
Publications
· Multiple short-short stories in THE VIEW FROM HERE, 2008-2010
· “Basal Memory” in ASCENT, Volume 18, No. 2, Winter 1994
· “Sin Etc.” in COTTONWOOD 45, Fall 1991
· “Thunderhead” in CONFRONTATION, 44/45, Fall 1990/Winter 1991
· “Shotgun” in DESCANT (TCU), Volume 31, No. 1, Fall-Winter 86-87 (printed fall of ‘89)
· “Double Shift” in PASSAGES NORTH, Volume 10, No. 2, Summer 1989
· “Empty Mirror” in BLACK WARRIOR REVIEW, Volume 13, No. 1, Fall 1986
· “Jamie” in GARGOYLE’S “Fiction/86” (GARGOYLE MAGAZINE 30/31)
· “Water Babies” in COTTONWOOD 37, Winter 1985/Spring 1986
Awards
· 2008 semi-finalist in the Amazon.com "Breakthrough Novel Award" contest
· Finalist in Best Literature Blog category of the 2008 and 2007 Weblog Awards for “Diary of a Heretic,” the website
· 2000 finalist in LAMBDA’s 2000 Richard Hall Contest, for an excerpt from “Diary of a Heretic”, the novel
· 1999 semi-finalist in the New Millennium Writings Awards VIII
· 1999 semi-finalist in the Dana Awards for short stories
· 1998 finalist in the Dana Awards for short stories
· 1990 finalist for the Iowa School of Letters Award for Short Fiction, and for the 1989 Iowa Short Fiction Award
· 1988 finalist for the Drue Heinz Literature Prize for a collection of short stories