Writer
FEATURED WORK
Below is a small selection of featured work.
Books
What Makes You Think You're Supposed to Feel Better,
stories, forthcoming from Cornerstone Press: University of Wisconsin Stevens Point, October 15, 2023. Semi-finalist for 2020 New American Fiction Prize; longlisted for C&R Press 2020 Awards. Available for pre-order.
Fiction
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"Scare the Shit Out of Everybody," Little Patuxent Review, Summer 2024. Listen to an excerpt.
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"The Replacement Wife," trampset, March 8, 2024.
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"Other People's Pain," The Westchester Review, June 15, 2023.
Book Reviews and Interviews
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"I'll Give You a Reason, Annell Lopez," Jody Hobbs Hesler, Necessary Fiction, July 8, 2024.
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"Conversations Between Friends: Betty Joyce Nash and Jody Hobbs Hesler," CRAFT, October 25, 2023.
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"Book Review: We Are A Teeming Wilderness, Shena McAuliffe," Necessary Fiction, June 12, 2023.
Without You Here,
forthcoming from Flexible Press: Minneapolis, November 2024.
Essays
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"8 Short Story Collections About the Flipside of Living in a Postcard Destination," Electric Literature, October 18, 2023.
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"The Dollmaker: Why You Should Have Read This Book Long Before Now," South 85, Spring/Summer 2023.
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"A Red-Headed Stepchild Reflects on Rejection," Atticus Review blog post, August 13, 2022.