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A Familiar Stranger is a slight shift from my usual stories. Most of them lean toward the darker sides of human nature. Instead, this story is quieter and focuses on the small moments between a family—the routines, assumptions, and misunderstandings that come from loving someone for so long that you forget to update your knowledge of the human they are. No harm is intentional, but it happens. There is a specific kind of loneliness that comes from being loved by people who hav

After completing my B.A. in Theatre Education, I’ve finally returned to writing the stories I love. Although I took almost eight months away from writing these stories, I never actually stopped writing. I spent part of my final undergrad term in a Playwriting class and a Creative Nonfiction Writing class, which kept me writing something new weekly. This led to completing two major final projects that are especially personal to me and my life experiences. Both of those project

"Bone. Silver. Bone." Three Shapes of Memory is a story that came at a time when the season was built around brightness and merriment, even when my chest felt heavy. The holidays this year seemed designed to spotlight what's missing from life. The empty chair, the traditions that feel like costumes, even the way the calendar expects me to smile and "be okay". This year, after unexpectedly losing a family member too soon, December did not arrive; it pressed on every bruise an

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