.” Switchback. Issue 22. November, 2015.
“The Happiest Place on Earth.” Be Wilder: a Word Portland Anthology. Pine Pitch Press. November, 2015.
“A Weapon or a Crutch.” Glimmer Train Bulletin 106. November 2015.
“[untitled]” Cross-disciplinary collaboration with Cat Bates, et alia. October, 2015.
“In Conversation with Richard & Alexis Iammarino.” The Chart. Vol. 1, No. 2. October, 2015.
“Blue of the World.” Glimmer Train. Issue 94. Fall, 2015.
“Pillars.” Matter Press. April, 2015.
“Poptimistic.” The Stoneslide Corrective No. 1. April, 2015.
“Interrobang.” Bide. March 2015.
“Elephant.” Cicada. Vol. 17, No. 4. March/April 2015.
“A Rich Man’s Knees.” Read Short Fiction. December 2014.
“Gold & Rust.” Per Contra. Issue 34. December 2014.
“Arena.” Tincture Blog. November 2014.
“Firecracker.” The Journal of Compressed Creative Arts. November 2014.
“Windows Open in the Southern Cross Hotel.” Radio Silence. Volume IX. October 2014.
“Poptimistic.” The Stoneslide Corrective. September 2014.
“James Taylor v. the King.” The New Haven Review. Issue 14. September 2014.
“Arena.” Tincture Journal. Issue 7. September 2014.
“Kinematic.” Oxford Magazine. Issue 30.2. June 2014.
“The Least Important Person in the Room.” Glimmer Train Bulletin 89. June 2014.
“Eyetooth.” Switchback. Issue 19. May 2014.
“Saltwater Baldwin.” The Cortland Review. Issue 63. May 2014.
“Horse Story.” Midwest Prairie Review. Issue 2. April 2014.
“Buoyancy.” The Collagist. Issue 57. April 2014.
“Pillars.” Slice Magazine: In the Telling (podcast). Issue 16. February 2014.
“Pillars” and “Pink and Sweet.” Slice Magazine: In the Telling (podcast). Issue 15. January 2014.
“Monthly Junk Mail Coupons.” The Believer. Issue 104. January 2014.
“They Vampire Nights.” Bound Off Fiction (podcast). Issue 96. January 2014.
“Skidder & Draw.” Portland Monthly. December 2013.
“Ike and Tina.” The Stoneslide Corrective. November 2013.
“Florida.” Southern Indiana Review. Fall 2013.
“Mule and Tourist.” Fiddleblack. Issue 14. October 2013.
“Welcome, Cheater.” Akashic Books. October 2013.
“Pink and Sweet.” Monkeybicycle. September 2013.
“Pillars.” Slice Magazine. Issue 13. 2013.
“Highway Billboard on the Idaho/Montana Border.” The Believer. Issue 99. June 2013.
“How To.” Nat. Brut. Issue 3. 2013.
“The Turin Horse.” Bound Off Fiction (podcast). Issue 87. April 2013.
“Our City in Wartime.” MAKE: A Chicago Literary Magazine. Issue 12. 2013.
“Piemonte. January.” Pressboard Press. 2012.
“Triple-Double.” The Stoneslide Corrective. 2012.
“Danny’s Tree.” (digested reprint of “A Memory or Its Ghost”) GreenPrints. Issue 90. 2012.
“After the Intromit.” Slice Magazine. Issue 10. 2012
“Adventure Stories for Men and Boys.” The Adirondack Review. Vol. XII, No. 4. 2012.
“Sequence IV: Swing.” Pressboard Press. 2012.
“Thieving in Foreign Countries.” Atticus Review. 2012.
“A Thirteenth Apostle’s Star.” Camera Obscura. Vol. 4. 2012.
“Sequence I: On Romance.” Pressboard Press. 2012.
“Ben Nigra, 1982.” Nada Publishing. 2011.
“[untitled senryu].” McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern. Issue 31. 2009.
“A Minor River.” Tonopah Review. Issue 6. 2009.
“Disability.” Gloom Cupboard. Issue 5. 2008.
“A Memory or Its Ghost.” Mourning Sickness: Stories of Abortion, Stillbirth, and Infant Loss. Omni Arts, LLC. 2008.
“Gravity.” West Wind Review. Issue 26. 2007.
“Preservation With Clapboard Gaps.” Salt. Issue 63. 2007.
“Topography.” The Rambler. 2007.
“The Bastards.” Lit-Cast. 2007
“The Absence of Everything Else.” Alimentum. Issue 1. 2006.
“Ten Thousand Cancellations.”  The Adirondack Review. Vol. IV, No. 1. 2003.