Most recent publication:
The Smell of Death
This personal essay shares my experiences during and reflections after sitting by my grandfather’s deathbed for the last days of his life.
Fiction Publications
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Like A Box of Crayons
Across the Margin, Nov. 2021
A feel-good story about two old friends reconnecting and the beautiful ways we impact the lives of the people around us, both big and small
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The Color Red
Glass Mountain, vol. 26
This short story— inspired by the question of what makes a monster— considers the way events in our childhood affect our adulthood
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Storytime with Allison
The Index, 2018-2021
Storytime with Allison was a regular column in Truman State University’s campus newspaper that featured serialized and short form fiction
Poetry Publications
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The Mother of the OED
Dwell: Poems About Home, South Broadway Press
This definition poem uses the Oxford English Dictionary’s definition of “mother” to look at how the women in our lives contribute to our sense of home
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Weak, Pompous, Alone, Etc.
Windfall, vol XLIV, May 2021
A short and biting free-verse poem
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Life Sciences 101: Liars & Fires
Green Blotter, 2021
This free-verse poem offers a creative take on the sciences
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Obituaries for My Upbringing
The Blue Route, May 2021
This poem uses the form created in Victoria Chang’s Obit
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Blooming/Wilting
Better Than Starbucks, vol. V, no. 1, Jan. 2020.
This free-verse poem was my first publication in a literary magazine
Nonfiction Publications
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Did God Really Say?
This article for the LutherWoman blog explores the confidence we can have in God’s promises in the face of anxiety and other struggles.
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The Smell of Death
This personal essay about my grandfather’s passing and my emotions during the last days of his life was published in The MacGuffin in 2024.
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A Constant Amidst the Change
This article for the LutherWoman blog explores the peace that can come of knowing God does not change even when everything else does.
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From Scared to Trusting to Angry to Thankful
This article for the LutherWoman blog shares my personal experience with the rollercoaster of emotions we can feel in life— and looks at how God remains steadfast through them all.
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Review of Right By My Side
Review of the novel Right By My Side by David Haynes
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LWML Annual Planner
This collection of Bible studies, devotions and other materials includes three short devotions written by me (starting on pages 257, 269 and 305)
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Review of “The Belinda Chronicles”
The Index, Spring 2021
An enjoyable read that finds its strength in its honesty, ingenuity and familiarity, “The Belinda Chronicles” manages to turn tough topics into a light read without losing depth.
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Local Press Publishes Works of Truman Professors
The Index, 2021
Journalistic article on a small press operated out of Kirksville, MO
