writings
A SMALL SELECTION
STILL LIFE WITH NEGLECTED BOTTLE
A flash fiction story
Published in the October, 2023 issue of Ariel Chart.
https://www.arielchart.com/2023/10/still-life-with-neglected-bottle.html
TRANSPATHIC
A speculative YA novel
Currently seeking representation and publication
Arvo wants nothing more than to manage his anxiety, make friends at his new school, and have his family back together. But, one-by-one his household has been split apart to assist or resist the over-reaching biosensory marketing technology, Attention Dynamics. The Dynamics’ sensors translate emotional data into aggressive sensory stimuli to encourage purchases, but they are damaging some people’s free will. Arvo witnesses the unjust exposure that influences and sometimes cripples people, but can he master his anxieties, overcome ethical doubts, and use Transpathics, a technique of stealthy emotional transference, to intervene and make a difference?
STUDY IN BLUE
A YA short story
Kayla is determined to do well at her summer jobs so she can one day become a doctor. She resists the distractions posed by her friend, April, and her confusing co-workers, Mika and Miles, until her assumptions no longer make sense. Or maybe it’s people who don’t make sense. Or maybe it’s her.