FICTION

FLOTSAM AND JETSAM LOST Magazine January 2006
An untraveled young man from a boring small town has 5 months to live. Before he goes he is desperate to leave behind a legacy in the form of a wise maxim along the lines of "still waters run deep."

FLAMENCO The Summerset Review Spring 2003. Repub. March 2007
American ex-pats Louis and Kira are living the island paradise dream in Mexico until Kira starts having nightmares involving whales and sunken ships and the baby she lost. Attractive friends come to visit and their lives change over a weekend.

WATER WOMEN The Dragonfly Review Winter 1997
Two young friends discover their womanhood, first on a late summer beach in Alaska and then again on a beach in Oregon.

LITTER (unpublished)
Four bored ragamuffin kids are mindlessly spending a summer day in the city until a tragedy puts life (and death) into perspective.

HELENA CHOPS HER FINGER OFF (unpublished)
A story-within-a-story: a writer reads aloud to her husband the story she's been working on all day about a woman who wants to cook a special dinner, but instead cuts off her finger.