Published short stories
I published my first short story in The Madison Review the spring I graduated from college. Since then, my fiction has appeared in a number of journals.
“The Basement Beneath the Basement,” The Masters Review
“The Departed,” The Greensboro Review (No. 97)
“Ten Thousand Dollars,” Crab Orchard Review (Vol. 18, No. 1)
“The Nearest Exit May Be Behind You,” Passages North (Vol. 30, No. 1)
“Kissing Ford,” Northwest Review (Vol. 44, No. 3)
“Frostbite,” Blithe House Quarterly (Vol. 10, No. 1)
“The Hole,” North American Review (Vol. 289, No. 5)
“The Green House,” Inkwell (No. 16)
“The Girl in the Tree,” Alaska Quarterly Review (Vol. 20, No. 3 & 4)
“Aerial Boundaries,” Beloit Fiction Journal (Vol. 14)
“Picture Nina,” Indiana Review (Vol. 22, No. 2)
“Get Your Tongue Out of My Ear.” Blithe House Quarterly (Vol. 4, No. 4)
“Shiner.” Sun Dog: The Southeast Review (Vol. 18, No. 2)
“Red Corduroy Slacks.” Sun Dog: The Southeast Review (Vol. 14, No. 2)
“The Sunfish Man.” Sun Dog: The Southeast Review (Vol. 12, No. 1)
“Domestic Turkey.” The Madison Review (Vol. 13, No. 1)
Awards and grants
I’m grateful to the Loft Literary Center, Minnesota State Arts Board and other organizations that have supported my work over the years.
Artist Initiative Grant, Minnesota State Arts Board
Jack Dyer Fiction Prize, Crab Orchard Review
SASE/Jerome Grant, SASE: The Write Place
Fellowship, Minnesota State Arts Board
Travel & Study Grant, Jerome Foundation
Mentor Series Award, Loft Literary Center