Malaysian Street Art, Street Food, and More
There are endless things to see in Malaysia—temples! rain forests! crumbling façades!—but it’s worth visiting this country for the food alone. The same is true for the kind people you meet, the humbling trees, the butterflies that land on your…
Journal of Compressed Creative Arts
I'm proud that Randall Brown selected my creative nonfiction piece "Marzipan" for publication in The Journal of Compressed Creative Arts.
Short Story Podcast
Short Story Today is a weekly short story podcast hosted by Jon DiSavino. Each episode begins with an in-depth interview with a short story writer followed by the host reading work from the guest author—a professional audiobook production. Jon DiSavino…
A World Beyond Cardboard
Jonathan Cardew’s collection of twelve tales, is both an honest and an ironic dive into our humanity. In the marvelous title story, this ambiguity is obvious from the first sentence: “Mum died so dad took us on a holiday to…
Super-Delicious Salmon Quiche
During WWII, Nazi forces occupy the French capital and steal crops to feed the soldiers. Parisians invent new ways to find food and fill their stomachs. The characters of A Whale in Paris fish for salmon in the Seine at…
Mindfulness for the Busy Writer
I'm a happy busy writer. But mindfulness is more than an emergency exit. It deserves my commitment, even when I seem to need it less.
