Publications

Books

  • The Gift Child. A novel published by Goose Lane Editions, Fredericton, March 2024. https://gooselane.com/products/the-gift-child
  • Rafael Has Pretty Eyes. A collection of short stories published by Goose Lane Editions, March 2022.
  • The Most Heartless Town in Canada. A novel published by Anvil Press, Vancouver, 2016. The Most Heartless Town in Canada
  • Hello, Sweetheart. A collection of short stories published by Enfield & Wizenty, Winnipeg, 2014. Hello, Sweetheart
  • Valery The Great. A collection of short stories published by Anvil Press, 2012. Valery the Great
  • Going Fast. A novel published by Goose Lane Editions, 2009. Going Fast
  • The Watermelon Social. A collection of short stories published by Gaspereau Press, Kentville, N.S., 2006.  The Watermelon Social
  • Contribution to My Nova Scotia Home, an anthology of essays published by MacIntyre Purcell, Lunenburg, 2019.

Writing Contests

  • Winner of 2023 Alistair MacLeod Prize for Short Fiction for Rafael Has Pretty Eyes
  • Final three in Journey Prize Stories for The Watermelon Social
  • Second place in Fish Publishing Short Story Contest in Ireland for Something Pretty, Something Nice
  • 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  • Winner of the H.R. (Bill) Percy Award for the best unpublished novel in Atlantic Canada for Going Fast
  • Finalist for John and Margaret Savage First Book Award for The Watermelon Social
  • ReLit long list for Going Fast; Hello, Sweetheart; Rafael Has Pretty Eyes
  • Longlist in the CBC Short Story Contest for Gabor, Their Dirty Little Lair
  • Shortlist FreeFall short story contest
  • Runner-up Salty Ink short story contest
  • Short list Matrix Lit POP short story contest
  • Winner of the Saturday Night diamond contest

Anthologies and Literary Journals

  • Short story entitled Father Eduardo

Upcoming in Camel literary journal, Fredericton

  • 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