Published Works

Summer of Synthia

Sam is a shy, insecure, 12-year-old boy mourning the loss of his father. When Synthia moves in down the street, she makes her presence infuriatingly known—and she's precisely what he needs.

"We really admired this piece and we're grateful for your contribution to our publication . . . and we hope you are proud to be among the finalists [for our Spring 2025 Prose Prize]" (The Penn Review).

When We Named the World

In the same car crash, Danny loses his hearing, and in a different car, Kai loses her grasp of language. In the randomness of life, they piece meaning back together one shared word at a time.

"This submission displays a big talent. A very unique premise, acute psychological insights, a great sense of pathos permeating it" (Fiction on the Web).