BIBLIOGRAPHY

Note: Reprints not labeled prior to 2015.

[2024]

"Moon Masks" (flash fiction) published in Weird Fiction Quarterly, Fall 2024, Alien Sun Press

"Venom and Bite" (poem) and "Walking the Suburb" (poem) published in Yellow Mama Webzine, Fossil Publications, Issue #106, October 2024

"The Thing at the Dream Gate" (prose poem/flash fiction) published in JOURN-E: The Journal of Imaginative Literature, Vol. 3, No. 2, Mind's Eye Publications, Autumnal Equinox 2024

Reprint: "Ratri and the Grieving Botanist" (prose poem) published in Carmina Magazine, September 2024

"In Dreams" (prose poem/flash fiction) published in Flash Digest, July 2024Hiraeth Publishing

"How Some People Disappear" (poem) published in Spaceports & SpidersilkJune 2024Hiraeth Publishing

"Thwarted" (poem) and "I Walk the Spinney With You" (poem) published in I Become The Beast, Summer 2024 (Australia), forthcoming

"Love Child" (flash fiction; collaboration with Manuel Paul Arenas) published in Weird Fiction Quarterly, Spring 2024, Alien Sun Press

Reprint: "Pitcher Plant" (poem) published in View From Atlantis, Issue 94 (theme: Alien Fronds), Atlantean Publishing, 2024

"When Confronted by an Elder God..." (poem) published in Aphelion: The Webzine of Science Fiction & Fantasy, Issue 293, Volume 28, April 2024

"Not a Writer" (poem) published in Aphelion: The Webzine of Science Fiction & Fantasy, Issue 292, Volume 28, March 2024

"Dam Bones" (flash fiction) published in Weird Fiction Quarterly, Winter 2024, Alien Sun Press

"The Great and Final Feast" (prose poem) published in Spectral Realms No. 20, Hippocampus Press, Winter 2024

[2023]

"Ghoul of the Ash" (flash fiction) and "Lord, I'm Comin' Home To You" (flash fiction) published in Weird Fiction Quarterly, Fall 2023, Alien Sun Press

Reprints: "Suburban Pitcher Plant, Sarracenia suburbiana" (prose poem) and "Allure of the Western Sky" published in Speculations IV: Poetry from the Weird Poets Society 2021–2022, Mind's Eye Publications, 2023

Reprints: "Each Second That Passes" and "Making Amends" published in One Flew Over The Vampire's Nest: Poems for the Children of the Night...Atlantean Publishing, 2023

"Mother Nature and the AI Poet" (poem) published in JOURN-E: The Journal of Imaginative Literature, Vol. 2, No. 2, Mind's Eye Publications, Autumnal Equinox 2023

Reprint: "Belch" (prose poem) published in View From Atlantis, Issue 80 (theme: Ancient Horrors), Atlantean Publishing, 2023

"Awakening" (poem) published in Aphelion: The Webzine of Science Fiction & Fantasy, Issue 287, Volume 27, September 2023

"Slishra-Ew" (prose poem/flash fiction) published in Weird Fiction Quarterly, Summer 2023, Alien Sun Press

"Servant of the Siren" (as "Sycophant of the Siren") (prose poem) published in Spectral Realms No. 19, Hippocampus Press, Summer 2023

"They Sing Me Along" (prose poem) published in Space & Time Magazine, Issue 143, Yuriko Publishing, Spring/Summer 2023

"The Lumberjack's Beard" (flash fiction) published in Weird Fiction Quarterly, Spring 2023, Alien Sun Press

"Eternal Love, Eternal Night" (prose poem) and "Conjoined Creatures" (poem) published in The Vampiricon: Imaginings & Images of the Vampire; anthology from Mind's Eye Publications, 2023

"Earth's Reclamation/Next Up" (poem) published in Star*Line, Volume 46, Issue 1, The Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association, Winter 2023

[2022]

"Ynè-Kee's Journey" (flash fiction) published in Weird Fiction Quarterly, Winter 2022, Alien Sun Press

"The Moth Fairies Pay a Visit" (prose poem) published in Space & Time Magazine, Issue 142, Yuriko Publishing, Fall/Winter 2022

"Final Gathering" and "From Below" (prose poems) published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Nov/Dec 2022, Spilogale Inc.

"Pitcher Plant" (poem) published in Star*Line, Volume 45, Issue 4, The Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association, Fall 2022

"Last Soldier on the Beach" (prose poem) published in Spectral Realms No. 17, Hippocampus Press, Summer 2022

Reprint: "The Girl with the Crooked Spine" (short story) published in Spooky Berwyn Two: More Creepy Tales from the Chicago Area; anthology from Tales of Wonder and Dread Publishing, 2022

Reprint: "The Tramp Clown's Secret" (short story) published in Spooky Stateline; Creepy Tales from the Illinois / Wisconsin Border Area; anthology from Tales of Wonder and Dread Publishing, 2022

"Olivegoyle" (flash fiction) published in The Gargoylicon: Imaginings & Images of the Gargoyle in Literature and Art; anthology from Mind's Eye Publications, 2022

Reprint: "Dawn Chorus" (poem) displayed in The Fox Poetry Box from June 13 to June 25 in St. Charles, Illinois

"The Next Incarnation of Joan" (prose poem) published in The Fifth Di...June 2022, Hiraeth Publishing

"Haviland Crater," "What falls apart, ends, decays...," and "Something died by owl...," (poems) published in Awen, Issue 116, Atlantean Publishing, May 2022

"Mother Earth's Red Sister" (prose poem/flash fiction) and "Wandering Albatross" (poem) published in JOURN-E: The Journal of Imaginative Literature, Vol. 1, No. 1, Mind's Eye Publications, March 2022

"Cephalopod Transmission One" (flash fiction) published in Lovecraftiana: The Magazine of Eldritch Horror, Vol 7, Issue 1, Rogue Planet Press, Walpurgisnacht 2022

"The God of Dark Fantasy Prose-Poetry" (prose poem) published in Spectral Realms No. 16, Hippocampus Press, Winter 2022

"Lost Dad" (prose poem/drabble) published in Black Ink Fiction, January 2022, Week 3 - Alcohol

"Lifer" (prose poem) published in Illumen, Winter 2022, Hiraeth Publishing

"Suburban Pitcher Plant, Sarracenia suburbiana" (prose poem) published in Not One of Us, Issue 69, January 2022; 2023 Rhysling Award nominee

[2021]

"Ratri and the Grieving Botanist" (prose poem) published in Eternal Haunted Summer, Winter Solstice 2021

Reprints: "Faerystruck Down" (poem), "Making Amends" (poem), "Ghoul of the Enamel" (prose poem), and "Spiral of Flies" (short story) published in The Sirens Call eZine, Issue 56Sirens Call Publications, Winter 2021

"Allure of the Western Sky" (poem) published in Spectral Realms No. 15Hippocampus Press, Summer 2021

[2019]

Reprint: "These Things" (poem) displayed in The Fox Poetry Box from May 26 to June 1, 2019 in St. Charles, Illinois

"All the right words..." (poem) read during a segment of NPR's All Things Considered for National Poetry Month; the episode aired on April 14, 2019

[2018]

Reprint: "The Dead Man Who Appears" (short story) published in The World of Myth Magazine anthology; Vol. III, 2018

Reprint: "Spiral of Flies" (short story) published in Morpheus Tales anthology; The Best Weird Fiction, Vol. 7

[2017]

"All the Good of the World" (prose poem), "Psalm of My Own" (poem; reprint), and "These Things" (poem; reprint) published in Anthology 17: In God's Hand, Spring 2017; presented by Writers of Grace

"Hermit Thrush" (poem) published in through the biKNOXulars, February 2017

[2016]

Reprint: "The Hunchback's Captive" (short story) published in Monomyth, Vol. 16.1, Issue 59

"The Blackout Killer" (short story) published in Tales to Terrify audio podcast #208; read by Rock Manor

Reprint: "White Heart" (poem) published in Nomad's Choir, Summer 2016

"Butterfly" (poem) published in DuPage Valley Review 2015

[2015]

"The Dark Island" (as "Potawatomi Island") (short story) published in Electric Spec, Vol. 10, Issue 1

Reprint: "Intimate Universes" (poem) published in DuPage Valley Review 2014

"A Climbing Rose in a Ruin" 
(poem) and "White Heart" (poem) published in River Poets Journal, Spring/Summer 2015

"Ghoul of the Enamel" (prose poem) published in Spectral Realms No. 3, Summer 2015

"What We Know of Goddesses" (as "We Call Them the Gods") (prose poem) published in Tales of the Talisman, Vol. 10, Issue 4

"Intimate Universes" (poem) 
published in 2015 Rhysling Anthology: The Best Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Poetry of 2014

"Winter from Below" (poem) published in Foliate Oak Literary Magazine, March 2015

[2014] (Poems, unless stated otherwise)
  • Reprint: "The Hunchback's Captive," short story (Strangely Ever After, anthology from pacificREVIEW)
  • "Soulsucker," short story (Schlock! Webzine, Vol. 7, Issue 2; a collaboration with writers Gavin Chappell, R.M. Duchene, Todd Nelsen, and HG Towne)
  • "The Hunchback's Captive," short story (The Horror Zine Magazine, Fall 2014; Editor's Pick Writer)
  • "Not for Mortal Eyes," short story (Disturbed Digest, Issue #5)
  • "The Girl with the Crooked Spine," short story (Electric Spec, Volume 9, Issue 2)
  • Reprint: "Spiral of Flies," short story (Behind Closed Doors; horror anthology from Thirteen O'Clock Press)
  • "The Tramp Clown's Secret," short story (Space & Time Magazine, Issue #120)
  • "Post-Funeral Mission to Mars" (Tales of the Talisman, Vol. 10, Issue 2)
  • "Stopwatch" and "The Pace of Waiting" (Poetry Pacific, Autumn 2014)
  • "Faerystruck Down" (2014 Rhysling Anthology: The Best Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Poetry of 2013)
  • "Intimate Universes" (Tales of the Talisman, Vol. 10, Issue 1; 2015 Rhysling Award nominee)
  • "Somewhere" (Behind Closed Doors; horror anthology from Thirteen O'Clock Press)
  • "Promise of an Eagle, to a Friend" (Storm Cycle 2013: The Best of Kind of a Hurricane Press)
  • "Neutral Ground" (The Linnet's Wings, Spring 2014)
  • "Sketch by Sketch" (Rose Red Review, Issue 8)
  • "Words are All I Have" (Leaves of Ink, March 20, 2014)
  • "Outside, the Silent Garden" (Leaves of Ink, February 27, 2014)
  • "Misery of He Who is Outside the Realm of Man" (as "Misery of He Who is Older than All Men") (Tales of the Talisman, Vol. 9, Issue 3)
  • "Only a Dream?" (Leaves of Ink, February 5, 2014)
  • "The Existence of You" (Long Story Short: Poetry Page, February 2014; Poem of the Month)
  • "Illusion for the Web of Roads" and "The Pace of Waiting" (Passages, a poetry anthology for charity. February 1, 2014, Dagda Publishing)
  • "A Little of the Mystery Come" and "Phoenixes" (Voices on the Wind, Vol. 56)
  • "My Clearest Day" (Leaves of Ink, January 29, 2014)
  • "Dawn Chorus" (read on The Open Mike Show on Winchcombe Radio, Gloucestershire, 107.1FM; broadcast on January 18, 2014; it was rebroadcast several more times)
  • "Heart-shaped Cocoon" (Leaves of Ink, January 16, 2014)
  • "A Poem to My Dead Love" (Leaves of Ink, January 7, 2014)
[2013] (Poems, unless stated otherwise)
  • "Spiral of Flies," short story (Morpheus Tales, Issue 22)
  • Reprints: "Penumbra," flash fiction and "The Unfortunate Heartbreak of Faritook the Earwig," flash fiction (The Sirens Call eZine, Issue 9; The Bug Issue)
  • Reprint: "Deal Down at the Hospital," flash fiction (Death Throes Webzine, Issue #13)
  • "Emily's Meadow," short story (Schlock! Webzine, Vol. 4, Issue 17)
  • Reprint: "Red Icicles," flash fiction (Death Throes Webzine, March 30, 2013)
  • Reprint: "The Unfortunate Heartbreak of Faritook the Earwig," flash fiction (The Speculative Edge, February 11, 2013; online only)
  • "A Moment is Riding Time" (Leaves of Ink, December 21, 2013)
  • "Moonshadow" (Leaves of Ink, December 11, 2013)
  • "A Lament for Sylvia," "Hubristic," "Kicking Sand In The Face Of Indolence," "Last Words," "Leaving the Old Us," "Shimmer," "Stopwatch," "These Things," "The Props at My Funeral," and "The Hawk" (Caught in the Net 126, as featured writer)
  • "Belch" (Liquid Imagination, Issue 19; audio version read by Todd Nelsen)
  • "When I Am Loved By You" (Romance Travel Magazine, November 2013)
  • "Whispers" (Leaves of Ink, November 29, 2013)
  • "To You" (Leaves of Ink, November 19, 2013)
  • "Stopwatch" (Poetry Kit, November 16, 2013; Poem of the Week)
  • "The Key to a Woman’s Heart is Within the Man" (Leaves of Ink, November 14, 2013)
  • "Sentimental Blue" (Leaves of Ink, November 7, 2013)
  • "Beneath the Waves" (Leaves of Ink, November 3, 2013)
  • "A Lament for Sylvia," "Little Girl," "A Little of the Mystery Come," and "Before the Storm Wet the Earth" (A Place for Tulsi, as featured writer)
  • "Out of the Ad Space" (Dagda Publishing, 24 October 2013)
  • "About Love" (Leaves of Ink, October 22, 2013)
  • "It isn't her fault...," "Poet," and "Crestfallen" (Work to a Calm, Issue 6)
  • "The Existence of You" (Leaves of Ink, October 17, 2013)
  • "Faerystruck Down" (Tales of the Talisman, Vol. 9, Issue 1; 2014 Rhysling Award nominee)
  • "Illusion for the Web of Roads" (Dagda Publishing, 5 October 2013)
  • "My Love, My Dream" (Leaves of Ink, September 29, 2013)
  • "Denied" (Leaves of Ink, September 23, 2013)
  • "When I Am Loved By You" (Leaves of Ink, September 17, 2013)
  • "Though Unseen, Her Soul is Lucid" (Leaves of Ink, September 12, 2013)
  • "Broken Hearts in Paris" (Leaves of Ink, September 7, 2013)
  • "I Love You" (Leaves of Ink, September 2, 2013)
  • "Love Will Glue These Br-oken Pi–ece-s" (Linguistic Erosion, August 22, 2013)
  • "Kicking Sand In The Face Of Indolence," "Can You Dig It, Girl?" and "In Spite of Candlelight" (Thick With Conviction, August 2013)
  • "Leaving the Old Us" (Dagda Publishing, 20 July 2013)
  • "These Things," "The American and the Armenian," "A Tree," "Damsel Fly!" "Morning Rain," and "Her Day" (The Cat's Meow for Writers & Readers Magazine, Issue 69, Vol. 13)
  • "Killing a Man on a Bridge for Pleasure" (Death Throes Webzine, Issue 12)
  • "Never Let It In" (Death Throes Webzine, Issue 11)
  • "Stopwatch" (read on The Open Mike Show on Winchcombe Radio, Gloucestershire, 107.1FM; broadcast on May 18 and again on May 22)
  • "Winter at dawn..." (a handful of stones, May 12, 2013)
  • "Denied" (Pink Litter, May 7, 2013)
  • "I walk past laughing lovers..." (a handful of stones, April 29, 2013)
  • "Shimmer" (Every Day Poets, April 27, 2013)
  • "Making Amends" (Star*Line, April 2013, Vol. 36, Issue 2)
  • "Promise of an Eagle, to a Friend" (Jellyfish Whispers, April 1, 2013)
  • "Stopwatch" (Nomad's Choir, Spring 2013)
  • "Morning Rain" (Ink Sweat & Tears, January 20, 2013)
[2012] (
Poems, unless stated otherwise)
  • "Charon Falls into the Styx," flash fiction (Bards and Sages Quarterly, October 2012)
  • "Strings," flash fiction (New Myths, Issue 20)
  • Reprint: "Deal Down at the Hospital," flash fiction (Liquid Imagination, Issue 14)
  • Reprint: "The Unfortunate Heartbreak of Faritook the Earwig," flash fiction (69 Flavors of Paranoia, Menu 18, Issue 6, Vol. 3)
  • Reprint: "The Dead Man Who Appears," short story (Death Head Grin Anthology: Volume 2)
  • Reprint: "Penumbra," flash fiction (Bewildering Stories, Issue 478; Editors' Choice)
  • Reprint: "Red Icicles," flash fiction (The World of Myth Magazine, Issue 52)
  • Reprint: "The Dead Man Who Appears" (as "Like...Chicken"), short story (Aphelion, April 2012)
  • Reprint: "Deal Down at the Hospital," flash fiction (MicroHorror, January 6, 2012)
  • "Bright Moon Stray," micro-fiction (FLASHSHOT, January 2, 2012)
  • Reprints: "Red Icicles" and "Deal Down at the Hospital," both flash fiction (Deadman's Tome, January 2012)
  • Reprint: "The Dead Man Who Appears," short story (The World of Myth Magazine, Issue 53)
  • "Stopwatch" (last 2 stanzas) (The Speculative Edge, December 2012, Issue 5)
  • "The Impatient" (SNM Horror Magazine, Dec/Jan Issue and Best of 2012; previously published in the Feb/March 2012 Issue)
  • "A Little of the Mystery Come" (WestWard Quarterly, Fall 2012)
  • "Belch" (Space & Time Magazine, Issue 117)
  • "New Pattern" (The Speculative Edge, Issue 3)
  • "Ted," "Arachnophobia Cured!" "The Impatient," "New Pattern," "Each Second That Passes," and "Somewhere" (Twisted Dreams Magazine, October 2012)
  • "Out of the Ad Space" (Aoife's Kiss, Issue 42; voted best poem of that issue)
  • "The Politician's New Heart" (The Speculative Edge, Issue 2)
  • "Illusion for the Web of Roads" (Liquid Imagination, Issue 14)
  • "Psalm of My Own" (Sacred Journey, publication date unknown)
  • "Stopwatch" (Bolts of Silk, August 5, 2012)
  • "It isn't his fault...," and "Whispers" (decompression, Issue 7)
  • "Could You Stay the Night, Forever?" (Poetry Cram: The Ultimate Chicago Poetry Anthology)
  • "Moonshadow" (The Bright Light Café, May 21, 2012)
  • "The Key to a Woman's Heart is Within the Man" (The Bright Light Café, May 15, 2012)
  • "Love and Words" (The Bright Light Café, April 12, 2012)
  • "Time to Grow Up Where There's No Time at All" (Mythic Delirium, Issue 26)
  • "The Props at My Funeral," "Arachnophobia Cured!" "White Truth," and "Glass Hope" (Death Head Grin Anthology: Volume 1)
  • "Seasonally Home" (The Bright Light Café, April 12, 2012)
  • "I Love You" (Love Life Poems, March 2012; Best of Web)
  • "Each Second that Passes" and "Arachnophobia Cured!" (The World of Myth Magazine, Issue 52)
  • "Could You Stay the Night, Forever?" (The Bright Light Café, March 11, 2012)
  • "The American and the Armenian" (WestWard Quarterly, Winter 2012)
  • "About Love" (The Bright Light Café, February 13, 2012)
  • "Heart-shaped Cocoon" (Long Story Short, February 2012)
  • "Fresh Morning" (The Bright Light Café, February 2, 2012)
  • "The Impatient" (SNM Horror Magazine, February/March Issue)
  • "A Lament for Sylvia," "It Isn't Her Fault...," "Kicking Sand in the Face of Indolence," "Morning Rain," and "Stopwatch" (Chantarelle's Notebook, as Featured Poet of Issue 26)
  • "Illusion for the Web of Roads" (Sein und Werden, Vol. 8, Issue 1)
  • "These Things" (Nomad's Choir, Winter 2012)
  • "I Love You" (The Bright Light Café, January 23, 2012)
  • "The Goblins Came" (The World of Myth Magazine, Issue 51)
  • "Pulse" (The Bright Light Café, January 10, 2012)
  • "Morning Rain" (The Bright Light Café, January 2, 2012)
[2011] (
Poems, unless stated otherwise)
  • Reprint: "Emma's Favorite Thing to Look At" (The Bright Light Café, December 20, 2011)
  • "Red Icicles," flash fiction (Flashes in the Dark, December 9, 2011)
  • "The Unfortunate Heartbreak of Faritook the Earwig," flash fiction (State of Imagination, Issue 3)
  • "Emma's Favorite Thing to Look At," (Pond Ripples Magazine, May 11, 2011)
  • "Penumbra," flash fiction (Black Petals, April 2011)
  • "Stopwatch" (the IMPpress, Issue 2)
  • "Dryad Weeping on a Fallen Tree" (Space & Time Magazine, Issue 115)
  • "These Things" (The Bright Light Café, December 16, 2011)
  • "Though Unseen, Her Soul is Lucid" (The Bright Light Café, December 15, 2011)
  • "Stopwatch" (Symmetry Pebbles, Issue 1)
  • "The Pace of Waiting" (the IMPpress, Issue 1)
  • "Before the Storm Wet the Earth," "Fresh Morning," and "Morning Rain" (Wavelengths: 2011 Savant Anthology of Poetry)
  • "Below Zero" (Anthology - PaniK: Candid Stories of Life Altering Experiences Surrounding Pregnancy)
  • "Stopwatch" and "Morning Rain" (Distilled Lives - The Illinois State Poetry Society 20th Anniversary Anthology)
  • "Holding Hands" (Anthology: Speaking of Love - Positive and Uplifting Short Stories and Poems about Romance, Marriage and True Love)
  • "In Spite of Candlelight" and "Denied" (decompression, Issue 5)
  • "The Pace of Waiting" (Voices in the Wind, Issue 46)
  • "The Props at My Funeral" (Thick With Conviction, Issue 23; nominated for Best of the Net 2011)
  • "Below Zero" (Chantarelle's Notebook, Issue 23)
  • "Psalm of My Own" (Pond Ripples Magazine, May 26, 2011)
  • "subtlety" (Long Story Short, May 2011)
  • "Man at the Window," "Ted," "Can You Dig It, Girl?" (Catfish Gringo River, Friday April 15, 2011)
  • "Crestfallen" and "The Hawk" (Voices in the Wind, Issue 45)
  • "Words Are All I Have" (Daily Love, December 9, 2011)
  • "Outside, the Silent Garden" (Daily Love, December 3, 2011)
  • "Only A Dream?" (Daily Love, November 23, 2011)
  • "My Clearest Day" (Daily Love, November 8, 2011)
  • "Heart-shaped Cocoon" (Daily Love, November 5, 2011)
  • "A Poem to My Dead Love" (Daily Love, November 1, 2011)
  • "A Moment is Riding Time" (Daily Love, October 28, 2011)
  • "Moonshadow" (Daily Love, October 24, 2011)
  • "Whispers" (Daily Love, January 3, 2011)
  • "Stopwatch" (Mad Swirl, February 19, 2011)
  • "The Impatient" (Thirteen Myna Birds, January 2011)
  • "The Pace of Waiting" (WARpoetrywritersZONE, War Poetry 2011)
  • "Stopwatch" (SpokenWar, January 2011)
  • "Stopwatch," "The Pace of Waiting," "Man at the Window," "Ted," "The Props at My Funeral," "Hubristic," "Can You Dig It, Girl?" and "Kicking Sand in the Face of Indolence" (Alternative Reel)
  • "The Impatient," "Somewhere," "Killing a Man on a Bridge for Pleasure," and "Each Second that Passes" (Death Head Grin, April 2011)
[2010] (
Poems)
  • "Could You Stay the Night, Forever?" (Love's Chance Magazine, Summer 2010)
  • "Promise of an Eagle, to a Friend" (Nomad's Choir, Vol. 18, Issue 2)
  • "Stopwatch" (nthposition, February 10, 2010)
  • "The Pace of Waiting" (Poets Against War, February 2010)
  • "Hubristic" and "Morning Rain" (River Poets Journal, Volume 4, Issue 3)
  • "Arachnophobia Cured!" and "Before the Storm Wet the Earth" (SubtleTea.com, May-July 2010)
  • "A Tree" (Sacred Journey, April/May 2010)
  • "Imperfection" (Sparkbright, Issue 4)
  • "Before the Storm Wet the Earth" (A Prairie Journal, Spring-Summer 2010)
  • "Spring" (The Bugle newspaper, April 9, 2010)
  • "Before the Storm Wet the Earth" (The Prairie Light Review, Spring 2010)
  • "Somewhere," "Whispers," "Love and Words," "My Morning Sickness," and "Before the Storm Wet the Earth" (DuPage Valley Review 2010)
  • "Kicking Sand in the Face of Indolence" (Message in a Bottle Poetry Magazine, Issue 5)
  • "Pulse" and "Before the Storm Wet the Earth" (Lunarosity, Vol. 8)
  • "I Love You" (Daily Love, June 25, 2010)
  • "Broken Hearts in Paris" (Daily Love, June 28, 2010)
  • "Though Unseen, Her Soul Is Lucid" (Daily Love, July 2, 2010)
  • "When I Am Loved By You" (Daily Love, July 5, 2010)
  • "Denied" (Daily Love, July 7, 2010)
  • "Love Will Glue These Br-oken Pi-ece-s" (Daily Love, July 10, 2010)
  • "My Love, My Dream" (Daily Love, July 13, 2010)
  • "The Existence of You" (Daily Love, July 17, 2010)
  • "About Love" (Daily Love, July 20, 2010)
  • "Stopwatch" (Poetry Monthly International, Issue 21)
  • "Holding Hands (a simple pleasure)" (The Bright Light Café, September 2010)
  • "Shadows Falling From the Heart" (Ancient Heart Magazine, September 11, 2010)
  • "Promise of an Eagle, to a Friend," "Psalm of My Own," and "Could You Stay the Night Forever?" (joyful!, December 2010)
  • "Walking Into Yesterday, Tonight" (Word Salad Poetry Magazine, Vol. XVI, No. III)
  • "Morning Rain" (The Shine Journal, November 2010)
  • "Imagining a Change in Form to Establish Roots in Meaning," "Little Fawn," and "Seasonally Home" (Naturewriting.com, November 2010)
  • "Beneath the Waves" (Daily Love, December 15, 2010)
  • "Sentimental Blue" (Daily Love, December 18, 2010)
  • "The Key to a Woman’s Heart is Within the Man" (Daily Love, December 25, 2010)
  • "To You" (Daily Love, December 31, 2010)
  • "Morning Rain," "The Props at My Funeral," and "Hubristic" (The Prairie Light Review, Fall 2010)
[2009] (
Poems)
  • "Love and Words" (Love's Chance Magazine, Fall/Winter 2009)
  • "Stopwatch" (Down in the Dirt, June 2009, v071)
  • "The Hawk" (Down in the Dirt, July 2009, v072)
  • "14 April 2005" (Kane County Chronicle, publication date unknown)
  • "Arachnophobia Cured!" (Spaceports and Spidersilk, March 2009)
  • "A Tree," "Kiss Me Hello," "Pulse," "Stopwatch," and "These Things" (DuPage Valley Review 2009)
  • "Stopwatch" ('Crawling Through the Dirt' compilation, Summer 2009)
  • "The Hawk" ('echo' compilation, Fall 2009)
  • "These Things" (Ancient Heart Magazine, October 30, 2009)
  • "Winter Vacation" (Autumn Leaves, Volume 13, #24)
  • "The Props at My Funeral" (Poetry Super Highway, December 7-13, 2009)
  • "Last Words" (Eye on Life Magazine, December 10, 2009)
  • "Winterbloom" (A Prairie Journal, Fall-Winter 2009)
  • "Trout Swimming Upstream for Nickels and Dimes" (Wilda Morris's Poetry Challenge, 1st place: December 2009)
  • "Winter Vacation" (Poet's Ink, December 2009)
[2008] (
Poems)
  • "Fresh Morning," "7 New Stars," and "A Tree" (Write On!! Poetry Magazette, January 2008)
  • "Could You Stay the Night, Forever?" (chicagopoetry.com - CRAM Volume 1)
  • "Love and Words" (Kane County Chronicle, April 15, 2008)
  • "The Pace of Waiting" (Kane County Chronicle, April 18, 2008)
  • "What We Are" (Kane County Chronicle, publication date unknown)
  • "Eidolon" (Kane County Chronicle, July 12, 2008)
  • "Holding Hands (a simple pleasure)" (Kane County Chronicle, August 2, 2008)
  • "Fresh Morning," "It isn't her fault…," "Before the Storm Wet the Earth," and "The Empty Thrush" (Poet's Haven)
  • "Shadows Falling from the Heart" (Kane County Chronicle, October 25, 2008)
  • "The song of toads..." (Poet's Ink, October 2008)
  • "Waking" (Poet's Ink, December 2008)
[2007] (
Poems)
  • "Kicking Sand in the Face of Indolence" (Languageandculture.net, Winter/Spring 2007)
  • "Could You Stay the Night, Forever?" and "Below Zero" (again) (Long Story Short, Spring 2007)
  • "Before the Storm Wet the Earth" (Kane County Chronicle, publication date unknown)
  • "These Things" (Kane County Chronicle, May 12, 2007)
  • "Seasonally Home" (Kane County Chronicle, November 10, 2007)
  • "Eidolon" (Insight: Waubonsee Community College, Vol. 46, Issue 4)
[2006] (
Poems)
  • "The Hawk" (online only), "Can You Dig It, Girl?" (online and in print), and "In Spite of Candlelight" (online and in print) (American Open Mike: The New American Voice 2)
  • "Pulse" (Kane County Chronicle, January 7, 2006)
  • "Before the Storm Wet the Earth" (online only), "Love and Words" (online and in print), and "My Unread Poetry" (online only) (American Open Mike: The New American Voice 1)
  • "Promise of an Eagle, to a Friend" (WestWard Quarterly, Spring 2006)
  • "Pulse" (The Penwood Review, Volume 10, #2)
  • "Spring" (Kane County Chronicle, June 10, 2006)
  • "Could You Stay the Night, Forever?" (Kane County Chronicle, August 5, 2006)
  • "Psalm of My Own" (Kane County Chronicle, publication date unknown)
  • "Arachnophobia Cured!" (Kane County Chronicle, publication date unknown)
  • "Could You Stay the Night, Forever?" (Arts Beat, Winter 2006-2007)
  • "Below Zero" (Long Story Short, December 2006)
[2004] (Poems)
  • "The Key to a Woman's Heart is Within the Man" and "A Lament for Sylvia" (Skyline Magazine, Spring Edition)
  • "Fresh Morning" (online only), "Love Will Glue These Br-oken Pi-ece-s" (online only), "The Existence of You" (online only), "About Love" (online and in print), and "The Key to a Woman's Heart is Within the Man" (online and in print) (Londonart.co.uk - the art of love anthology)
  • "Imperfection" and "Twelve and 12" (Small Brushes 18)
  • "Hubristic" and "The Hawk" (Red Owl Magazine, Issue XVIII)
  • "Fresh Morning" (Kane County Chronicle, June 5, 2004)
  • "Sentimental Blue" (Kane County Chronicle, August 28, 2004)
  • "Twelve and 12" (Kane County Chronicle, publication date unknown)
  • "Moonshadow" (Kane County Chronicle, publication date unknown)
  • "A Tree" (printed on sign along Meadow Lake at The Morton Arboretum)
  • "A Tree" (partial) (The Morton Arboretum Plant Health Care Report, Issue 2004-04)
[2003] (Poems)
  • "Fresh Morning" (Love's Chance Magazine, Winter 2003-2004)
  • "Before the Storm Wet the Earth" (Tryst, Issue VI)
[2002] (Poems)
  • "Fresh Morning" and "Alone" (The Pink Chameleon, Issue 3)
[2001] (Poem)
  • "Below Zero" (The Blind Man's Rainbow, Vol. VI, Issue 4)
[2000]
 (Poems, unless stated otherwise)
  • "Before the Storm Wet the Earth" (Best of the 5th Annual Skyway Writers Festival, 1st Place: Poetry) and "Fresh Morning" (Best of the 5th Annual Skyway Writers Festival, Finalist: Poetry)
[1999] (Poems, unless stated otherwise)
  • Reprint: "The Dead Man Who Appears," short story (Songs of Innocence, Issue 2; nominated for Pushcart Prize)
  • "The Third Layer" (possibly an alternate title for "The Heart that Sizzled in the Devil's Palm"), short story (Best of the 4th Annual Skyway Writers Festival, Finalist: Short Fiction)
  • "Somewhere" (Best of the 4th Annual Skyway Writers Festival, Honorable Mention: Poetry) and "Little Girl" (Best of the 4th Annual Skyway Writers Festival, Finalist: Poetry)
  • "White Truth" (Songs of Innocence, Issue One)
  • "Each Second That Passes" (Penny Dreadful, Issue Eleven)
[1998]
  • "The Dead Man Who Appears," short story (Spire, Volume XXVI)

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