Monthly Writing
New writing appears here each month.
Fiction, essays, and reflections written slowly from the Mojave Desert.
Start with this one: What He Wouldn’t Say Out Loud
january 2026
16-minute read
A woman is sent to live five different lives. At the end, she may choose one to keep.
February 2026
4-minute read Missing out wasn’t something I feared. It was something I chose. A piece about solitude, performance, and the strange freedom of stepping away.
march 2026
4-minute read What does it cost to say what you mean—and what happens if you don’t?
april 2026
3-minute read I didn’t understand math until I turned it into story.
may 2026
8-minute read He thought silence would cure him. Then the desert answered back.
june 2026
5-minute read A graduation, an air horn, two barefoot boys, and the stupid little reason I keep showing up.
july 2026
4-minute read The day we got vaccinated, I learned that a staff meeting is a terrible place to lose contact with Earth.
august 2026
6-minute read Five brief stories about the moments we recognize each other—and the moments we don't.
september 2026
5-minute read
Originally published in Desert Companion
On September 11, a line of stranded travelers with suitcases formed outside the least moral place I had ever worked.
october 2026
7-minute read
Leather Man has one rule for crossing the desert barefoot: pay attention. Then the pawprints appear.