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I'm the author of a chapbook of flash fiction entitled The Distance Between Us (Red Bird Chapbooks, 2013), a book of short stories entitled My Father is an Angry Storm Cloud: Collected Stories (Tailwinds Press, July 2015), a novella-in-flashes entitled Girl & Flame (Conium Press, 2016). I have been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and a Best of the Web. (I didn’t receive either of those, but I did buy the Barrelhouse shirt, so that’s something.) In 2013, I received a Soaring Gardens Artist Residency, and in 2016, I received a Rensing Residency. I teach English and direct the Honors Program at Wor-Wic Community College. ...more

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Average rating: 4.27 · 62 ratings · 20 reviews · 6 distinct works

	Arcana: the Tarot Poetry Anthology by Marjorie Jensen (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Mary K. Greer (Introducer), Rachel Pollack (Contributor) 4.32 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Girl & Flame: A Novella 3.86 avg rating — 21 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Father Is An Angry Storm Cloud: Collected Stories 4.62 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lives We've Yet to Live 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Father Is an Angry Storm Cloud: Collected Stories it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Speculative Edge, Issue 4, November 2012 by Shane R. Collins, T.C. Porter, George Wilhite (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Tell Me How It Ends: An Essay in Forty Questions

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