non-fiction

I was lucky enough to win the San Miguel Writers 2024 contest with my non-fiction piece “A Murmuration”. Here is a link to the story, which does involve the theme of suicide so please be forewarned. Contest story can be found here. 

A nice Q and A about writing with Daphne Grey-Grant can be found here.

Wordworks magazine, courtesy of the Federation of B.C. Writers, published a short piece of mine, an explanation of why I love speculative fiction.  “Speculative Fiction: A Whole New World of Possibility” can be found in Vol. 2 2024.

“No One Tells You Outright Grandma is an Asshole” Winner, PRISM International’s 2023 Grouse Grind Lit Prize.
Somewhat self explanatory, given the title.
Read here.

“In Recognition of Norse Warriors Moonlighting as Safeway Cashiers” was published in The Razor, Fall 2023
A jarring, three-minute encounter in the local Safeway.
Read here.

“The Boiling Point of Sorrow” was published in the 50th anniversary issue of Grain magazine, 2023.
A brief employment on the teen ward––a little too close to home.
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“Statue of Limitations” published in The Fiddlehead, Autumn 2021 Issue 289.
A response to the Me-Too conversation, and a familiar story (trigger warning).
Read here.

“Zoom Meeting in Progress” in the 2020 Detour Ahead online forum, a place to discuss how COVID affected us.
A response to the death of more than one friend during the time of Covid.

“Where Things Rise, Unannounced” Winner, EVENT magazine’s 2018 non-fiction contest, judged by Lori Ann Wilson.
This foray into eco-anxiety was longlisted in the 2018 CBC non-fiction contest.
Read here.
Listen to the story.

“Hindsight” was in the anthology Hidden Lives: Coming out on Mental Illness, forward by Gabor Mate. A must read for those with mental health struggles.
A reflection on a father with Bipolar.
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“Frozen Exit” online poem  in the Feathertale Review, 2012
A fantasy: peppering the neighbors house with frozen cat turds.
Read here.

“Blood Sisters” was published in the “siblings” 34.4 issue of Room magazine, 2011.
Summer camp vows sealed in blood.
Read here.