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Check out my new short story — Losing Things I Never Had. It’s the story of a widower who discovers that his wife had written a memoir about their marriage. Reading it, he encounters a version of their life together that is both true and irreconcilable with his own.

If you read it, please drop me a note with your thoughts!

LOSING THINGS I NEVER HAD

Check out my story about a college professor pulled between obligation and desire, forced to confront the ever widening gap between what he believes about morality and how he practices it.

A story about self-deception, consequence, and the choices we make even when we know better.

[SELF INFLICTED

The announcement came over the intercom. I didn’t think twice about it.

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I just posted another short story — Love Lies and Omissions. It’s a story about finding true love — or at the least that’s what I wanted it to be about when I started writing.

[Love Lies and Omissions

I’m on all the apps. Bumble. Tinder. Hinge.

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[THE GREATEST GIFT

THE GREATEST GIFT

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I recently posted four short stories that are part of a collection of first person narratives told at different life stages.

This is the first story I wrote when I conceived of the idea.

What do you think?

[THE COST OF COOL AIR

The third week of April 1988 was unseasonably warm in Northern, Virginia. Way warmer than it had been in Cambridge.

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[MY LIFE BY ANOTHER NAME

This is the second time I have outlived nearly everyone I’ve known. Trust me, it’s no easier in your ninth decade than your first.

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[LIZA INIGO AND ME

Liza Minelli is an odd person for me to be thinking about at a moment like this. At any moment, really—I’m not even a fan. I’ve never seen Cabaret all the way through.

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[THE TRUEST KISS

Usually, I sleep well. But tonight I couldn’t settle, so I got out of bed and went

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