Fiction and Poetry
Beast of the World. Finishing Line Press, June 2023
"Pas de Deux." Gargoyle Magazine, Gargoyle Online #2, July 2022.
"A Short History of Violence." Winner of the Mid-American Review Sherwood Anderson Fiction Prize 2018-2019.
"Pablo Neruda and the Caffeinated Madness of Love." Winner of the Tulip Tree Stories that Need to Be Told Contest (Passion Category) October, 2018.
"Cherry." Winner of the Literal Latte K. Margaret Grossman Award for Fiction 2018.
“Everywhere the Water.” White Horses, Issue 5, June 2013.
“Feast of St. Francis.” Red Wheelbarrow Literary Magazine, Volume 9, 2008.
“Chesapeake Beach." Poem, Chesapeake Life, January/February 2001.
“The Ice House.” Poem, Potomac Review Volume VIII, No.1, Winter 2000-2001.
Creative Non-Fiction and Travel
“Canto del Camino.” Nowhere Magazine, December 2017.
“Border Crossing to Cymru.” Nowhere Magazine, April 2017. Selected for the Best of 2017 Nowhere Print Annual.
“Push Back the Dark.” White Horses, Issue 9, 2014
“Indian Dreams.” White Horses, Issue 7, 2013.
“Gratitude.” White Horses, Issue 6, 2013.
“Trestles.” White Horses, Issue 4, February 2013.
“Notes from a Surfer’s Journal.” Delaware Beach Life Magazine, August 2012.
“Listening to the Lions.” Kurungabaa, a Journal of Literature, History and Ideas from the Sea (on-line), July 20, 2012.
“Surfing with Camus.” Kurungabaa, a Journal of Literature, History and Ideas from the Sea (print), May 2011.
“Sea-Love and Longing.” Ocean Magazine, Volume 7, Issue 26, 2010.
“Mississippiensis and the Happiness of Thoreau.” North Carolina Literary Review, Number 17, 2008.
Academic Writing (books, articles)
R. S. Thomas: Identity, Environment, and Deity. Manchester University Press, 2003; Macmillan USA, 2004 (hardback); Macmillan UK and USA 2010 (paperback).
“R.S. Thomas 1913-2000.” English: The Journal of the English Association
Vol.49, Number 195, Autumn 2000.
“Reality and the Dream in the Recent Poetry of R.S. Thomas.” New Welsh
Review No. 44, Spring 1999.
“Destinations: Roots of Hope in R.S. Thomas.” Welsh Writing in English, Vol.
4, 1998.
Reviews
“At Loggerheads with Logos.” Review of Pages: New Poems and Cuttings by John Matthias. English: The Journal of the English Association. Summer 2001.
“Long Journeys Home.” Review of Faith and Doubt: Religion and Secularisation in Literature from Wordsworth to Larkin by R.L. Brett. English: The Journal of the English Association No. 188, Summer 1998.
Awards
Sherwood Anderson Fiction Prize 2018-2019 (Mid-American Review) for "A Short History of Violence."
Stories that Need to Be Told Contest, Passion Category winner (Tulip Tree) October 2018 for “Pablo Neruda and the Caffeinated Madness of Love.”
K. Margaret Grossman Award for Fiction 2018 (Literal Latte) for “Cherry.”
Selected for Best Writing of 2017 Print Annual (Nowhere Magazine) April 2018 for “Border Crossing to Cymru.”
Honorable Mention, Family Matters Short Fiction Contest (Glimmer Train) April 2010 for “Jamaican Hot Tea.”
Semi Finalist, John Dufresne Creative Non-Fiction Award (Gulf Stream Magazine) February 2009 for “A Father Warps the Mind a Little.”
Beast of the World. Finishing Line Press, June 2023
"Pas de Deux." Gargoyle Magazine, Gargoyle Online #2, July 2022.
"A Short History of Violence." Winner of the Mid-American Review Sherwood Anderson Fiction Prize 2018-2019.
"Pablo Neruda and the Caffeinated Madness of Love." Winner of the Tulip Tree Stories that Need to Be Told Contest (Passion Category) October, 2018.
"Cherry." Winner of the Literal Latte K. Margaret Grossman Award for Fiction 2018.
“Everywhere the Water.” White Horses, Issue 5, June 2013.
“Feast of St. Francis.” Red Wheelbarrow Literary Magazine, Volume 9, 2008.
“Chesapeake Beach." Poem, Chesapeake Life, January/February 2001.
“The Ice House.” Poem, Potomac Review Volume VIII, No.1, Winter 2000-2001.
Creative Non-Fiction and Travel
“Canto del Camino.” Nowhere Magazine, December 2017.
“Border Crossing to Cymru.” Nowhere Magazine, April 2017. Selected for the Best of 2017 Nowhere Print Annual.
“Push Back the Dark.” White Horses, Issue 9, 2014
“Indian Dreams.” White Horses, Issue 7, 2013.
“Gratitude.” White Horses, Issue 6, 2013.
“Trestles.” White Horses, Issue 4, February 2013.
“Notes from a Surfer’s Journal.” Delaware Beach Life Magazine, August 2012.
“Listening to the Lions.” Kurungabaa, a Journal of Literature, History and Ideas from the Sea (on-line), July 20, 2012.
“Surfing with Camus.” Kurungabaa, a Journal of Literature, History and Ideas from the Sea (print), May 2011.
“Sea-Love and Longing.” Ocean Magazine, Volume 7, Issue 26, 2010.
“Mississippiensis and the Happiness of Thoreau.” North Carolina Literary Review, Number 17, 2008.
Academic Writing (books, articles)
R. S. Thomas: Identity, Environment, and Deity. Manchester University Press, 2003; Macmillan USA, 2004 (hardback); Macmillan UK and USA 2010 (paperback).
“R.S. Thomas 1913-2000.” English: The Journal of the English Association
Vol.49, Number 195, Autumn 2000.
“Reality and the Dream in the Recent Poetry of R.S. Thomas.” New Welsh
Review No. 44, Spring 1999.
“Destinations: Roots of Hope in R.S. Thomas.” Welsh Writing in English, Vol.
4, 1998.
Reviews
“At Loggerheads with Logos.” Review of Pages: New Poems and Cuttings by John Matthias. English: The Journal of the English Association. Summer 2001.
“Long Journeys Home.” Review of Faith and Doubt: Religion and Secularisation in Literature from Wordsworth to Larkin by R.L. Brett. English: The Journal of the English Association No. 188, Summer 1998.
Awards
Sherwood Anderson Fiction Prize 2018-2019 (Mid-American Review) for "A Short History of Violence."
Stories that Need to Be Told Contest, Passion Category winner (Tulip Tree) October 2018 for “Pablo Neruda and the Caffeinated Madness of Love.”
K. Margaret Grossman Award for Fiction 2018 (Literal Latte) for “Cherry.”
Selected for Best Writing of 2017 Print Annual (Nowhere Magazine) April 2018 for “Border Crossing to Cymru.”
Honorable Mention, Family Matters Short Fiction Contest (Glimmer Train) April 2010 for “Jamaican Hot Tea.”
Semi Finalist, John Dufresne Creative Non-Fiction Award (Gulf Stream Magazine) February 2009 for “A Father Warps the Mind a Little.”