“Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.” ― Neil Gaiman (Coraline)

The Grand Scheme of Things (1000 words), Pure Slush, “Older,” 2024, link to come

Not Gouda: Melting Down (42 words), 42 Word Anthology, mid-November, 2024, link to come

Worth a Thousand Words (100 words), ScribesMICRO (Fairfield Scribes), Issue 41, mid-May, 2024, link to come

Thank You, Grandma (100 words), Friday Flash Fiction, April 19, 2024

Shining and Outshining (100 words), Friday Flash Fiction, April 12, 2024

6-Word Stories, Shortlisted, 6-Word Stories

Aboard the Black Hole Intriguer III (5700 words), Honorable Mention, L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future, First Quarter 2024

Best Practices of Companion Animals (100 words), Friday Flash Fiction, March 16, 2024

All Toddler Roads Must Lead to Laughter (poem), Friday Flash Fiction, March 16, 2024

It’s About Time (500 words), Friday Flash Fiction, March 16, 2024

What the Heart Carries (2800 words), Reedsy, March 8, 2024

That Time Our Wedding Could’ve Killed Everyone (100 words), Friday Flash Fiction, March 8, 2024

Shake and Two Bits (900 words), Pure Slush, Bolero at Breakfast Music Folio 3, February 2024

Attn: Santa (100 words), Friday Flash Fiction, December 4, 2023

Just Another Letter to Santa (100 words), Friday Flash Fiction, December 2, 2023

Kintsugi (poem), Honorable Mention (Adults Category), Palo Alto Students Foundation Poetry Contest 2023, link to come; poetry collection available at Mitchell Park Library.

Bye Bye Blackbird (9060 words) (co-written with rani Jayakumar), Finalist, Owl Canyon Press, Winter 2023 Hackathon, December 2023

To Do List (Fibonacci poem), Fib Review, Issue #46, Muse Pie Press, November 3, 2023

Every Witch Way (100 words), Friday Flash Fiction, October 27, 2023

In the Pink (424 words), Lost Balloon, September 27, 2023

Laughter After Rafter (100 words), Friday Flash Fiction, August 2, 2023

Impulse Buy (100 words), Friday Flash Fiction, August 1, 2023

What a Doll (100 words), Friday Flash Fiction, July 28, 2023

Perils of Space Colonization (1550 words), Honorable Mention, 37h Annual Palo Alto Weekly Short Story Contest, July 21, 2023

The Droidful Truth (100 words), Editor’s Choice, Friday Flash Fiction, July 14, 2023

Sink or Swim (1000 words), Pure Slush, Stella’s Secret Sonata Music Folio 2, June, 2023

Six 6-Word Stories, Shortlisted, 6-Word Stories

Welcome to the Cosmic Zoo (17,000 words), Honorable Mention, L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future, First Quarter 2023

Turning of Tables (100 words), Friday Flash Fiction, March 31, 2023

Where’s-His-Face (100 words), Friday Flash Fiction, March 17, 2023

At School (700 words), Vermilion, Spring 2023 Flash Fiction Issue

Shaking a Leg (300 words), Secret Attic Weekly Write (Week 24), 2021-2022

Heavy Lifting (300 words), Secret Attic Weekly Write (Week 37), 2021-2022

Playing by Ear (300 words), Secret Attic Weekly Write (Week 23), 2021-2022

Easy Money, (1000 words) Secret Attic “Picture This” Write (Week 7), 2021-2022

The Message on the Banner (1000 words), Secret Attic “Picture This” Write (Week 3), 2021-2022

New Position (100 words), Friday Flash Fiction, December 15, 2022

An Open Book (100 words), Friday Flash Fiction, December 9, 2022

On Falling (100 words), Friday Flash Fiction, November 2, 2022

Curves Ahead (100 words), Friday Flash Fiction, October 21, 2022

The Last Unexplored Place (100 words), Friday Flash Fiction, October 14, 2022

Ancient Civilizations (100 words), Friday Flash Fiction, October 6, 2022

Burning Bright (500 words), Secret Attic, September 2022

I Overslept (50 words), Blink-Ink Print, Blink #49 (“Storm”), August 29, 2022

Melodic Suppression (100 words), The Drabble, August 24, 2022

Kernels of Kindness (100 words), Fix Solutions Lab, Grist, August 4, 2022

Programmed Progenitor (100 words), Microfiction Monday Magazine, August 1, 2022

Daisy (27 words), Gotham Writers, #GWstorieseverywhere, Contest Winner, July 17, 2022

Avoiding Catastrophe (100 words), Friday Flash Fiction, July 1, 2022

Alice 2.0 (100 words), Microfiction Monday Magazine, June 20, 2022

Dog Days (100 words), ScribesMICRO (Fairfield Scribes), Issue 18, June 15, 2022

Tough as Nails (100 words), Friday Flash Fiction, May 27, 2022

The Beauty of Time (100 words), Friday Flash Fiction, May 20, 2022

A Sticky Situation (100 words), The Drabble, April 20, 2022

Color Scheme (100 words), Friday Flash Fiction, January 28, 2022

A Circle of Life (100 words), Friday Flash Fiction, January 21, 2022

Sinclair’s Cleanup Helper (100 words), Friday Flash Fiction, January 14, 2022

The Burial Plot (100 words), Black Hare Press, Year Three: Dark Moments and Patreon, 2021 Anthology

Water Cooler Talk (100 words), Friday Flash Fiction, December 11, 2021

Gifts of the Present (100 words), Friday Flash Fiction, October 29, 2021

The Burden of Consciousness (100 words), Friday Flash Fiction, October 22, 2021

Angel Food (100 words), Friday Flash Fiction, October 15, 2021

“Sisters” – Readers Write (200 words) (published Name Withheld), The Sun, October, 2021

For the Love of Grape Jelly (1200 words), The Wondrous Real Magazine, September 11, 2021

I’ll Take Manhattan (1000 words), Pure Slush, September 5, 2021

Besties (100 words), Friday Flash Fiction, September 4, 2021

The Influencer (1460 words), 3 Moon Magazine, September 2021

mermaid life (poem), Mermaids Monthly, August 27, 2021

At the Stroke of Twelve (poem), Wingless Dreamer, August 27, 2021

Picnic on a Precipice (100 words), The Drabble, June 17, 2021

The Marble Pedestal Dancers (100 words), Friday Flash Fiction, May 11, 2021

Sunsets (poem), Three Line Poetry, Issue 56

The See Corp. (600 words), 365 Tomorrows, April 28, 2021

Special Sauce, A Story in 100 Words, April 19, 2021

A Satisfactory Disguise, Six Sentences, April 10, 2021

The Storm’s Eye (poem), Nymeria Publishing, March 2021 Poetry Contest Winner, March 27, 2021

The Leap, 50 Word Stories, March 25, 2021

What a Tail (That’s What She Said) (800 words), The Daily Drunk, March 24, 2021

A Saltmarsh Sparrow Named Sal (1000 words), The Preservation Society, February, 2021

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