Publications
Books
- Upcoming: a short story collection to be published by Goose Lane Editions, Fredericton. In edits.
- The Most Heartless Town in Canada. A novel published by Anvil Press in Vancouver, 2016. The Most Heartless Town in Canada
- Hello, Sweetheart. A collection of short stories published by Enfield & Wizenty in Winnipeg, 2014. Hello, Sweetheart
- Valery The Great. A collection of short stories published by Anvil Press in Vancouver, 2012. Valery the Great
- Going Fast. A novel published by Goose Lane Editions, Fredericton, 2009. Going Fast
- The Watermelon Social. A collection of short stories published by Gaspereau Press in Kentville, N.S., 2006. The Watermelon Social
- Contributor to My Nova Scotia Home, an anthology published by MacIntyre Purcell, Lunenburg, 2019. Interview on Global: https://globalnews.ca/video/5305932/macintyre-purcell-publishing-launches-two-books-with-a-focus-on-nova-scotia
Writing Contests
- Second place in Fish Publishing Short Story Contest in Ireland for Something Pretty, Something Nice. Fish Publishing Contest
- Final three in Journey Prize Stories contest for The Watermelon Social. Journey
- Winner of Other Voices Annual Short Fiction Contest for Valery the Great
- Winner of Pottersfield Portfolio’s Compact Fiction Contest for Bad Boys
- Winner of the Saturday Night diamond contest
- Winner of the H.R. (Bill) Percy Award for the best unpublished novel in Atlantic Canada
- Finalist for John and Margaret Savage First Book Award
- ReLit awards longlist twice (Going Fast & Hello, Sweetheart)
- Short-listed CBC Short Story contest for Maurice, long-listed 2017 for Dirty Little Lair and Gabor. (last two in upcoming collection.)
- Shortlist FreeFall short story contest
- Runner-up Salty Ink short story contest for The Favourite Nephew
- Short list 2017, Matrix Lit POP Contest for Let It Go (in upcoming collection.)
Anthologies and Literary Journals
- Short story entitled: It Will Happen
The Antigonish Review, Volume 192, 2018
- Short story entitled: Is That All You Got?
The Nashwaak Review, STU, Fredericton, 2017
- Short story entitled: Would You Recommend Us?
The Offbeat, Michigan State University, January, 2017
- Short story entitled The Gates of Heaven
The Danforth Review, March 2016. Read here
- Short story entitled Dear Readers
Galleon, Fall 2015
- Short story entitled Rating Dr. Chestnut
Geist No. 96, Spring 2015 Read here
- Short story entitled Two Truths and a Lie
Danforth Review Fiction #49, 2014 Read here
- Short story entitled Something Pretty, Something Nice
Fish Anthology, Ireland, 2013 Fish
- Short story entitled Bittersweet Bratislava
subTerrain, Volume 7, Issue # 61, 2013
- Short story entitled Siegfried
The Dalhousie Review, 93.2, 2013
- Short story entitled I Saw a Pirate Last Night
subTerrain 25th Anniversary Issue, 2013
- Short story entitled Victor
Front & Centre, Edition # 26, 2011
- Short story entitled Pollock Press Wants Your Stories
Riddle Fence, Edition # 7, 2010
- Short story entitled A Great Nation
Front & Centre, Issue # 23, 2010
- Short story entitled Maurice
subTerrain, Volume 6, Number 51, 2009
- Short story entitled The Favourite Nephew
Other Voices, Volume 21, Number 2, Spring 2009
- Short story entitled Hank Williams is Coming to Save Us
Qwerty, Issue 24, Fall 2009
- Short story entitled Freud’s Ratman was Conflicted
The Puritan, Number 7, Summer 2008
- Short story entitled I Visited the Grand Canyon
Room, Volume 30.4, Fall 2007 Read here
- Short story entitled Queen of the Losers
Gaspereau Gloriatur Volume II Prose, Fall 2007
- Short story entitled Little Eric
The Fiddlehead, 230, Winter 2007
- Short story entitled The Houdini
The Dalhousie Review, 86.2, Summer 2006
- Short story entitled Valery the Great
Other Voices, Volume 18, No. 2, Winter 2005
- Short story entitled Lulu Says She’s Sorry
Room of One’s Own, Volume 28:2, Spring/Summer 2005
- Short story entitled The Watermelon Social
The Journey Prize Stories (Anthology #16, 2004) McClelland & Stewart Ltd.
- Short story entitled The Watermelon Social
The Antigonish Review 132, Winter 2003
- Short story entitled Bad Boys
Pottersfield Portfolio, Volume 22, Number 1, Autumn/Winter 2001
- Short story entitled Merry Christmas Wherever You Are
Gaspereau Review 14, Winter 2001
- Poem entitled The Parade
Published in Black Heart Magazine, Austin, Texas, Oct. 2011
From the author:
I once placed second in a writing contest that had only two placings: first and second. First prize was a yellow Volkswagen beetle, second, six books. #worstprizeever. I won a 300-word writing contest and that prize was a diamond ring. #bestprizeever. Go figure.
