Publications


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Books

Edited Anthologies

OtherOrlandos-CoverOther Orlandos, Burrow Press, August 2017

Orlando is… a power plant in Johannesburg, an epic poem, a celebrity mask used as a marital aid. In this anthology of fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry, Orlando is anything but the Florida city so often associated with theme parks. In Other Orlandos, the city’s writers twist a familiar word into new contexts and connotations.


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Condoms and Hot Tubs Don’t Mix: An Anthology of Awkward Sexcapades, Beating Windward Press, June 2018

Sex in the real world isn’t as glamorous or tidy as romance novels or pornography frequently portray. Real, consensual sex is messy, silly, fun, and sometimes more than a little bit awkward. This collection of stories, essays, poems, and comics features untimely boners, shower-stall slip-and-falls, the police showing up at your post-prom romp in the park, and that high school escapade where you realized condoms and hot tubs don’t mix.


Edited Academic Collections

Essays on Father Figures in Animated Cartoons for Children, McFarland & Co., forthcoming 2022

Essays on Father Figures in Animated Cartoons for Mature Audiences, McFarland & Co., forthcoming 2023

Literary Floridas: Imaginings of a Wild Peninsula, under publisher review


Anthologized Works

Essays

“From the Swamp to the Stars: Writing the Space Coast,” Literary Floridas, forthcoming

Poetry

“Splice,” Manticore: Hybrid Writing from Hybrid Identities, Sundress Publications, 2019

Fiction

Overripe,” Ghost Parachute Anthology, forthcoming 2021

“On Maglev, I95 Southbound,” Burrow Press for There Will Be Words, Winter 2011

Comics

“Falia Takes Flight,” 15 Views, Volume II: Corridor, Orlando: Burrow Press, 2013


In Literary Journals

Fiction

Lost in Translation,” Ghost Parachute, September 2020

Seasons Turn,” Ghost Parachute, August 2020

Overripe,” Ghost Parachute, July 2020

So Long, Soldier. Send Her Your Son,” Plane Tree Journal, Fall 2018

“Justification,” Sphere Literary Journal, Spring 2011

Comics (Fiction)

“Falia Takes Flight,” Burrow Press Review, Fall 2012

“Justification,” The Southeast Review, Spring 2012

Comics (Nonfiction)

Picky Eater,” Sweet: A Literary Confection, Summer 2012

Art & Illustration

Photograph, “I Feel Empowered When I Wear,” Rogue Agent, Spring 2015

Illustration for Jon Chaiim McConnell’s “Chinatown Baklava,” SmokeLong Quarterly, forthcoming

Illustration for Faith Gardner’s “Second Runner-Up,” SmokeLong Quarterly, Winter 2012

Illustration for Ryan Werner’s “Jalapeno Summer,” SmokeLong Quarterly, Fall 2012


Special Projects

Poetry

Unknown Man : Chicago, IL,” Lament for the Dead, Aug. 2015


Articles

Guest Posts

Jack of All Trades: A Case for Studying and Composing in Multiple Genres,” UCF Creative Writing MFA Blog, Mar. 2016

Special Edition: So You Want to Write a Sex Scene?,” Five Writers, Feb. 2016

On Not Writing and Not Feeling Guilty About It,” The Sundress Blog, Sep. 2014

AWP2014: When Book Reviews Also Tell Stories,” Brevity’s Nonfiction Blog, Mar. 2014

Reviews

Imperfect Memory: Review of Eating Moors and Christians by Sandra Castillo,” Aquifer: The Florida Review Online, Spring 2018

Buzzed Books #25: Across a Green Ocean,” The Drunken Odyssey, Apr. 2015

Buzzed Books #21: The Call,” The Drunken Odyssey, Feb. 2015

Buzzed Books #13: Falling Into Place,” The Drunken Odyssey, Sep. 2014

Gutter Space #20: Holiday Bullshit,” The Drunken Odyssey, Dec. 2013

Gutter Space #19: The Art of Adaptation,” The Drunken Odyssey, Dec. 2013

Gutter Space #18: Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal,” The Drunken Odyssey, Dec. 2013

Gutter Space #17: Metacomic Case Study,” The Drunken Odyssey, Nov. 2013

Gutter Space #16: Cartooning Through Delicate Subject Matters,” The Drunken Odyssey, Nov. 2013

Gutter Space #15: When Worlds Collide,” The Drunken Odyssey, Nov. 2013

Gutter Space #14: Portrayal of Perception,” The Drunken Odyssey, Nov. 2013

Gutter Space #13: On Taking Webcomics Seriously,” The Drunken Odyssey, Oct. 2013

Gutter Space #12: Trauma and Watercolors,” The Drunken Odyssey, Oct. 2013

Gutter Space #11: Imagination as a Coping Mechanism in Comics Essays,” The Drunken Odyssey, Oct. 2013

Gutter Space #10: Narration in Fun Home,” The Drunken Odyssey, Oct. 2013

Gutter Space #9: Flashbacks in A Family Matter,” The Drunken Odyssey, Oct. 2013

Gutter Space #8: Interactivity in XKCD,” The Drunken Odyssey, Sep. 2013

Gutter Space #7: Hybrid Comics and Prose,” The Drunken Odyssey, Sep. 2013

Gutter Space #6: Maus,” The Drunken Odyssey, Sep. 2013

Gutter Space #5: Less is More in A Softer World,” The Drunken Odyssey, Sep. 2013

Gutter Space #4: Worldbuilding in Artichoke Tales,” The Drunken Odyssey, Aug. 2013

Gutter Space #3: Pushing the Boundaries between Comics and Animation in XKCD,” The Drunken Odyssey, Aug. 2013

Gutter Space #2: Narrative Braiding in Habibi,” The Drunken Odyssey, Aug. 2013

Gutter Space #1: Why Focus on Comics-That-Aren’t-Superhero-Comics?,” The Drunken Odyssey, Aug. 2013


Interviews

Bob Shacochis, The Florida Review, Winter 2012

Anthony Swofford, forthcoming in The Florida Review 40th Anniversary Anthology, forthcoming

Nick Flynn, forthcoming in The Florida Review 40th Anniversary Anthology, forthcoming


Podcast Episodes

The Drunken Odyssey Episode 458: A Discussion of Lynda Barry’s Syllabus (with Leslie Salas), Feb. 2021

StoryMaven Episode 12: How to Avoid the Blinking Cursor of Death with The Gloria Sirens, Jan. 2021

Florida Book Club Season 1, Episode 3: Condoms and Hot Tubs Don’t Mix, Dec. 2020

The Drunken Odyssey Episode 450: Tron Legacy Roundtable Discussion, Dec. 2020

The Drunken Odyssey Episode 279: Leslie Salas!, Sep. 2017