I’ve got a new piece over at The Rum­pus about the cur­rent state of the world. Here’s a snip­pet: “But still the hats sold. So many hats. Made in Los Ange­les, where Hol­ly­wood is film­ing the end of the world on a loop. Down goes […]

I’ve got a brand new piece in the lat­est Read­ers Report over at The Rum­pus. Here’s a sneak peek: “There were kids every­where, doing chores at the edges or trail­ing a few feet behind and pre­tend­ing not to, some as old as four­teen or fif­teen. […]

The Cen­ter for Fic­tion select­ed my entry as the win­ner in its first flash fic­tion con­test. The sto­ry was inspired by a Dorothea Lange pho­to from the New York Pub­lic Library’s col­lec­tion. Check it out here

My lat­est flash fic­tion for The Rum­pus is up now. Here’s a pre­view: “It was a tidy, mod­ern grave­yard in Cal­i­for­nia and traf­fic zipped by reg­u­lar­ly, but the place ter­ri­fied me. I got it into my head that if I took a sin­gle breath as […]

I’ve got a new sto­ry up at The Rum­pus as part of the lat­est Read­ers Report on “Impos­si­ble Res­o­lu­tions.” Here’s a pre­view: “The hike is to the top of Hill 88, a decom­mis­sioned mil­i­tary instal­la­tion with a view of the bay. We both love a […]