• Afternoon at Père-Lachaise

  ‘Let’s go,’ said Sophie, tugging at the sleeve of his jumper. ‘I want to see Jim Morrison before it gets dark.’

• The Wink

  I’m telling you, it really happened. I’d taken Monday off for a dentist appointment—a few weeks ago the nurse had written down all the numbers and...

• The Japanese Garden

  I don’t remember how I got the job, really. A lot of things are like that. I suppose it could be said that I was in a slump. Things didn’t seem to...

• Last Days of John Billingsley

  Now I’ve really seen everything. War in Ukraine, the Cubs winning the world series, skin tones on emojis—and, two weeks ago, or three when you’ll b...

• Driving Out

  My story ends something like this: on Saturday the 14th of January, 2023—about half-hour after having lunch at the Lake Oswego Burgerville—I backed...

• That One Marine

  This little cocksucker’s really got it going out for him—he keeps going this way he’s going to find himself in the kind of alligator water that swa...

• Then it Hit Me Like Ten Elephants

  There’s this game that my ex-girlfriend Melissa and I used to play back when we were teenagers at Hartford High. It was a pretty simple parking lot...

Drafts

• Badlands

  Draft—in progress.

• Football Season

  Novella—in progress; first chapter available.

• One Summer North Dakota, 2025

  Draft—in progress.

• I Want the World to Stop

  Draft—in progress.

• Home Run Danny

  Draft—in progress.