“As if a reflex he’d trained for years, Andy started to run…”
— “No Problema.“ The Alembic (2009)

“I had turned 12 before the summer my parents put me on a train for the three-day journey west—to the Tanner Brothers Wilderness School…”
— “The Eating Rules.“ The Coe Review (Spring 2011)

“They said it started west of Port-au-Prince; Carrefour is west of Port-au-Prince—maybe no more than an hour drive—and I am from Carrefour…”
— “Don’t Be Late.“ Colere (2011)

“It took me 15 years to escape Liberty. And I did not return for the scenery…”
— “Railfans“ Novel Excerpt