Writing Portfolio

Natalie has spent five years wondering what she would say to the man who disappeared without a goodbye. When she finally sees Daniel again at her best friend’s wedding, he smiles, offers his hand, and asks her name. What begins as anger quickly becomes something far more complicated when Natalie realizes he genuinely does not remember her, and the man who forgot their first chance seems increasingly interested in a second. Reading time: 12 mins.

Two strangers get stood up at neighboring tables and decide there is no reason perfectly good dinner reservations should go to waste. What begins as mutual embarrassment turns into an unexpectedly easy night of terrible date stories, stolen bites of dessert, and the uncomfortable realization that neither of them is waiting for anyone anymore. Reading time: 11 mins.

Alone beyond Mars, a communications technician receives a transmission from the only person who shouldn't be able to contact her: herself. The messages are coming from eleven days in the future, and their warnings keep coming true. But when two versions of her voice begin transmitting at once, each insisting the other is lying, trusting herself becomes the most dangerous decision she can make. Reading time: 14 mins.

Every night, someone turns off Mara's hallway light, but she lives alone. What begins as an irritating electrical mystery becomes harder to explain when Mara starts documenting the light switch and realizes it isn't malfunctioning. Something is physically turning it off, and whatever is responsible may have a very good reason for wanting the hallway dark. Reading time: 12 mins.

The village has left offerings beside the river for generations, but nobody remembers what they're paying for. When Mara's younger brother disappears beneath the water and walks home three days later, she discovers the old tradition was never symbolic. Something in the river has been keeping count, and it has come to collect what the village owes. Reading time: 16 mins.

A woman boards an overnight train and finds a stranger sitting in her assigned seat. Only to learn that Seat 14A doesn't exist. A ticketing mistake becomes something far more dangerous when she discovers passengers traveling under identities that aren't on the manifest, compartments that don't appear on the carriage map, and a system designed to move people without leaving a record. Unfortunately, someone notices when she starts putting the pieces together. Reading time: 14 mins.

Every family on Bellweather Street disappeared, but the woman in the last occupied house insists they never left. A journalist investigating the abandoned homes discovers impossible doorways connecting houses that should have nothing to do with one another. Behind them are rooms belonging to families who vanished decades apart, and eventually, something that belongs to her. Reading time: 15 mins.