I’m grateful to have had 12 stories and poems published this year. All but one of the stories were microfiction. The shortest was 100 words; the longest, 475.

—“Dinner Party,” 300 words, in Scaffold (January)

—“Wee Waitress,” 200 words, in Eunoia Review (February)

—“At the Book Club Meeting,” 400 words, in JAKE: The Anti Literary Magazine (March)

—“Reunions,” 350 words, in Eulogy Press (June)

—“Solo,” 200 words, in FlashFlood, the National Flash Fiction Day Journal (June)

—“Confidant,” 100 words, in The Hoolet’s Nook (June)

—“Destined for the Diner,” 475 words, in Star 82 Review (September)

—“Sweet Girl,” 200 words, in Epistemic Literary Magazine (September)

—“A Trip down Memory Aisle,” 100 words, in The Hoolet’s Nook (September)

—“A Love Song,” 275 words, in 10 By 10 Flash Fiction Stories (September)

—“Glow” and “Relic,” micro poems, in The Hooghly Review Poetry Special (October)

Highlights of the year:

—“Yard Sale,” which appeared in Heimat Review in November 2024, was longlisted for the 2025 Wigleaf Top 50.

–Two of my stories were nominated for inclusion in Best Microfiction 2026: “Sweet Girl,” which appeared in the September issue of Epistemic Literary Magazine, and “Reunions,” published by Eulogy Press in June.

–I received my first-ever Best of the Net nomination for “Reunions,” published by Eulogy Press in June.

–Two of my poems, “Glow” and “Relic,” were selected by the poet Sanjeev Sethi to appear in The Hooghly Review Poetry Special.