It was such a pleasure having my short story "The Cicadas" featured in the latest issue of Strange Pilgrims, not least because the publication included a fun and thought-provoking interview about my writing life. Enjoy reading this foray into the speculative, stay a while for the interview, and/or listen to my "atmospheric" reading in the accompanying audio.

I'm honored to share that The Massachusetts Review has nominated my work for a Pushcart Prize ! The story, a haunting tale of memory, grief, and the quiet details of life in a nursing home, was written by the award-winning Portuguese author José Luís Peixoto and featured in the magazine's summer 2025 issue. I and my talented colleague Elton Uliana co-translated the author's signature incantatory prose, finding the collaborative process incredibly rewarding. To see this piece