Selected Stories
“Friendly Skies”
As a huge fan of NPR (radio doesn’t get better than WHYY), I was thrilled to have my short story read on-air and posted online by the judges of All Things Considered’s writing contest. There are so many fantastic stories this round that I am truly honored to be in such great company.
Modern Love
Check out my Modern Love piece in The New York Times. How I Earned My Wings Back I GOT married a few months ago, but my husband — a proud Air Force pilot from a small town in Georgia — doesn’t know how we met. Rather, he doesn’t know the path that led me to [...]
The Potomac Review
My story “Early Departure” was recently published in the Potomac Review. I wind the plastic tubing of the oxygen mask around my hand and let it drop from above 5B. I tug it to demonstrate initiating the flow of oxygen then pull the mask over my nose and mouth, adjusting the straps as necessary. Any [...]
LA Times
Check out my essay in the Los Angeles Times: There is an aspect of air travel that we’re likely to be putting out of our minds — pilots asleep at the yoke and flight attendants so tired their mental states can be likened to a drunken stupor. Most Americans are protected by the Fair Labor [...]
StoryQuarterly
My short story “Into the Frying Pan” was recently published in StoryQuarterly. We’ve canceled six thousand flights in the last month, including the three I boarded here at SFO earlier this evening. Unfortunately none of these flights were called off before we filled every seat, served plastic trays of chicken and beef, poured umpteen cups [...]
Anything With Two Legs and a Pulse
At 24, I impulsively threw away a respectable but boring life in suburban California for a stint as a London based flight attendant. A whirlwind of parties, clubs and pubs had me yearning for something real, and a down-to-earth connection proved ever harder to find in my fashionable fast lane crowd. Enter Jimmy, the owner [...]
Anything With Two Legs and a Pulse
At 24, I impulsively threw away a respectable but boring life in suburban California for a stint as a London based flight attendant. A whirlwind of parties, clubs and pubs had me yearning for something real, and a down-to-earth connection proved ever harder to find in my fashionable fast lane crowd. Enter Jimmy, the owner [...]
StoryQuarterly
My short story “Into the Frying Pan” was recently published in StoryQuarterly. We’ve canceled six thousand flights in the last month, including the three I boarded here at SFO earlier this evening. Unfortunately none of these flights were called off before we filled every seat, served plastic trays of chicken and beef, poured umpteen cups [...]
Early Departure
My story “Early Departure” was recently published in the Potomac Review. I wind the plastic tubing of the oxygen mask around my hand and let it drop from above 5B. I tug it to demonstrate initiating the flow of oxygen then pull the mask over my nose and mouth, adjusting the straps as necessary. Any [...]
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