Fiction

Although I chose to pursue graduate studies in theology, I'm still very interested in literature and creative writing.

In my spare time I'm working on a mystery novel in the cosy tradition tentatively titled Dead In A Ditch. Here's a pdf sample of the manuscript.

Poetry

The Bucket appeared in Pictureshirts and Jellywork, Vol. 2. Saint Mary's University (March, 1993): 9. This was an anthology put out by students in the English department. The editors were Joseph Desjardin, John Hedley and Graham Williamson. Our faculty advisor was Dr. Margaret Harry.
Something Indian appeared in Pictureshirts and Jellywork, Vol. 2. Saint Mary's University (March, 1993): 7. At the launch of the anthology I was surprised to learn that I was expected to get up in front of the crowd and read my work. It was the first time I read my fiction in public. Luckily, there was free beer.
Three Dates was written for Clit Lit, a spoken word event. It was later published in Elizabeth Ruth's book, Bent On Writing: Contemporary Queer Tales (Toronto: Women's Press, 2002), 162-163. This piece outed me as bisexual to a crowd which I assumed to be lesbian. I was relieved to get laughter rather than booing. I intended the poem to be funny.

Dedication was done as a writing exercise at a gathering of Thousand Cats, a Toronto-based art collective.
Chapter IX.V In Which Christopher Robin gets some paints and it rains again. I wrote this for my partner in April of 1999 as an anniversary present. He would often read me stories from A. A. Milne's Winnie The Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner. We had been discussing the books, and saying how we wished there were more of the original, old-style Pooh stories. This story probably violates copyright in a whole bunch of ways. If Someone In Authority asks me to, I'll remove it.