Books and Journals with My Writing
Children’s fiction: The Taste of Victory by NABU and Colgate (2025)
Poetry: Rattle Poetry Magazine (#90, Winter 2025)
The Winter 2025 issue of Rattle features this year’s Rattle Poetry Prize winner, Morri Creech, whose poem “An Ordinary Childhood” is a haunting Meredithian sonnet that quietly reshapes the possibilities of form. In our conversation, Creech reflects on the role of formal poetry in contemporary writing, offering insights that will resonate with poets and readers alike. The issue also includes ten prize finalists, each bringing their own distinctive voice and vision, from playful to profound. As always, the open section offers a wide-ranging mix—poems about skateboarding and drive-thrus, Neve Campbell and Marvin Gaye—reminding us of poetry’s ability to surprise in the everyday. It’s an issue full of range, depth, and moments that linger.
Short fiction: Meetinghouse Literary Journal (Issue V) from Dartmouth College (2025)
Essay: The Console Chronicles by Lost in Cult (Expanse, 2024)
The Console Chronicles will take you on a unique journey through the history of gaming platforms.
Fifty years ago, the home console was an anomaly that predated when everyone around the world knew the name Nintendo. With each passing generation, consoles evolved, their pixels exchanged for polygons. Over time, these machines gained popularity and brought the beginnings of a new artistic frontier. Consoles enabled split-screen chaos, late-night LAN parties, and interlinked online play – connecting friendships worldwide.
The Console Chronicles is the ultimate tribute to not only five decades of home console gaming, but to the incredible people, and their remarkable stories, which make our shared history special. Telling tales of sibling rivalries and disruptive ideas, personal resonance and technical triumph, this is a celebration of every system that you hold dear.
“I’m a huge fan of this book series. At the time of this review, it consists of three entries...each of which is an absolute masterpiece. As a gaming historian, I appreciate the depth and comprehensive nature of these books. They’re thorough, detailed, and provide a ton of insight into gaming’s past. I also quite enjoy the layout of these books. They’re packed with illustrations, anecdotes, statistics, and historical facts that make them a must-own for anyone looking to learn a bit more about the video game industry and its evolution. Very highly recommended!”
Poetry: MTSU Shift, Vol. 6 (Middle Tennessee State University, 2024)
Short fiction: Kernel Magazine, Vol. 3: Sustain by Reboot (2023)
Kernel Magazine's third issue asks the question: Are we there yet? Issue 3 also introduces a topical theme, SUSTAIN: what is required of systems, individuals, and collectives for lasting commitments to be possible?
Poetry: Whispers of Spring Anthology by Wingless Dreamer (2023)
Step into a realm where verses bloom like wildflowers and words embrace you like a gentle breeze. To celebrate the harmonious rhythm of nature, Wingless Dreamer Publishers presents to you our anthology, Whispers of Spring: A Melodic Tapestry of Nature's Seasons. As the seasons ebb and flow, we bear witness to constant change, and to immerse ourselves in the allure of this very oxymoron, we invite you to peruse through our handpicked symphony of poetic voices. Witness the awakening of life in spring, feel the warmth of the summer sun upon your skin, lose yourself in the kaleidoscope of colours in a fall forest, and find solace in the serene stillness of winter. Through their eloquent expressions, poets from diverse cultures and backgrounds beckon you to embark on a captivating adventure through the realms of the natural world. On this mesmerising journey, you will feel poetic melancholy and a sheer appreciation for a world that nurtures you. These poems are a call to cherish and protect the delicate wonders that are an integral and substantial part of our lives. Don’t wait for the right time to read this anthology! Seat yourself close to nature and find yourself transported to the season of your choice!
Creative nonfiction: Washington Square Review, Summer 2023 (Lansing Community College)
A town square is a global, public space, conceptualized to be the heart of a community. Here at the Washington Square Review, we see our name as a signpost that unifies location and purpose: a literary journal to serve as a meeting point for the many different people, ideas and artistic expressions that make up our community. In the Washington Square Review, we come together to explore and understand the words and worlds we can share when we value creative expression as a commons for us all.
Poetry: S/He Speaks: Voices of Women and Trans Folx (2023, Moonstone Press)
Amid an era of increasing turmoil over the rights of women and transgendered people, we bring forth this anthology – the first of what we hope will become an annual tradition.
It seems to us more important than ever that the voices of women and transgendered people not only be heard but also be inspired to speak more often – more loudly, more visibly, on any subject that carries personal meaning and purpose. All the poems and short essays here come from people who take their writing seriously. Many are women. Some are transgendered, both male-to-female and female-to-male. Others define themselves as nonbinary. All have something meaningful and personal to say, inspired by our call for short writings of this nature, whether about gender and transition issues, health and life experience, relationships – anything personal. We hope readers will find some inspiration here – and possibly as a result begin their own writings.
Essay: The Popular Handbook of World Religions (2021, Harvest House Publishers)
Meeting people from other religions is an incredible blessing and a unique challenge. As Christians, what do we need to know about their beliefs to effectively interact with them? And how can we share about Jesus with sensitivity for someone’s relationship to their current faith?
A compilation from some of today’s top religion scholars, The Popular Handbook of World Religions is a clear and insightful guide to understanding and conversing with followers of the world’s major belief systems. You will…
gain a balanced, nuanced comprehension of what followers of other religions believe, and see how those beliefs compare with those of Christianity
develop deeper respect for different cultures and appreciate their unique traditions and ideas
learn how to share about Christ with true compassion and a recognition of other people’s individuality and heritage
Featuring the writings of Dr. Douglas Groothuis, Dr. Paul Copan, Dr. Winfried Corduan, and more, The Popular Handbook of World Religions is designed to help you gain the wisdom you need to interact with people of other faiths, from atheism to Judaism, Buddhism to Islam, Jainism to Sikhism, and more.
“I have always wanted to know more about the major world religions, and this is a great resource. I am so glad I purchased this book. I highly recommend this book!”
Poetry: Time and Tradition (2011, Twin Oaks Press)
"Time and Tradition: A Poetry Anthology" is a volume in celebration of Middle Tennessee State University's 2011 Centennial. It includes sixty wonderfully evocative poems, all authored by present and former students and faculty members of the University's Honors College. Featured poets include D. Michelle Adkerson, Ronald Bombardi, Taffeta Chime, Philip M. Mathis, June Hall McCash, John R. Vile, and Kory G. Wells.
“This collection has something for all readers.”