New Fiction in Hobart

I'm thrilled that Hobart published my short story "M80" today in honor of Independence Day! This is a story about a guy with nine fingers that comes back for more on July 4th. I love Hobart and I'm so honored they published this story on my favorite holiday. Big thanks to founding editor and fellow writer Aaron Burch for publishing this story. You can read it here. As always, thanks for reading!

New Fiction in FLAUNT Magazine

I'm excited that my short story "The Zipline" has been published in the yearly summer fiction issue of Flaunt, a fashion and culture magazine distributed in over 32 countries. The theme of this issue is "Summer Camp" and features profiles of Elizabeth Banks, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Nicholas Hoult, Hank Azaria, and more. My story is about a couple of camp counselors who go naked zip lining. I'd like to thank editors Amy Slocum and Ryan Ellis for publishing my fiction! You can pick up a copy of the magazine at bookstores and news stands across the country or read the story right here. Thanks for reading!

"Little Man" in Short FICTION

In November my story “Little Man” will be published in the British literary journal Short FICTION. I am really excited about this because I think “Little Man” is one of my best stories and also because my work will be featured with American authors Brad Watson (whose excellent story “Visitation” was in The New Yorker earlier this year) and Benjamin Percy, winner of the Whiting Award and the Plimpton Prize. I am happy to be the newbie in such a great international literary journal. You can pre-order your copy of Short FICTION Issue 3 here.

Encounters Magazine

“The Kramers” will be published in the first issue of Encounters Magazine next month. I wrote this story as a fiction resident at the Vermont Studio Center in January 2008 and have been looking for a home for it ever since. There is a genre, paranormal feel to the story that made it hard to place in most literary journals. Needless to say, I am excited Encounters believes in this story and is putting it in their inaugural issue. I’ll post a link when the issue is available to order in November.

George Saunders

I look forward to a George Saunders story the way a breast-feeding child nips at the air, hungry for mama’s milk. I just finished “Victory Lap” in the latest New Yorker. My new favorite. Reading Saunders gives me the same feeling each time: guess I can't write this story, since he just did. But a story like "Victory Lap" makes me want to sit at the keyboard and write, and that is just as good.